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The Open Secret of Ireland

CHAPTER VII
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The _Ne Temere_ decree introduces no new departure.
Now, as always, the Catholic Church requires simply that her members shall consecrate the supreme adventure of life with the Sacrament of their fathers before the altar of their fathers.

It is strange that the Orangemen, believing as they do that the Pope is anti-Christ, should be so annoyed at finding that the Pope teaches a doctrine different from theirs on the subject of marriage.

The Pope can inflict no spiritual penalties on them since they are outside his flock.

He can inflict no civil penalties on anybody.

There is undoubtedly in the matter of divorce a sharp conflict between Catholic ideas and the practice and opinion of Protestant countries.


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