Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-30
NOTES FROM ROME.
The Pope and the Press-1 Ne,c Paper Be
I,nDinD to the Vatican.

The Pope and the PresS-41 Ne,c Paper Be-
t,nDing to the Tatican.
ROME, Nov. S.-The interest which his
holiness takes in the press compels him to
help, within the limits of his small re-
sources, nearly all the papers, both Of
Rome and Italy, and to lavish, if not his
money, at least his encouragement, to- all
good papers at large. Here in Rome, for
instance, almost all the Catholic papers
receive from the vatican pecuniary help,
beginning from the Voee della Verita,
down to the little weekly Catholic paper.
The condition of the press at large in
Italy is anything but prosperous. Adver-
Using pays very little, and the papers gen.
orally live by the money which is supplied
by the party they serve, or the government,
if they are on the long list of the obfcidli
or o6iciori. The subscribers are SO few that
don't think single paper except the Ga
zetta alfalfa could live independently of
subsidies or party support. Only such pa
pers as the radical Esio H., the organ of
Coccapieller, or a few years ago the cleri-
cal Frusta, which hold the position of pop
ular braves, can make their living with the
money of those who wish to vent some
personal spite.
Another kind of paper takes very much
in Italy also, the Topographic, or quasi
Topographic. We have one of these pa
pers well supporting itself here in Rome,
and that is the little Messaggero.
But the interest the pope takes in papers
has compelled him lately to have one alto
gether and exclusively for himself, and
that is the Moniteur de Rome. This paper
is decidedly gaining much in importance,
and, from the kind of information that it
gives, it is easy to see the high place from
which its takes its ms piration. The Osser-
ratore Romano was sometimes called a
pontiical paper, but it never belonged to
the pope.
The so-called pontifcal organ printed in
the number of Oct. 25 the prospectus of a
new paper, II Gofredo. In order to entice
people to subscribe they have proposed
premiums in intentions of masses, hoping
to get priests and monks to subscribe, and
made what the theologians call mercimony
of intention of masses, which is strictly
forbidden by pontifcal bulls. The Cardi-
nal Vicario seems to have already received
orders from the pope to stop that kind of
business, and it is rumored here that Leo
XIII. is furious at such proclamation, and
will give to these schemers an exemplary
lesson.
Tho indirect way in which the Osserua-
tore ia going to suffer is this: Propaganda
Secretary Monsignor Jacobini has already
sent to the bishops all over the world a cir
cular of tho Direction du Noniteur de
Rome" accompanied by letter signed by
himself. You can easily understand that
such high parsonage would never trans
form himself into an agent of few Cath
Ole companies or of some society. Any
one who understands can see that, under
the name of Mgr. Galimberti, tho legal
owner of the Moniteur de Rome is some
higher name, which, of course, bishops will
be glad to help in the important work of
supporting an international paper des-
tined to influence the press all over the
world. The Mexican bishops have already
all subscribed, and it is expected an equal
ly unanimous support will come from the
clergy in the United States.
The celebrated ex-Jesuit Father Passag-
liza has been reconciled with the vatican,
and having abandoned his professorship in
the University of Turin, he will be elected
professor of philosophy in one of the &C.
clesiastical institutes of Rome.
Father Passaglia is about seventy five.
He was born in Lucca, Tuscany. Young
enough, he entered the company of Jesus