Church and State Relations
By Editor
THIS is from the Independent of October 26:— This is what Cardinal Gibbons, at the dinner given on the occasion of his jubilee, said of the union of Church and State:— For my own part I do not desire to see the relations between Church and State any closer than they are at present. I do not wish to see the day when the civil authorities may be called upon to build our churches and to subsidize our clergy, for then they might dictate to us what doctrines we ought to teach. This is good, sound sense; but we presume that there are some Protestants who will declare that it is all said for effect. And what was it said for? What does the Independent now think of the Cardinal's demand, or effort to obtain, State aid for Roman Catholic schools? Many so-called Protestants are claiming for Roman Catholics a liberty and tolerance which Rome never claimed, and in fact which she denies.