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are fortunately will blemed with an af common seas. They sre certainly asiche ae they do sor know. They an wrely in fair play for all mca of all as. are found only in peoples with a Christ Paurthermoce, moet of this great mulsede who now show Little inverest in religion am, m they never saw before, that the savage force thst have risen up over the world in the bt few years to crush them und rob them of thait Bbercies beve worked even more furiondy @ stamp oot Christianity, became chest foram soe in it the one great univerm! cour that chum eons the dignicy of the humen being And they are beginning to rvalize that the avowad ein of cheer forces has been co remove che ides af Ged from the hearts and minds of mn, im order that the one and only reason for the macredness of the individual would be axon matically aad soccasfully sifed. am obligation te them ‘The great majority who practice no religion can be helped. They should be helped. They ere our brothers and sisters in Christ As trustees of the fullness of Christianiry, we have an obligation to them as we have s respoa- sibility co these of onr own flock. The tack of bringing Christ to all mex incumbent upon all Catholics who, by che very warure of their beliefs, are beld to share chem with others, even at the com af great perwonal sacrifice, Tc should be « great privilege for as to hove 8 part in leavening this grest mas of we believers in oor lind. If we don’t, others ow- tainly will—others whose direction is aot w 4a gridastion, bat definitely against them, While we maod by end do Bethe about the slow bot eure wend eway from the fundamental of eakgioe ox the part of the 100,000,000, ochers age 04 work night end day 10 win then sway from Chriss aa apodily as they can. Accompanying this enforrenste trend, ehecher an cavee or result is not important, the sebele undermining of our social fabric by chen, All of us know the increase in skep- here wee formerly one college instroctoe act fiemiy grounded in Christian doctrine whe de- ddared it bard to square scientific inquiry with faith ia « personal God, there are possibly thirty aedsy. Their skepticinm, naturally reflected in their ocndents, io now beginning to cach up with ws, An increasing number of young people an being adversely affected. To date, inonfar az religion is concerned, the net result wee to have been, for the masses, ac impetus im the direction of agoosticism, if not down. fight atheien, Add wo the force of hones: doubt the influ- mcs of the malignsnt, controlled propagaunds agsinss belief in God which is being spread by expera in deception, highly organized and cheverly efficient, and we can hardly wonder at the subde undermising of all religious foun- detion. ‘The Catholic Church in the Uniced Seater te doing 2 very eredicable job in protecting and fomering its own members, It is showing & feeaichy gain in numbers; che faith ia cherished. Bet wale the Church takes « very active role fm leavening the mass owttide its fold, and in Karping alive » eqnscioumess of the deep fun- dementals of Christianity, is there not a likeli- food thet such an and-Christian sentiment will be built up because of materisliem and an tetive promotion of practical acheism thet Persecution of all religion is bound to follow? 3