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Separation of Church and State in France Mourned

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 7, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 40.

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Separation of Church and State in France Mourned

By W. A. C.

UNDER the heading, “The Unfortunate French Blunder,” the Western Watchman (Catholic) of Sept. 23, 1909, complains of the separation of church and state recently effected in France, as follows:—
“Six years ago the concordat was broken. In other words, the bond which united the French government and the Catholic religion was dissolved. The government ceased to pay the expenses of the parish priests, forfeited its right to vote in the elections of the High-church officials, and thus abandoned all religious responsibilities.”
From this it is evident that adherents of the Papacy in America to-day believe, to say the least, in a union of church and state in countries outside of America.
W. A. C.