Roman Catholicism and Caste
By Editor
THE Catholic News of New York, in its issue of October 16, makes a fling at the Congregationalists and New England Puritanism on the "color line" and says:— "The Catholic Church is open to receive white or colored, she makes no distinction of race or color. For centuries she has taught white men, red, and black, and even the yellow Mongols who came. She alone is Catholic." But it is nevertheless true that no church or system of religion is more cursed with caste than the Roman Catholic. It is just a series of steps from the poor layman to "his Holiness the Pope," with "Reverends," "Right Reverends," "My Lord Bishop," "My Lord Cardinal," and many others intervening. Rome's brotherhood and universal charity are like her mild tolerance of all other religions. The church is false to every claim.