Germany how to think, and Germany had set out to teach the world
the lessons she had received. As some author remarked, Kant and Nietzche
are responsible for the firing of the Krupp guns. Thus the war has shown
the fallacies of anti-Catholic philosophy.

From these serene heights of Philosophy, Catholic Truth flows into the
political, social and economic fields of human life. Our principles on
Authority and Liberty, on Capital and Labor, on Family and State, on
Marriage and Education are as solid as the rock, and are recognized as
such, even by leaders who have a different religious persuasion.

Yes, religious, philosophical, social, political, economic truth we do
possess. But of what use to the world, to the laborer, to the patriot,
to the inquirer, is this truth and the solutions to problems it offers,
if they are not known? If we have the light we cannot hide it under the
bushel. We must place it where it can be seen, where its beneficial rays
can light up the way for those who are "sitting in darkness, in the
shadow of death."

No Catholic is a Catholic for himself only. Christian Charity imposes
upon us the duty to help our brother. The spreading of Catholic Truth is
one of the great works of Mercy and is as binding as alms-giving for the
relief of temporal want. The love of God and of our neighbour is the
foundation of this obligation. This consciousness of Christian
solidarity whereby the rich come to the rescue of the poor, the learned
help the ignorant, is the driving force behind the Catholic Truth Society.

With the vision of the Truth and the conscientious impulse to spread it,
the Society is bound to grow in a genuine Catholic soil. We say it
frankly, there is something wanting in a parish where the Catholic Truth
Society meets with no response, creates no interest. The sense of real
Catholicism and the consciousness of the duties it implies are
conspicuous by their absence. There, Christianity does not run deep
enough. This also stands true where the Catholic Church Extension or
other organization of its kind, has no hold. The same principle is at
stake; in both cases deficiency reveals a negative, rather than a
militant Christianity.

_Policy._

The world nowadays, like Pilate, asks the Church: "What is Truth?" But
like Pilate also, proud of its power, its wealth, and success, it will
not wait for the answer. Yet the Church's mission is to give to the
world that truth after which