The Irish standard., 1892-12-24

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SH RED All
part of his ponti6cate he brought toa
triumphant solution ~ the delivery Of .
.judicious address the most complex
question between Germany and the
Vatican. In the early part Of the pres
emit year when France was disturbed by
partisan dissensions aud " IN 9 fair
way to repeat the chaotic interregnum
Of the first revolution, Pope Leo issued
instructions to the prelacy to respect the
will Of the majority, to turn their backs
upon monarchisl pretenders and aid the
masses in firmly establishing republic
Of the people, by the people. and for the
people. What the genius Of the ablest
French statesmen was not able to accom-
plish, the Pope succeeded in doing by 9
simple recommendation. In Ireland
some of the hierarchy Of Tory proclivi-
ties sought to retard the cause of Home
Rule by stigmatizing 'boycotting" as
! sinful and opposed to Christian morality.
They appealed to Pope Leo to interfere
in the matter. He prudently sent Mgr.
Persico to Ireland to Investigate the at
fair, but the papal envoy was not re-
ceived very cordially by the Irish people,
and after Dillon, Dayitt and O'Brien
protested against the interference OF the
Pope's representative in Anglo Irish pol
itics he left the country. The Pope
shortly afterward expressed his SYM
pathy with the cause of Ireland, and
from that day to this he has not con:
dsmned 'boycotting.
The Pope has recently given further
proof of his sound judgment and pro-
| gressive views on "Cahenslyiem" and the
American school question. -ahensly-
ism" originated in Germany and demand
ed that German, Austrian, italian and
| other bishops OF different nationalitles,
whose native language was not English,
be appointed in distinctive dioceses OF
this country where European immigrants
had not yet learned the American langu.
age. The great Archbishop of St. Paul,
"the consecrated blizzard of the West, :
| who had pro-ed his Americanism on the
battle fields of the South during the late
Rebellion, strongly opposed this con-
templated innovation in the American
Church, and Pope Leo in his wisdom
condemned it also. The German HER
archy in this country then went to work
to make matters unpleasant for the st.
Paul prelate and patriot for endeavoring
to establish school system in his own
diocese which would be satisfactory to
all religious denominations. In the
early part of the present year the Pope
approved the Faribault plan, but still
the cry went forth that it was condemned
and not endorsed by His Holiness.
Quite recently he sent his accredited en-
voy, Mgr. Satolli, to this country to meet
the archbishops of the American Church
at their conference in New York, and
there and then the papal legate with all
the powers of an ambassador, reafirmed
the compromise plan wherever practlc-
able. Americanism as represented by
Archbishop Ireland has triumphed, and
the American school system will be no
longer denounced by Catholic zealots as
goddess" and unchristian. The loyalty
If American Catholics has been assailed
by fanatics and bigots for many years
because of the opposition of certain
bishops and priests to the public schools
There will be no reasonable cause fol
the misrepresentation of Catholic oiti.
zens in future, and that is consumma'
ton to be devoutly wished by every true
lover of American institutions. Great
and wise and enlightened is Pope Lee
XIII and long may he reign as head Of
the Catholic Church on the throne Of
Peter in the city by the Tiber.