Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-30
NOTES FROM ROME.

The Pope and the PresS--1 Ne,r Paper Be-
I.mDing to the Vatican.
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 VOce della I7eritd,
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 otfcidli
or oficiori. The subscribers are so few that
I don't think single paper except the Ga
zetta dItalia could live independently of
subsidies or party support. Only such pa
pers as the radical Ezio H., the organ of
Coccapieller, or 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 we'll 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 inspiration. The Osser-
| rotore Romano was sometimes called a
pontifcal paper, but it never belonged to
the pope.
The so-called pontiical organ printed in
| the number of Oct. 25 the prospectus of a
| new paper, II GoJTedo. 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 Card-
| nal Vicarlo 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 a PROCLAMATION, and
| will give to these schemers an exemplary
lesson.
Tho indirect way in which the Osserva-
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 the 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 q 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 i'll 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 reconciIed 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 fve
He was born in Lucca, Tuscany. Young
] enough, he entered the company of Jesus