Church and State in Portugal by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 15, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 45.

Church and State in Portugal.

By Editor

It is of interest in connection with the article by Mr. Rentfro in our Outlook department to note that what he predicted would soon come has already been decreed by the provisional government; namely, the separation of church and state. It was announced October 28, and another decree declares the freedom of the press. The government declined to attend a memorial mass, basing their declination on the ground that the government desires to remain neutral in religious matters. The press of the country, we are told, favors a president and cabinet like the United States.