The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-27
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prs.nsttenaltst fope-Oss Not an italian.
ROME. Feb. 15.-Leo KILL. genius emine entity
intuitive and harmonious. foresaw at the very
beginning Of his reign the near future OF the
Papacy through the necessary anstorm ton
OF its public services. and especially OF its COS
mopolitan functions. Asa foreign and neutral
Pope will necessarily be the outcome OF n
whole serios of changes Leo XIII. deemed 1t
his duty to direct all his interior adminietra-
ton toward the end Of this moral creation.
The appointment OF Cardinal Ledocho wski
to the office Of Project OF the Propaganda.
post which resembles cosmopolitan mon.
archy. is an invitation to commence our dem
onstration from the personal side. Plus TX
had already felt the approach OF tho new
breezes. He liked to surround himself with
foreign prelates and Cardinals. Ledocho wski.
Hohenlohe. Dc Falloux. and SO on: but with
him II was 4 sublime instinct rather than a
political calculation. When Leo XIII. came
into power. he continued this timid prelude.
but tinio came when. desiring to conciliate
the King and bring about the return OF Rome
to the Popc. he arrested tho current. More
over. old Romansm offered resistance
organizations that are about to be
transformed resist to tho last. in the
hone OF preservation. The Roman prolates
gave Leo XIII. to understand that it was both
Citation. and at tho Same time to information.
nlize the functions Of the Holy SEQ. The more
the need OF transformation was felt, tho moro
tho old possessors OF places exerted them-
selves. naturally enough. to close tho bureaus
and tho entrees Ut tho Vatican to the now
comers tho Foreigners. those who. since Pc
trarch and Dante. have boon called. moro pic
turcsQuely than courteously. tho barbarians."
But since tho prepotcnt regime OF Crispi be-
gan. whose ambition was to absorb tho Vatican
In tho limits OF a political power. Loo XIII.
has taken up again with moro OF con-
tinuity and ostentation the movement OF inter-
naturalization from tho personal roint OF
view. At the present timc tho-e arc only two
German Cardinals In Rome. Tho load. the
French. English. and others. havu not boon re-
rlncod. But the nominations ~ Cardinal
Ledochowski and Mgr Merry de Val. tho son
OF the Spanish Ambassador ut vicnnn. to tho
Propaganda and the nntcchnmber of tia Pope.
are events OF great importance. It Is said on
high authority That these two nets arc only
the prelude to other appointments.
Tho Project Of the Propaganda is tho most
considerable parsonage next to tho Pontiff.
He is called tho red Pope" His Kingdom is
tho ontlre world whilo tho Secretary OF State
has only q balancing and modcrating author
ity. lIc is n kind of Minister OF Foreign Affairs
The Propaganda is n civiizing. crcatlvc. and
astronomical power. exercised without inter-
vcntion. 1t is closed world. while the
Secretary OF State Is only tho official inter-
prefer tho direct and personal organ OF tho
Holy Father Consequently this promo
ton. with its historical reach and
meaning. has not passed. unnoticcd. It
is tho coup d'itat over again OF Sixtus ".
shy the Romans who. recovered from their
first alarm. try to bring tho event down t. tho
proportions OF m unimportant. personal. and
private act. The italian Government has felt
the blow. One OF its Ministers Ia reported to
have said: " The Pope wants to snatch from
us both the Propaganda and tho Holy See. aud
he commences by notwithstanding them. It
is the beginning OF tho thrent of foreign
Pope." Those arc prophetic words.
This act stands alone up to the present. and
there is room to contest its demonstrutivo
value: but the thing which shows beyond any
possible contradiction tho current OF which l
am speaking. is tho attitude OF tho Holy
See in tho choice OF tho Generals OF
orders. who ara u sort OF Popes. The
Pope hns created thrce foreign Cen
erals in religious orders belonging to neutral
countries. Anderledy. who has Just died. was
given to tho Jcsuits: Father Christen d Ander-
matt was appointed over the Capuchins. and
the third. Swiss. was put over the Redomptor
lists. The last General OF tho Dominicnns was a
Spaniard. Spain being a half-noutrnl country:
and the present General is also n foreigner.
Tyrolean. II l am not mistaken. And 80 on.
Leo MIL. by placing foreigners belonging to
countries moro or less neutral in charge Of
such important cosmopolitan functions. has
evidently pursued tho realization OF IN ilen.
and this idea can be none other than the
Observation-Disclosures OF the Holy See. and OF tho
above all national passion and rivalrles. 1t is
hint to all that tho time will come when the
Pope himself must enter into this movement.
and symbolic upon tho heights the visible
throwing Off on the part Of the Papacy Of tho
Italian national costume.
This work OF Decentralization is verified
by the same evidence In the accentuated &C.
clesiastical cosmopolitanism Of Pontilcal
Rome Here we have II fact which perhaps has
been less noticed. We find Leo MIL and the
Holy See emulatng each other In multiplying
the cgeation OF two kinds OF institutions. inter.
national religious establishments. both for
missions and for science. and finally national
colleges in all countries. Loo XIII. leans EVIL
IDENTIFY toward modification OF even the ex-
ternal physlo:nomy OF the metropolis OF the
Church. to make more apparent It's supra
national character. For this reason lie
edictine institute. and successfully created
the Bohemian. Maronite Canadian. Spanish.
and Portuguese colleges: that is to say. a
visible representation Of all nations In Rome.
Now. will not this national representation be
inevitably reflected tomorrow. even In the
direct functions OF the Holy Seer 1t Is q secret.
successive and organic work OF which the
foreign Pope will naturally be the final out
come A superficial glance cannot take In this
silent and irresistible growth OF new world.
but the attentive eye OF the impartial observer
must follow with interest tho increase and tho
development OF this democratic and cosmopoll-
tan transformation.
In tho same order of things. this same en-
sen,ble, Of foreshadowinG events is linked
the policy OF Leo KILL in the afYairs OF the tenn
poral Pontincate. When we compare synthet.
lcally the Ideas and the acts OF tho Pope. we
discover little by little a marvellous unity OF
conception and application. To our eyes tho
gigantic work reveals itself slowly. Have peo-
pile noticed with what passion. with what scru-
pulous caro- the present Pope poses as hlstor-