s childish days that the individual can be most safely
snared. Suffer little children to come unto the Catholic priest, and
he will make upon their sensitive minds an impression which nothing in
after life can eradicate. So the mainstay of the New Inquisition is
the parish-school, and its deadliest enemy is the American school
system. Listen to the Rev. James Conway, of the Society of Jesus, in
his book, "The Rights of Our Little Ones":

Catholic parents cannot, in conscience, send their children
to American public schools, except for very grave reasons
approved by the ecclesiastical authorities.

While state education removes illiteracy and puts a limited amount of
knowledge within the reach of all, it cannot be said to have a
beneficial influence on civilization in general.

The state cannot justly enforce compulsory education, even in case of
utter illiteracy, so long as the essential physical and moral
education are sufficiently provided for.

And so, at all times and in all places, the Catholic Church is
fighting the public school. Eternal vigilance is necessary; as
"America", the organ of the Jesuits, explains:

Sometimes it is a new building code, or an attempt at taxing
the school buildings, which creates hardships to the
parochial and other private schools. Now it is the free text
book law that puts a double burden on the Catholics. Then
again it is the unwise extension of the compulsory school
age that forces children to be in school until they are 16
to 18 years old.

And if you wish to know the purpose of the Catholic schools, hear
Archbishop Quigley of Chicago, speaking before the children of the
Mary Sodality in the Holy Name Parish-School:

Within twenty years this country is going to rule the world.
Kings and emperors will pass away, and the democracy of the
United States will take their place. The West will dominate
the country, and what I have seen of the Western parochial
schools has proved that the generation which follows us will
be exclusively Catholic. When the United States rules the
world the Catholic Church will rule the world.

#The Church Triumphant#

The question may be asked, What of it? What if the Church were to
rule? There are not a few Americans who believe that there have to be
rich and poor, and that rule by Roman Catholics might be preferable to
rule by Socialists. Before you decide, at l