Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-17

of Mgr. satolli, or to evade the force Of his
words, are simply the dying protests OF I'M
repenting error. The address OF Mgr.
Satoll1 had been put into his mouth by the
Pope before he left Rome, and since has
been reported to the Pope verbally and has
received his approval. This is a positive.
undeniable fact; The controversy is finally
settled. Mgr. Satolli has also received
amplest powers to settle all disputes De-
tween Bishops and priests.
No Appeal From the Ablegate.
A copy of his powers has been sent to the
Bishops. In each case he is to have two as
sistants chosen from eminent members OF
the clergy, and his decision is to be abso-
lutely without appeal. The authority with
which he is invested is unusual; but this
shows that the Pope puts unusual conn-
dence in him. To maintain, as heretofore
the court of last appeal in remote Rome, Is
to render very difficult and tedious the pro-
ceedings leading to a conclusion. The Pope
has conferred q boon on all parties con-
cerned by placing, for time, at least
supreme tribunal in the country itself,
Some important cases are already before
Mgr. Satolh
The papal representative has the further
mission to inform himself accurately aoout
American ecclesiastical matters in general,
and to report thereupon regularly TO Rome
As time goes on, new emergencies ar1slng,ne
will receive other specific powers. MY own
impression is that beginning as ablegate, ne
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extensive powers of a regular delegate
apostolic. Whether, after his return to
Rome, he will have a successor, the Pope has
not yet decided. Much in this regard depends
on the work which Mgr. Satolli during his
delegation may find coming to him, ana on
the degree of good his presence and action
may bring to the Church.
As to the School Question.
The address on the school question covers
in its brief enunciations the whole ground,
and with a master pen marks out the
provinces OF church and State To the
Church, and to her alone. belong religious
but there is and there can be no
objection that the State lay claim to busy
itself with the secular part. The American
people will find, assuredly, naught to gain
say in these propositions. There can be no
room left for the old-time accusation that
the Church opposes instruction or de-
precates the efforts OF the state TO remove
ignorance from the children of the people.
word on the reported difference be-
tween Mgr. Satolli's address and the resolu-
tions of the Archbishops on the school
question: Whatever may be the private
opinions of some prelates, matter OF which
know nothing, am very sure that there
is no contradiction whatever between the
official resolutions of the conference and the
discourse of Mgr. Satolll. The readlng ot
the resolutions and the discourse tells all
this. 1t is absurd to suppose that the Arch
bishops would officially put themselves on
record against the representative OF the
Pope, speaking in the name of the Pope.
They formally take in their resolutions, as
the basis of their conclusion, the DEGREES OF
Baltimore and the decisions OF the Holy See.
By the words and decisions, of the Holy See
they make room for all explanations and
developments of the DEGREES of Baltimore
which may have come from Rome since the
holding of the Council as. for instance, the
decision in the so-caled Fariba ult case, and
the very teaching OF Mgr. Satolli, volc1ng
for America the mind OF Rome