The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15
DE. M'GHYNN's RECONCILIATION:
Mgr. SatoIli Gives the Conditions Under
Which the Doctor was Absoived.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1A-Archbishop Satolli.
permanent apostolic delegate In the United
States. authorizes the publication OF the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the Pope's &C.
ton in the case OF DR.. McGlynn:
"On the very day OF the reconciliation Of DR..
McGlynn with the Church public notice was
given o. it. with the statement that Mgr. Sa-
tolli had nbsolved from censure and recon.
ciled DR.. McGiynn by special power for the
purpose requested from and granted by the
Holy Father: and moreover. that the absoIu-
tion had boon given because DR.. McGlynn
had willingly accepted the conditions laid
down by the Holy Father as necessary and
sufficient. This Information. SO expressed.
should have suficed to satisfy every ono with
the reconciliation carried out by authority
specially delegated by tho Holy Father and
with the conditions called for by the Holy
Father. Here 1t is we'll to make several reflec-
lions:
"First-Tlat az soon as It was understood
that these conditions were piled with.
every sincere Catholic should at once have
felt himself bound in conscience to recognize
that all had been done in the case that WAS eN-
ped!ent. in accord with the spirit OF the Cath
Ollie Church.
"~Second-That tho selection OF the proper
time and the manner to give public informa-
ton of the conditions belonged to the author
ity OF tho Church. and when the Holy Father
should find 1t opportune. after the recention OF
the documents. which were immediately for
,.IGirdnEysry one could see tnat the imms:
might oppos. the good dors, by doing away
with the calamity which had for so long
With tho mother Church. Il tt1niis"r ras"h'i p h.s
not been obtained. and II this wise silence has
been unacceptable to any one 1t must b. as
prihpV sim DlY 10 nF0mAtuyl pNaStinn.
The conditions were in this form: Dr. Me-
Glynn had presented u hrie. statement of his
opinions on moral economic matters. ami II was
Judged not c%ontrary to the doctrine constantly
t%mSndI b b. ths- INV HnIr' r., ana r. ne, lnecentiy s%mi
made known ,iat Dr., MsGIynn. Iesiiss PRO;
t tsssing his 81 tire fst +" Il! t G;u 'l"ii''I n.. an. ss!
pressed his regret isavlng that no would lie
the first to regret it, for any word Greet Of his
due to ecclesiastical authority. and he thereby
intends to rsnsiri as lar ~ ne e On any offence
""'TinalTIy. Dr. McGiynn has. Of nIs own free
will. declared and promised. that. within. tho
limits Of = not long period Of time. he VIII go
becoming to n good Catholic and a priest.
'Hsrei it Is well e note how dsn!orable # Is
cussed. as 1t has been In newspapers. Ia such
manner that %,rivate and lay persons nays
as5e" +" raSs aP0n ca ,s msfSh That rsor0 any
QUO should have dared TO speak Of the
Ione's authority over. the church IN america
as foreign ~ u sentiment and an utteranco
enormously erroneous and scandalous. The
action r. the Church and OF tbs Holy Sec In the
| man made boundary. universal and proper TO
every country In which there may be Catho-
lies; For which reason 1t seems 20 us sxceed-
every case to ecclesiastical authority. and. be-
fore all, TO that Of the Holy See. as well as to
that OF the G uncil OF Baltimore. inasmucl as
1t is forbidden TO treat ecclesiastical matters
and questions through the medium OF Jour
naiism.
Much more deplorabla Is It that persons.
botl' ecclesiastics and laymen. who wish to APP
pear as sincerely Catholic. make had use Of
lacks, beyond all bounds Of respect and char
ity. against venerable Grelates. whose virtue
unanestioned and upquestionsble love toward
the Church and the Suprsme Ponttn. never un.
them. deservedly the objects Of the special
prediloction Of the Holy Father and OF unlver-
sal psteem and veneration."