The Twentieth Century or the Fourteenth?
By Editor
THE Springfield Republican of September 9 has the following: "What is this the Roman pontiff commands in regard to ‘modernism’ in the holy church? One reads: "‘Modernists are to be removed from professorships and the direction of educational institutions. "‘The clergy and faithful are not to be allowed to read modernist publications. “‘A committee of censorship is to be established in every diocese to pass upon the publications which the clergy and faithful shall be permitted to read.’ “‘Is this the 20th century or the 14th? It is a pity that the good Pius X should associate his name with such a policy and attempt to crush out the really vivifying thought and forces which ‘modernism’ in the church represents.’” But that is the only consistent course the pope could take.