In these later times, especially, a policy has been followed which has resulted in a sort of wall being raised between the Church and civil society. In the constitution and administration of States the authority of sacred and divine law is utterly disregarded, with a view to the exclusion of religion from having any constant part in public life. This policy almost tends to the removal of the Christian faith from our midst, and, if that were possible, of the banishment of God Himself from the earth.
Take a guess as to when these words were written.
Today?
The answer is 1899 This is from paragraph 10 in the encyclical
Annum Sacrum, written by Pope Leo XIII.
I don't know whether to gather some hope, thinking that this description must always fit all times. Maybe since the beginning of time, people have worried about the decline of faith in God.
Or, maybe Pope Leo XIII saw the beginning of the decline and was warning humanity of it.
Sadly, it is sobering.
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