New-York tribune., 1886-07-07
MONSIGNoRE RENIER and THE VATICAN
LETTER FROM THE RECTOR OF ST. PAULA
CHURCH AT ROME.

| - FhoN hkCIOh OB PAULA
CHURCH AT ROME.
TO the Editor Of The Trtbuus
| SIR Will you kindly allow me to correcA
somc inaccuracies In the letter published In The Tst,
UsB OF Juno 27 from occasional correspondent ana
dated Rome Juns 5. In regard to Monslgnore Antonio
Renior the Italian probate who lately renounced thu
Papal obedience.
Frst-Monsignore Renier not received at all int
the Anglican Church." but declared himself openly A
italian Catholic, striving to free his national charon
from the usurpatons and corruptions OF the Papscy
SecOnd-He was implicated In . case OF attempted s,.
tortion not eight months but three ago-but uu
dor circumstance however. which. according TO the
Editor Of the extreme clerical Journal de ROM. vhs
was in prison with him at the time for vioisns
article against the Government entitled him to crsdlt
and reverence rather than reproach. He could have
cleared himself without question had ho appeared A
the trial, but his examination would have seriously
compromised great parsonage In the State and tive
Cardinals who hold the highest In the Church after
the Pope. Monslgnore Renier was persuaded ou. OF
loyalty to both Church aad state not to appear before
the Courts He was sentenced TO six months reclusios
mot hard labor but living at his with HE
servants for contitnacy-and he parioped ouS
the case could be brought before the King
Third-Monsiknore Renter not at this time or a
any time before after "suspended from tho exercise
OF his clerical functions On the other hand he holds
papers from the Cardinal Vicar Of Rome the Abbot os
Subaco IA CardinaD and tho Bishop Of Tivo his imms.
diate superors during the last twentyone years. which
certify that for that time naught had been known
ported against him enthusiastically and that Ia
the full exercise OF the highest faculties granted his
fnteiy by the Bishop Of Tvoli May II. 1856 Mon
sgnors Rensr made hts adhesion to the Italian Catholic
Church ten days later Two weeks later Monsignors
Sararese who the head Of the Italian Catholic
Chapel in Rome. broke down. utterly worn out by hIs
long struggle against Overp0werng odds. and made
nominal submission to the Vatican N0nsignoro Rensr
elected by the Church Con TDteo 10 succeed
him, and whom left Rome little over two weeks ago.
had already done much to gain tho confidence OF his
people. The Pope, too who has left stone unturned
this the Italian Catholic movement
had sent one Of his own theolOgans TO him with pen-
poetary powers to treat for his return to to tho Paph
and the very large offers made by this agent
had been respectfully but firmly declined.
MOnsignOre Renter had been p0yed by both the lao
and the present Pope tho confidential Intermediary
in the negotiations between the Vatican and the Italian
Government He had long hoped that through these
some arrangement might be reached by which Itsl-
fans duty Church and State might be reconciled It
only whom tho present Pontif broke the promises
made by him the earlier days OF his reign. and when
MOnsigOre Renter fully satisfied himself that there
honesty the OF the Vatican IN the negotiations
in which he had been employed that he felt after two
upon in duty his people 10 take the step OF declaring
his Independence OF the Vatican This at least s his
statement OF tho that lei MIN to his present posi-
ton. and to those who have watched the tortu0us
diplomacy Of the present Pontifcste IN Belgium aud
ireland, well as In italy 1t will not seem improbable.
r. J. NEvIN. Rector of ST. Paurs Church. Roma
Lancaster, Penn, July 2, 1856.