Ritualism and Catholicism in England
By Editor
WE clip the following from the Advance of February 1; it speaks for itself:— St. George Mivart, the noted writer on scientific subjects, who is himself a Catholic, speaking of the inroads of Catholicism in the Established Church, says: "While the English people are sadly inaccessible to the Catholic clergy, on account of old habits and traditional prejudices, the Ritualist clergy can easily obtain a hearing, and succeed in scattering the good seed far and wide. Ritualists are rapidly making the word 'Protestant' stink in the nostrils of their congregations, and cause them to regard it as a detestable form of belief. Thus not only are our ancient churches being renovated and decorated in the Roman spirit, and so prepared for us, but congregations to fill them are also being gathered together."