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JANUARY 15, 1938.
SIXTY-FIFTH YEAR.
Papal Encyclicals Ignored "God did not ordain lower order of workers to keep leisured class" BEYING the command of the Holy Father to all the Bishops in the world to expound over and over again the Church's social teaching, Archbishop Hinsley, in his Advent pastoral letter, speaks plainly about the snobbishness and lack of unity among Catholics and about the culpable ignorance, among Catholics who ought to be leaders, of the principles which the Popes have been setting forth now for nearly 50 years. He utters a warning to those "whose Catholicism ought to be their proudest boast," but who "do not like to be known as Catholics." "No Catholic," he declares, "can regard with indifference a state of affairs in which work is considered as a commodity and the worker merely as a 'hand,' and not, as he primarily is, an immortal soul." His Grace does not admit that the fewness of Catholics in the country can justify lack of courage or apathy—"and in any case there is nothing to prevent us from setting our own house in order."
"Catholics should be the kindest employers THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, England's premier Duke, was at Vicand the best workers toria Station to welcome His Eminence "To-day more than ever one must be for God or against Him," declares Archbishop Hinsley. "In these days the followers of Cain, rebels against the God of Infinite Love, have organised their forces to slay, spiritually and even bodily, those who love Him. Consequently, the followers of Christ must oppose love to hate, and strive with greater ardour to emulate, for the sake of their brethren, the full self-sacrifice of Christ. In this exercise of fraternal charity indeed lie our own hopes of salvation. . . • "Now, no Christian can hesitate between Christ and Cain as leaders. We all claim that we follow the Way, the Truth and the Life, as a body closely united in mind, will and affections by our very profession. But what of our practice? . . . "Do we not allow certain accidental circumstances—whether of birth or position or culture or even wealth—to divide us and to obscure the remembrance that we are the brethren and the members of Christ? . . . "Classes there must be, but classes neither opposed nor exclusive. There are no castes in Christianity. "God who bade man earn his bread by the sweat of his brow did not thereby ordain that there should be a 'lower order' of workers for the purpose of keeping the 'leisured class' in comfort by their toil. . . . "No Catholic can regard with indifference a state of affairs in
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ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME HOME
C ARDINAL HINSLEY, f ollowing his elevation to the Cardinalate, returned to London on Sunday last from Rome, amid scenes of religious ardour and enthusiasm. When he landed on Folkestone quay. Cardinal Hinsley passed through the ranks of a guard of honour of Catholic societies, who knelt to receive his blessing. At Victoria station he was met by
the Duke of Norfolk, Catholic members of the House of Commons, and representatives of all branches of the laity. The welcoming cheers from the crowded platform were taken up in the streets, where 10,000 people had assembled. The Cardinal motored to Westminster Cathedral, escorted by police, boy scouts, and Irish pipers, and amid the tumultuous cheers, which drowned the Cathedral bells. As Cardinal Hinsley ascended the Cathedral steps. flowers were strewn in his path. Then, wearing his scarlet robes, he proceeded in procession to the High Altar, under a canopy and preceded by the Cardinal's hat, borne on a cushion. The Cardinal addressed a packed congregation by means of a microphone. after which a Te Deum was sung. Similar ovations greeted him when he motored to Archbishop's House, where thousands gathered, alternating the singing of "God Bless Our Pope" with shouting, "We want the Cardinal." Still wearing his robes, Cardinal Hinsley appeared on the balcony and repeated the Apostolic Blessing. the whole throng kneeling.