THE MARRIAGE TIE

Evening Star, Issue 20687, 9 January 1931, Page 9

THE MARRIAGE TIE

WIFE'S "NOBLE OBEDIENCE” A NEW ENCYCLICAL BIRTH CONTROL A “ FOUL SIN.” Prcst Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 8. (Received January 9, at 12.30 p.m.) Lengthy extracts from the Pope’s Encyclical arc given prominence in the newspapers. Referring to the marriage contract, he says: “ A wife should be subject to her husband, but such subjection does not deny the liberty which belongs to woman in view of her dignity as a human being and her noble office as wife, mother, and companion; nor does it bid her to obey her husband’s every request when such request is unreasonable. Marriage requires of a wife noble obedience.” The encyclical declares that the sanctity of marriage is trampled and denied by all modern scientific inventions of man, and divorce, adultery, and all the basest vices are extolled. It proceeds to refer thus to birth control: “ The Roman Catholic Church is entrusted by God to defend and preserve the chastity of nuptial union which has been defiled by this foul sin. Those who indulge therein are branded with the guilt of a grave sin, and any circumstances, such as health and economic conditions, do not constitute an excuse.”