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Abstract

The image contains a news article about how the Catholic clergy influenced public education and politics in Colombia. It criticizes the clergy's resistance to losing control over education and collective thought, and emphasizes the need to separate education from religious control as a key step toward progress and intellectual freedom. The article exposes the influence of Catholicism on society, pointing out how it has contributed to the ignorance and poverty of the masses. It advocates the importance of science and education as tools for achieving progress and freedom, and criticizes the Catholic clergy for opposing these initiatives. It also points out the lack of government support for the education of the less fortunate, highlighting the need for change to advance as a society. This article was published in the Diario de Cundinamarca on September 30, 1881.