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SIXTY-THIRD YEAR.
PERTH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1937
Spanish War 'Real Crusade
For Religion' Declaration by Cardinal Primate of Spain in Interview
has a American Cardinal Good Word For Bishop Communists Dead For Fastening Attention on Unfair Economic Conditions
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Bishop Gallagher, the superior of Father Coughlin, 'America's radio priest," died last week. The late Bishop, referring to Father Coughlin's support of Mr. W. Lemke, the third party candidate for President of the United States, said in November that no priest in his diocese would be permitted to take an active part in ; •olitics after the presidential election—won by Franklin D. RooF.evelt, who entered his secono ihree-year term recently. Bishop Gallagher, however, added that he did not mean to :rid Father Coughlin's work for die national Union of Social Justice. C ARDINAL GOMA, Primate of Spain
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"I am convinced that the war in Spain is a war of religion. There is no question of fighting for a republic or for a question of Cardinal declared dynasty." Goma V Tomas, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain, in an interview with the "Avvenire d'Italia."
"Communism has done one good thing. It has fastened attention on the very unsatisfactory and unfair social and economic so prevail that conditions widely," said Cardinal MacRory recently in a speech at Portadown (Ireland). "It is up to the Christian world to provide a remedy," declared "This cruel Ixar is fundamenHis Eminence. tally a war of principles, of doc"For nearly fifty years the trines, the war of one conception Poms have been pointing out of life and of social reality against both the grievances and the reanother, of one civilisatior, medies, and nothing like adeagainst another. quate attention has been paid to them by either rulers of State "It is this war that upholds the or capitalists. against Catholic spirit of Spain true remedy is not to try "The THE LATE BISHOP that other spirit, if it can be callof God but to apply get rid to G ALLAGHER ed spirit, that would mould all and fully the teachcourageously humanity, from the summits of of on the common ings Christ petty its highest thoughts to the God, of the brotherFatherhood things of everyday life, into the ;he ruins of religion, property, man, and equal justice of hood morale of Marxist materialism. family and authority, the .ieviet for all mankind. regime . . • . "It is not right that the pom"On one side are combatants feelreligioLs be ground down for the shot.lil the away e "Tak , +1 mixed ideals, representing parrelitt;e and the rich ; that some men of war !:ake the from ing tradiold the integrally tially or wealth tion and the ancient history of mains. Today's battle is inspired should be amassing crusade real a rapidly are who and of those that spirit - pain, on the other an undefined with the . . . religion to most that wealth doing tnAe Catholic the for conglomeration of fighters whose "Never in history has there should be living in extreme povprincipal ambition even more powerful than that of victory, is been- a more atrocious war. Hu- erty. "For that the Church is not to to destroy all the value of out man lives sacrificed are estimated at 500,000. I count many more, blame. It is the business of the old civilisation . . . . State. rulers and capitalists to 'Nobody denies that when the probably a million . "General Franco,- added His provide proper conditions. The insurrection broke out Commtm ism had prepared a subversive Grace. "is inspired with the remedy is not the way of misguided Communists." movement, organised to bu;id on highest spirit of social justice."