Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-10-01
TEMPORAL POWER.
The oerman-Amerioan Priests
Favor IT'S Restoration.
The Platform Adopted at Buffalo
Urges the international Catholic
Congress to Meet IN This Coun-
try to Confer About Roman inde-
psndence.

BUFFALO, n. Y.s September 25.-The con-
Eress of German-Amsucan priests adopted
8 platform which contains this.
With confdenee we leave it to Divine Prov
idenee by what means the restoration of papal
Independence viii be brought about. In the
meantime We will never cease to courage
Ously sustain the Holy Father and In accord
ance with his intentions, IN his admonitlons,
everyone IN his own sphere and according to
his ability, for the right of the head of the
church. and to strive with all legal and legt-
innate means to regain the freedom due to
the successor of st. Peter. In this respect
We greet with the utmost pleasure the idea
suggested at the recent Catholic congress
held in Germany TO call an International
Catholic congress for the purpose of urging
the restoration to power of the pope and as
an independent sovereign For the reason
that political circumstances have prevented
the adoption OF said resolution in Europe,
we believe our beloved country il the proper
place for holding such congress, as we are
not hampered by political prejudice and i'm
perial intrigues. AS Catholics of the United
states We consider 1t our hOnOred duty to
adopt the resolution of our brethren in Eu-
rope We believe the time has come when
an international congress can convene for
the purpose OF aiding in the restoration of
the pope's temporal power. We believe no
country in the world is better adapted for
holding such congress than the United States,
and NO time more opportune than the coca
sion of the worlds fair at Chicago in 1913.
This, our cherished wish, We especially
submit for the consideration and approval
of all our brethren in the Catholic faith, to
the good will and approval Of our efficient
bishops, especially his eminence, our be-
loved cardinal, James Gibbons, and lastly,
with -hlial reVerancs and love, to the decision
of our sovereign pOntin, Leo XIII.
The platform then offers the Holy Father
the most respectful and slncerest thanks for
the excellent encyclical on labor questions;
demands the liberty based on natural rights
and guaranteed by the constitution of edu-
eating German Catholic youths. emphahcal-
ly protests against every interference with
their parochial schools; demands full right
and liberty to rEtain without interference
our German mother tongue, together with
the language of this country; states that its
hopes for the future are based on the central
union of German young mems societies: re-
news the former declaration of fidelity and
confidence in and attachment to our reYer-
end bishops of the United States; protests
against all attempts to encroach upon the
rights OF Indians in the selection and prac-
tice of their religion, protest against the at
tempts that are being made to withdraw
from the Indian schools the support of the
government; under the hypocritlcal pale of
supporting public schools, inRsmuch as there
is thereby openly declared opposition against
Christian education and especially against
the Catholic church, and express regret at
the death Of Windthorst.