Religion: Enforcement of the Law of God

"The Catholic policeman should regard his office not merely as a job . . . but primarily as a deputation to protect and enforce the law of God, which is reflected in every just civil law." So wrote Catholic University's Rev. Francis J. Connell in an article, Catholics on the Police Force, recently reprinted in pamphlet form by the Newman Bookshop of Westminster, Md. Said New York City's police chaplain, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. McCaffrey, last week: "I'd like to see every policeman read it. No matter what religion a man is . . . it's going to do...

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