Well said, Mr. Roces!

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1952

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THE CROSS midst; and then, by a surprising coincidence, immediately after he left our shores, should violently attack him. Tlie Chronicle claims to be "The People's Newspaper", a brave courageous crusader for the right. In ths incident they hove not shown much For a complete answer to the Chronicle and its group, we refer our readers to the statement of our Bishops, published on page 3 of this WELL SAID, MR. ROCES! Much more to our liking is o paragraph by Joaquin Roces in his column, "My Daily Bread", of the Manila Times for April 28, — as follows: "When the Church speaks only of the soul and admonishes the poor people to be patient, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.. .it is accused of indifference towards worldly suffering, and the kind of religion it preaches is then called the opium of the people. When it takes an active hand towards the amelioration of the downtrodden, then the Church is said to be "interfering" with thot which is not within its province. Just what do we want?" Well said, Mr. Roces! CATHOLICS PROVIDE JOBS In one of our Catholic magazines recently, we read a lament about the lack of job opportunities for our people. It is pleasant to note that somie of our Catholic men are working herd *o remedy this defect. One of them told us recently: "My small business was farcied to close. The foreign firm who was supporting it refused to continue. Seventeen families were dependent on our employ." What did he do? He started a new local business and the seventeen families continued to draw their pay envelopes. Another quiet fellow told us: "My patriotism tells me I should provide work opportunities." How has he done it? In one single enterprise established since the war, he is supporting three thousand workmen, who in turn, of course, support th^ir 3,000 families which include 10,000 or 15,000 individuals. Recently, a Manila socialite was talking to us. Judging from the society pages, one might think he was a playboy with never a serious thought. He tolds us he was going away. "Where are you going?" we

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