CATECHISM ON MODERNISM – PART III – THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM – VI. PARTICIPATION OF THE CLERGY IN THE MANAGEMENT AND EDITORSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS

PART III
THE REMEDIES FOR MODERNISM

I. RULES RELATIVE TO STUDIES
II. CHOICE OF THE DIRECTORS AND PROFESSORS FOR SEMINARIES AND CATHOLIC INSTITUTES
III. RULES RELATIVE TO STUDENTS
IV. RULES CONCERNING THE READING OF BAD BOOKS
V. INSTITUTION OF DIOCESAN CENSORSHIP
VI. PARTICIPATION OF THE CLERGY IN THE MANAGEMENT AND EDITORSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS

Q. May members of the secular clergy manage reviews or newspapers without the authorization of the Ordinary?

A. Having said this much in general, We now ordain in particular a more careful observance of Article XLII. of the above-mentioned Constitution Officiorum, according to which “it is forbidden to secular priests, without the previous consent of the Ordinary, to undertake the editorship of papers or periodicals.” This permission shall be withdrawn from any priest who makes a wrong use of it after having received an admonition thereupon.

Q. What are the duties of the Bishops with regard to correspondents or collaborators of reviews and newspapers?

A. With regard to priests who are correspondents or collaborators of periodicals, as it happens not un-frequently that they contribute matter infected with
Modernism to their papers or periodicals, let the Bishops see to it that they do not offend in this manner; and if they do, let them warn the offenders and prevent them from writing.

Q. What is the duty of the Superiors of religious Orders, and, in case of their negligence, the duty of the Bishops?

A. We solemnly charge in like manner the Superiors of religious Orders that they fulfil the same duty; and should they fail in it, let the Bishops make due provision, with authority from the Supreme Pontiff.

Q. Must there be a special censor appointed for each review and newspaper ? What shall be his office, and what the Bishop’s?

A. Let there be, as far as this is possible, a special censor for newspapers and periodicals written by Catholics. It shall be his office to read in due time each number after it has been published, and if he find anything dangerous in it, let him order that it be corrected as soon as possible. The Bishop shall have the same right even when the censor has seen nothing objectionable in a publication.

 

VII. CONGRESSES OF PRIESTS

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