New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
VATICAN AND QUIRlNAL.
NEW PHASES OF THE CONFLICT IN hoME
BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE

p"o' Az W" Rome. July 90
Rome is. indeed. city of surprises IT is barely
three weeks ago that Leo Nil. lncehseu oeSohu
all measure by the ecclesiastical clauses OIL inc he"
Italian code threatening TO leave she couii'Ls
Mt once and 70 transfer the seat of the Papacy to
some more cogcnal cline: while on the othcr h"no
the Prime Minister Signor Crispi, was publicly eA-
nressnq his discrimination to bring about the Be-
dan of Clericalsm7 and TO prosecute rs traitors al
who should presume even to moot the burning
question of reconciliation between Church ana
State The relations. in fact were more strained
than they had been at any time since INC surronuol
of Rome in 1870. To-day. however inc aspocO
of affairs is entirely altered. The heavy clouuS
which dorl,enrd the prospect of eventual under
standing between King and Ponth have dlsap-
pcarcd and peace and Cancellation nave succeeucu
the bitter hostility which has hitherto preNaileu'
| Jndeed may state without fear of eXaggcratlon
that at no period during the last eighteen Sc'is
has the possibility Of satisfactory settlement Oh
the difficulties between the Vatican ana INC o"ii-
nal appeared SO promising as at the present mo-
ment.
T. will Doubtless be remembered that by the
statute known as the Law Of Papal Guarantees
enacted in 1871. the Italian government 10 DUNN,
| i'm pcrpctuty to pay the Holy father al "niu'''
sum Of 5000 900 toward the maintenance Vi "'0
Papal Court and establishment nus Ia ho"
ever. declined to avail himself OF thiS source y,
income deeming that his acceptance thereoi "o"''
involve quasi acknowledgment OF inc he" so.-
ereiQnty at Rome. The money was therefore leu
TO accumulate at compound interest Ill inc cohoi'
of the Royal Italian Treasury ana appears wero
made to the faithful" throughout inc o"'no nu'
world IN make GOOD the deficiency in the Ponuh
income by increased contributions OIL ie'on
nencc, The largest and most generous suDscrlo
| crs have always been the poverty-strcken irish'
Init for some months there has been most aiarnl-
inc decrease in the amounts RENTED from une
Emerald Isle-a fact which is justly at'riputeu
70 the somewhat anti-Nationanst at'ituuc VI
| tbe Vatican on the Irish question LII Is perhaps
this awkward diminution of a revenue pfcca-Iou'
NJ the best of times that has led Leo ALI uuE-
inc the last fortnight to depart for the hESU 'ie
from the policy of his predecessor. and TO dfa" 10
tbe extent of several million francs on the la--c
SIM living in his name in the vaults oil the
Treasury 1t is impossible to oVefesVIin",o "''
inheritance of this act on the part oil tne Aop'-
an act which the Clerical press will scarcely VIM
urc to deny since it is the Prime Mlnis'eI
who guarantees its authenticity
1t is extremely probable that there IS some con-
roction between this and the remarks MADE a le"
DAVIS ago in the Chambc- by the Premier In the
course of very eloquent speech, he alluded 10 tue
relations between Church and State IN the loiio"-
ing terms: We prepared to make 'ie co'i'
SESSIONS demanded by the Church, but not JUST sc'
not in fact, until the Vatican ralSeS It's voice
TO bless our Italy instead of curslng 1t rs theI'o
NOT till the Holy See assumes an attitude Uo"'-"
rs which is at once kindly, peaceful ana hu'i'h'
and abandons that OF undisguiscd ahtasoliSl''
which has characterized it until now The PRIME
Minister'S words, uttered in imprisoned tones oi
voice. were greeted with the widest KIND oil a!e
plause from all parts of the Chamber Ih'Ie WIS
M possibiIitv of misinterprcting what the Prime
, Minister said He distinctly declared that inc
, Government is prepared to make extensive con-
, ooe.iore os soon as the Vatican enables it to
do so without damage TO its own dignity. FOL
this end il is indispensable that the Holy See
should abandon its attitude OF open hostility
toward the State which renders IL Impossible lol
tho latter TO acccde TO any demand OF the Churci
,vi,bout an appearance of surrender to a victor
Gus enemy.
simultaneously with This change OF front OF
t ,bo mart of tbc Premier comes the news that dur
ING the last eighteen twenty days, The mos
earnest and fervent petitions from the clergy ah'
laitv have been pouring into the Vatican rom al
= Quarters Of the kingdom, entrcating the Rope u
find some remedy for the ntolc:able state OF ai's
y created by the conflict between Church ana state
Since the issue Of the new code. the situation In
d dresses from the Cardinal Archibishops OF Turn
d Naples. Palermo Venice, Capua, Bologna an'
Milan draw the attention Of the Pope L
:, the disastrous effect on religion in Italy o
! thr long war which until now IN
+ been raging between the Quirnal and the Vatican
= Under the present circumstances the people hn'
d it absolutely impossible t. remain patr
1t otic citizens and devout Catholics a
y. the same time Matters have come t
re such pass in Italy that one cannot ODE
" the laws of the Church without disobeylng TN
u laws of the country, nor Is II possible TO SUOMI
y 70 the latter without incurring the dspleasure o
y the former and all the penalties consequent thereon
ID What has rendered this more strillingy evlden
e is the recent decree Of the Grand Penctcntiary
10 the Inouisition Cardinal Monaco della Naletta
d which indeed was the immediate cause OF th
&c concerted appeal TO the Pope by the liberia
rs Cardinals as described above. The circular o
III the Grand Penetentiary refers TO the new lay
~ enacted by Parliament, which prohibits the turtle
,e payment OF 1.-THE rates TO the parish clergy !
view Of the fact that the latter, as well as thel
bishops are in receipt Of regular supcnds fror
the Italian Government. by order OF the once c
the Holy Inquistion the letter in question has nc
only been publicly read in every parish churc
Is throu ghout the kingdom but has also been MALE
n 70 the doors of all sacred edihccs. In it tn
II parish priests are expressly ordered to refuse I
10 grant absolution to any one who acting In oDed
j, cncc to the law Of the State. refuses to pay hi
- tithes or their equivalent, to the Church. llcnc
20 it will be seen that if, on the one hand, the uT
r. fortunate Italian pays his tithes, he is guilt
Of of an act of dsobcdence TO the laws OF his coul
u try while if he acts in accordance with the tern
ID Of the latter and refuses to pay, he incurs I'll
I'd displeasure Of the Church and is deprived of a
C. the benefits of religion, such as absoutlon, IL
n sacraments and full funeral rites.
- This is only one of hundred similar Instance
which make the life OF every good Italian citizc
no a burden 70 him, distracted as he is by the conf
a. between his patriotic duty TO the State on the OF
as hand and his duty to the Church on the othe
ev Tho natural result is that in the case of ii