Another Encyclical

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jul 25, 1912

Another Encyclical

Pope Pius X will issue, in connection with the Constantine celebration, an important encyclical on the present progress of the Catholic Church, and on causes which, in some countries, retard that progress. The celebration is that of the sixteen hundred years since the defeat of the heathen leader and the recognition in final and complete terms of Christianity as a religious and political power in Rome. The event marked the liberty of the church to work without hindrance for its own advancement.

The letter of the present Pope will be addressed to the Catholics of the world, but will be of interest in largest measure to Catholics of England and America. It

will, so reports from the Vatican say, show the lack of progress of the church in countries controlled by Latin races, notably in France, Portugal, and in some sense in Italy and Austria, and the tremendous progress made in countries controlled by Anglo-Saxon and German races. The countries named wherein Catholic progress is great are those directed in political affairs by Protestants, and where religious liberty has been longest in force.

Mention will be made of the growth of Catholic education in America as shown by the Catholic University in Washington and the national organization of secondary schools closely related to the university, and in England by the abolition of the anti-Catholic formula in the coronation oath. Mention will also be made, it is reported, of the wonderful progress made in Paris under Cardinal Amiette since the freedom of the Catholic Church from political and governmental control was secured. Catholics of all countries will be urged once more to fight for the faith that won recognition in final form at the Maxmus Bridge. The celebration takes place next year, and many American pilgrimages are planned to Rome to attend it.—Washington Herald, July 13, 1912.