PLEDGE OF THE LEGION OF DECENCY |
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| Pope Pius XI said in his encyclical on motion pictures: "All pastors of souls will undertake to obtain each year from their people a pledge, similar to the one which is given by their American brethren, in which they promise to stay away from motion pictures which are offensive to truth and Christian morality." The American bishops at a meeting in Washington in 1938 requested all Ordinaries to have the Pledge of the Legion of Decency taken by all the Faithful at all Masses, in all churches and chapels throughout the United States, on the Sunday within the octave of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. More than ever, the principles they laid down should be observed by Catholics in these days in which we live. + In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen I condemn indecent and immoral motion pictures and television programs, and those which glorify crime or criminals. I promise to unite my efforts with all those who protest against them I acknowledge my obligation to form a right conscience about films and television programs that are dangerous to my moral life. As a true Roman Catholic, I pledge myself to watch only good motion pictures and television programs. I promise, further, to stay away altogether from places of amusement and sources of entertainment which are offensive to God and occasions of sin for myself and others for whom I am responsible |