The Catholic Paper

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 19, 13 May 1909, Page 742

The Catholic Paper

' For my part,' recently said Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, ' I would defer the building of a church in order to provide for the founding of a Catholic paper.' And on a recent occasion, at Saragossa (Spain), Archbishop Soldevilla y Romero said, in the same general connection : ' Among Catholics there are many rich persons who give money for the erection of churches and monasteries. Such generosity is very praiseworthy, but, unfortunately, a political change is sufficient to annihilate these works, whilst, on the other hand, the good wrought through the Catholic press can never be destroyed. Is it not, therefore, preferable to found and sustain first-class Catholic periodicals to defend the true cause? We live in an age in which it is necessary* to support morally and materially the Catholic press, the most reliable defence of Christ's Church. May God inspire us with our sense of duty towards Catholic journals and journalists ! '