POPE'S ENCYCLICAL
SOCIALISM OPPOSED BRITISH LABOUR PART CARDINAL’S EXPLANATION (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, June 17. “It will be generally admitted th? very few British Labour people, cei tairily no Catholic Labour people, woui deny the right of private ownership «> preach class war. which latter th Pope’s Encyclical strongly condemns,’ said Cardinal Bourne in an address a Edinburgh when answering question from Catholics regarding the Brit is parties to which they might belong. He added that doubtless there wer some Labour people who were technical ly Socialists, which the true Catholi cannot be, but the Catholic must wal warily. While accepting his party ’ policy he must guard against theory am action conflicting with the Church' teachings or which are contrary to th dictates of conscience, which they mus assert frankly and courageously. He emphasised that, a Catholic couh not. ally himself wholly with any party all of "which were largely composed o non-Catholi<s.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 143, 19 June 1931, Page 8
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