Priests and people in Ireland . of new churches and new convents are pro-ceeding apace. Vast sums of money are being takenfrom the Catholic people to put up those buildings, andto maintaiQ the priests and nuns who occupy churches and the convents, the fat priesthood andthe teeming nunneries are the tangible results ofCatholic Emancipation for Ireland so far. There isnothing in the law at present to prevent a body ofCatholics in the Dromin district from coming togetherand starting a local industry, any more than there is toprevent them from building their new church. says: Th
Priests and people in Ireland . of new churches and new convents are pro-ceeding apace. Vast sums of money are being takenfrom the Catholic people to put up those buildings, andto maintaiQ the priests and nuns who occupy churches and the convents, the fat priesthood andthe teeming nunneries are the tangible results ofCatholic Emancipation for Ireland so far. There isnothing in the law at present to prevent a body ofCatholics in the Dromin district from coming togetherand starting a local industry, any more than there is toprevent them from building their new church. says: The stagnation, and decay, and hope-lessness that have settled on Catholic Ireland are, nodoubt, largely due to centuries of misgovernment andenslavement. Who are the enslavers ? Who keepthe Irish Catholic mind in subjection ? Who denouncea free mind and free thought as if they werediseases? But, putting that aside, there has beennothing in the law for the past seventy years to pre-vent lay Catholics from pursuing every branch of. Lawrence. The New Cathedral and Ara Cceli at Armagh We find, in this very diocese, that Cardinal Logue is al)le to collect over ^30,000 for theinterior decoration of his cathedral (p. 17). The total receipts of the bazaar were ^^33,380, i6s. lod., i-c. (p. 35). DR. MANNIX, PHILOSOPHER \^ industry, and holding all descriptions of then are they stagnant, while the priest is ab-normally active ? It cannot be lack of capital; for;^6o,ooo can be readily subscribed for a new churchanywhere in Ireland. We find, in this very diocese,that Cardinal Logue is able to collect over ;!^30,ooo ata single bazaar for the interior decoration of hiscathedral. What then prevents the lay Catholicsfrom advancing themselves in the world while thepriests flourish so amazingly ? Why is there stag-nation, and decay, and hopelessness to puzzle theinquiring mind of Dr. Mannix ? Is it not because ofthe upbringing of the lay Catholics, because of thetimidity and want of
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