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CATHOLICISM IN NORWAY

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Jan 10, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 2.

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CATHOLICISM IN NORWAY.

At the beginning of the present century there was not a single Catholic in Norway. To-day the Catholic Church has more liberty and a better status than in any other country in Europe. Since 1890 the appointment to all ecclesiastical posts is left entirely to the church herself; the Catholic priest is the civil officer for the Catholics of the district; the Catholic marriage ceremony has legal force; the liberty of the public is guaranteed; Catholic processions are escorted by the police with great pomp, and at the solemnity of Corpus Christi the Lutherans actually go to the length of presenting flowers for the decoration of the altars.—Catholic Mirror.