In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 5 – The “Workshops”

  The Doctrine We Refute In the Encyclical in which he condemned the Catholic youth association called Le Sillon, the Holy Father Pius X, after exposing the egalitarian and liberal nature of the group’s doctrines, showed the repercussions of that tendency in the various spheres of its activity. When he dealt with the methods of […]

In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 4 – Neutral Associations

In close connection with the preceding subject is the problem of inter-denominational or neutral associations. The Terms of the Problem As everyone knows, certain class associations like unions, beneficent associations, etc. can assume two different aspects. They can show themselves clearly Catholic or dilute their Catholic nature behind some merely temporal title. Which of the […]

In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 3 – The “Apostolate of Infiltration”

“Apostolate of Infiltration” Another subject intimately related with the question of the “common ground” strategy is the so-called “apostolate of infiltration.” Let us clarify this notion. As the term shows, “apostolate of infiltration” is a form of proselytism that consists in an apostle stealing into non-Catholic ambiences and working there to conquer souls. A vast […]

In Defense of Catholic Action, Part IV, Chapter 2 – The “common ground” tactic

  The “Common Ground” Tactic and Religious Indifferentism One can never over emphasize the fact that the above-described tactic is praised and recommended not only for use in individual talks, but also in newspapers, magazines, lectures, placards and in a word, in every promotional activity of Catholic Action. Some circles of Catholic Action worry exclusively […]

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