The Portland daily press., 1889-07-02
A CARDINALS HAT FOR C0RRIGAN.
The Pontiff Anxious TO Lessen the
Power Of Or. Gibbons
whose AmerIcanIsm Is Too Pro-
nounced for Roman Ideas.
Foreign DivInes to Teach FOREIGN
Doctrine In Washington.

ROME, July lit is reported here at the
Palazza of the Propaganda Eide that Arch
bishop Corrigan has been summoned by the
Pontiff to Rome, and that he will arrive
here toward the middle or latter part OF July.
The right reverend prelate Is a persona
gratissima at the Vatican, and IL Is stated on
the highest authority that his name will be
included by the Holy Father among the next
batch Of Cardinals created. DIR. Corrigan's
elevation TO seat In the sacred colleTqwfif
be attributable not so much to the pei sonal
favor Of the Holy Father as to the urgent
desire Of the Curia to diminish the predomIn-
ance Of Cardinal Gibbons in the Catholic
world Of the United States. Unlike the
Archbishop Of New York, DIR. Gibbons Is
far from being popular at the Vatican, and
although no mention was made of II at the
time in the American press, yet when In
Rome a couple Of years ago with DIR.
Taschereau for the purpose OF investiture
with the purple, most marked distinction
was made between the attentions and hon.
ors lavlshed on the Canadian Cardinal and
the treatment accorded to his EmInence Of
Baltimore. The fact Is that the latter Is too
fond Of airing his American citizenship and
independence to suit the ideas which prevail
at the Vatican. This has recently taken the
form Of latent II not public support Of tha
opposition to the appointment Of foreign
theologians to the professorships Of the new
Catholic university at Washington. This
attitude on the part OF the Cardinal In the
matter has given deep 0ffense at the Vat!
can, where the utmost Importance Is attached
10 the professorshipS In question being held
by French, Italian and German divines. The
objection Of the Curia here to the employ
ment OF native American eccclesiastics as
teachers Of the university Is attributable not
to any underestimation OF their knowledge
but to dread of their innate democracy,
which 1t Is extremely difficult TO reconcile
with the submission, abnegation and subser-
yience required by the Church from its
clergy.
Born, bred and educated among demo-
cratic and radical surroundings, taught
from their youth both by example, intiu-
ence and precept to value their personal in
than anything else in the world, the Amer
ican-born priests Of the Roman Catholic
Church are more difficult to govern than the
clergy Of any monarchical countries Of Eu-
rope.
The Pontiff explicitly exacts that the laws
enacted by the Curia Of Italian Prelates at
Rome should be preferred by all good Catho-
lies to the laws Of the land TO which they
may happen to belong. Patriotism and the
duties OF citizenship are expected to take a
back seat wherever the church Is concerned.
Leo XIII. Is fully aware that he would ex-
perience exit eme difficulty In finding Ameri-
can born ecclesiastics sufficiently obllvious
to their duties to the Commonwealth to be
willing TO teach such doctrines as these at
the new Washington University. Hence
the extreme anxiety Of his Holiness to
achieve the appointment OF foreign diyines
to the professorships Of the Institution.