St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-18

Suui ouO popdl oCClCttiJ VI otdtc,
Cardinal Rampolla, and the pre-
Propaganda, Cardinal Ledochowski
The Payal Council.
Cardinal Rampolla is by birth
an Italian, and for many years had
large experience as nunciO in several of
the European courts. Cardinal LedO-
chowski is Polander by birth, and was
for long time bishop of Poland. Under
the persecution of the Germans he was
imprisoned. and afterwards took refuge
Ill Rome, where he was engaged in the
general government of tbs church. and
recently placed in his present high posi-
ton. His appointment has special
significance in this, that the pope went
outside of Italy in selecting this wise
and eminent counselor. These three
names certainly are names before which
others in the world could be ranked
more Ugh in eminence. The names
of Cardinals Parrochchi and Vanutelli
might also be mentioned among those
who have attracted special attention by
their talents while in Rome, and coming
in contact with the Holy Father, / was
struck especially by two features Of the
pontficate of Leo. First that Leo, as
the representative of religion on earth,
occupies himself with all the interests
of EARTH because (and this is as it should
be), because religion is not matter by
itself which can be locked out from all
other matters and closed into a special
Religion is like the soul of
man. The soul of man pervadeS all man
does. 1t gives inspiration and motive
for all human acts. Religion is like the
air we breaths-peryading all space.
Religion on Guard.
There is the sanctuary wherein this at
moSphere is specially prepared, and, as
1t were, charged with divine electricity
which gives il vigor and force. From
this sanctuary this atmosphere must
spread out, and be found everywhere,
Inspiring, guarding, directing and puri-
flying. Other departments of human
action must have their own spheres,
and religion must not Interfere with
this, but religion must guard. every
sphere of life from wrong-doing, from
the pallor of the spirit of death. 1t
must give motive to men in
other spheres, and, whatever man
does, it must then keep him
from fastening to earth. Moreover,
there are other spheres of life into
which men are thrown-pOlitics, in the
true sense, the government OF nations,
are all things needed for man, and con-
sequently are all gifts from God. The
whole world is GOd's creature, and Re-
ligion, consequently, the representative
of God on earth, must interest itself in
all matters pertaining to man-must
bless and encourage them. We must
not fancy that Religion locks herself up
in her temples and cares for lis only
q in 10 tam q
cares for us wherever we are: she
wishes us to be happy. and to that end
her influence is given to us always.
Occasionally we hear this narrow idea
OF religion promulgated: that the repre-
sentative of the church must keep eX-
cluded to the same and take no interest
in anything else. Religion, not general
in its effect, leaves the world to the
spirit Of evil, that always takes posses
sion of things from which God has been
banished. You will not wonder then
that Leo, besides spreading the teach
ingS of religion, busieS himself with
the intellectual development of the
world, encouraging Indirectly the move
mentS OF the age, giving sanction to art
and to all good aud eleyating
influences. All this is the work of
the great and enlightened p0ntitf.
Leo comprehends the functions OF re-
ligiOn in an eminent manner. and, ii
example can be learned from him, its
this: That the spirit of religion is ev-
eryWhere. 1t is where good is to be
done in the material and intellectual
of the world. There is the
place where the ministry of the church
that the church in her acts is as cathO-
fio Is bor diffusion Cuar the UpnO,o N IN
ical world.
An Eye on the World
The, second noticeable feature is this,
understand thoroughly the world they
are dealing with. Let none imagine
that all movements of the aye 10 not
cross the threshold of the Vatican land
this vast comprehension of the age Leo
uses to show to the whole world, and to
future ages, that while all things on
earth are changing, Gods church never
changes. God is Interchangeable, and
when God placed His church on earth
he decreed not that the church shall be
continually giving place to others. He
made his church to last forever. 1t is
asked. will not the church change? and
men who have built up churches say ::
Yes. the church must change" We
learn from Leo that the Church of God
is not linked with accident or
human forms of government. 1t
is most significant lesson.
Human forms of government are chang
ing. They have changed in our time.
We have empires, institutions of feudal
government, then the workings of DEM
Ocracy. We have the free government
of the republic. as has France. Some
oh
ion is linked with government, SO relig-
ion also changes. Leo says these old
forms of the past belong to the past.
The Catholic church is linked with no
form of government. Some new form
of democracy may come to change our
own system of government. but the
church will be at home with it. The
whole industrial form of society has
changed, new and complex questions
affecting capital and labor arise, yet the
church says these are but accidental
changes, and she is at home with them
all.
Leo XIII. shows us how the church
not only admits of these changes, but
helps to solve them. Whenever any
movement presents itself to the world
which leads to its development, she
takes hand. Is not progress the
bringing out of the faculties of man?
Is it not the elevation of the human
race2 Hence, the holy father blesses
and encourages all things tending to
progress. Intelligent progress is what
the church desires and does not fear.
All Are Welcome
She opens to the whole world all the
libraries and historic treasures of the
Vatican, and tells infidel and Protestant
alike to drink deep. When all these
complex social questions come forward,
he, the Waterman of the tower, pub
fishes his encyclicals, laying down the
great principles according to which
these questions are to be solved. The
great principle of the right of property
is enunciated; but at the same time the
right of labor to decent and comforta-
BILE living is not forgotten. And so
these rights must be harmonized so that
no one shall go to extremes. And so as
to France, his encyclical teaches that
the church is not connected with any
one form of government. The false
doctrine occasionally heard that GER
tain royal houses had by some singular
contract with the people acquired the
sole right to hold power is referred to.
In all these matte we Catholics can
rejoice in the grandeur of mind of him
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