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J.CUSHING  \u003Cbr>archbishop of boston   | \"Those Wayward Young People\"....1.....49  \u003Cbr>Hate Sermons                ...                       5  \u003Cbr>Junket from Europe....................60  \u003Cbr>The New Czechmate...........    ......  65   |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | I Think Priests Should Marry..............70  \u003Cbr>Worms and Honev..                                    74  \u003Cbr>Meet Joe Breig.........................80  \u003Cbr>Kickback by a Bootblack.................87  \u003Cbr>Bloody Generation ......................88  \u003Cbr>A Crust of Bread.......................92   |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  | special features  \u003Cbr>+Started Him Thinking..................64  \u003Cbr>S+.Paul Writes..........................79  \u003Cbr>The Reader Talks Back.................     96   |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  | Cover  \u003Cbr>Meet Joe Breig—No one in Catholic jour-  \u003Cbr>nalism has put Catholic ideals and modern  \u003Cbr>technique to better use in his profession than  \u003Cbr>Joe.Traincd in the secular world as a news-  \u003Cbr>man,he has made his training pay off in the  \u003Cbr>spread and development of Catholicism.  \u003Cbr>He's a perfect subject for a story and cover  \u003Cbr>for February,Catholic Press Month.P.82.   |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n| editor  \u003Cbr>ALBERT A.MURRAY  \u003Cbr>assistant editor  \u003Cbr>NORMAN O'℃ONNOR  \u003Cbr>general manager  \u003Cbr>JAMES F.KANE   | Published monthly by The Missionary So-  \u003Cbr>INFORMATION  \u003Cbr>ciety of St.Paul the Apostle in the State of New York  \u003Cbr>at 401 West 59th Strect,New York 19,N.Y.Telephone:  \u003Cbr>PLaza 7-4578.Rates:1 year,$2.00;2 years,$3.50;  \u003Cbr>3 years,$5.00;20c a copy.Re-entered as Second-Class  \u003Cbr>Mattcr,November 5,1946,at the Post Office,New York,  \u003Cbr>N.Y.,under the Act of March 3,1879.Acceptance for  \u003Cbr>mailing at special rate of postage provided for in sec-  \u003Cbr>tion 1108,Act of October 3,1917,authorized July 11,  \u003Cbr>1918.Copyright,1950,by The Missionary Society of St.  \u003Cbr>Paul the Apostle in the State of New York.   |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n|  |  |\n\nfebruary,195①  \nNa ane af us has escaped hearing despairingremarks abaut madern day yaung peaple.Afterreading taday's headlines,yau might begin tabelieve all this desperatian talk about teenagersand the callege crawd.What ta do about it?  \n# “Those WaywardYoung People”\n\nJerome P.Halland  \na genuine religious influence inAmerican life.Add to that theofficial Protestant attitude of leni-ency and complacency toward di-vorce,birth control and otherfundamental moral problems of ourtimes,and you have the reason whysomebody like Mencken can writeflippantly that declarations on the-ology by Protestant divines makethinking people laugh out loud.In such an attitude there is no  \n\"I went to Sunday School whenI was small,but,as I grew up...well,I guess I just lost interest inchurch,that's all.\"On the occasionof arranging for mixed marriagesor of instructing prospective con-verts,parish priests too often hearsuch a summary of personal re-ligious history.  \nBehind such histories,multipliedby a million,is the story of thefailure of Protestantism to remain  \nreason for Catholics to gloat orto rejoice over the collapse of Prot-estantism.While we write off Prot-estantism in the United States as adefinite religious influence,we mustalso mark proportionately the spreadof the secularist and materialistinfluence on youth.Protestantismhas failed because it has lost itspower over youthful minds andhearts.It has failed because secu-larism and materialism have suc-ceeded in capturing the thoughtsand the imagination and the enthu-siasm of youth.The sects,despitetheir recognition of the problem,have made only futile efforts tohold youth.Where the influence ofCatholicism cannot penetrate thewall of indifference or of prejudice—and it is seldom able to do so—the result is sheer tragedy,oneinterested in the salvation of soulscan't be complacent about it.  \nSt","cbCairaw0vx0SnFA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairaw0vx0SnFA","pdf",1981469,52,"English","# Those Wayward Young People\n## Stranges—But So True\n## You live only once!","[{\"question\":\"Why does the article criticize Protestantism’s influence on youth?\",\"answer\":\"It argues Protestantism failed to keep power over youthful minds and hearts, losing influence to secularism and materialism despite recognizing the problem.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the article present as Catholicism’s strength in the United States?\",\"answer\":\"It credits Catholic education at all levels and parochial religious instruction, along with parish and diocesan youth activities, for sustaining youthful loyalty and enthusiasm.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article explain young people drifting away from religious practice?\",\"answer\":\"It points to the secular and material message “You live only once,” which it says 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