Application Of Papal Principles To Civil Government

The Jesuits in this country endeavor to make us believe that it is not within the pope’s domain to “meddle with the civil allegiance of Catholics” or to interfere with a ruler’s governing of his subject and that, should any pope “try such interference, he would be going beyond the limits of his proper authority; Catholics would be under no obligation to obey him - nor would they obey him.” — “The Pope and the American Republic,” by J. E. Graham, p. 3. But it is understood that this is only “mission” literature written for the American people, who can best be won by such sentiments, and that it does not apply to Catholic countries; nor will it apply to our own when conditions here can be changed.FAFA 262.2