Catholic Education in Three Countries
THERE is no greater condemnation of Roman Catholicism than that from Catholics themselves. Take, for instance, the following from the Catholic Review of not long since, in reply to the Independent:— “In every country of the world to-day the governments are either Protestant or pagan, with the exception of Spain, Austria, and Ecuador. In these three countries the education is Catholic; in the others it has been wrested from the Catholics, not because their methods were failures, but because they were Catholic; because the pagans wished to educate their children as pagans; because they hate Christianity in any shape as superstition, and wish to destroy it.” Roman Catholicism is welcome to all the honor which accrues to her from Spain, Austria, and Ecuador. In these countries she has had an opportunity to show her powers as civilizer and educator. But what is the result?—Ignorance, superstition, and anarchy.