IRISH PROBLEMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 46, 24 February 1936, Page 7

IRISH PROBLEMS.

LENTEN PASTORAL.

Cardinal Macßory Condemns Disguised Communism.

CRITICISM OF CINEMAS

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(Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, February 23. Light was thrown on Irish problems and customs in the Lenten Pastoral of Cardinal Macßory, who was Papal Legate to the Melbourne Eucharistic Congress and later paid a visit to New Zealand.

The Pastoral was read in all Roman Catholic churches in Armagh. It condemned a disguised Communist movement that is spreading in the six counties and is probably not confined to the north, known as the United Front.

The idea was to get young men from all classes banded for some' purpose not associated with Communism, then to imbue their minds with the Communist doctrines, including a denial of the existence of God.

Referring to cinemas, the Cardinal said he was not impressed with the business as carried on in Ireland at present. It belonged to companies which were not Irish, and the money went abroad. He suggested that Ulster and the Free State Governments, or a new Irish film company, should meet the demand for character pictures.

Alluding to dances, the Pastoral expressed the hope that older people would oppose late dances in small towns and villages involving homeward journeys along dark and lonely roads, and urged that Lent be kept as a time of penance and that the people pray for peace. The whole terrible business of rearming was being carried on as usual behind the backs of the people, and it was hoped the day would come when those who had to fight battles would have some say in the declaration of war.