The Helena independent., 1893-06-29


shoss Who arc scqusinssd With CASdisA!
Gibbons Of shat eminent churchmsn. The
ablsGats ID not 20 old 40 ths cardinal, being
only 81 years Of age. ''Our venerable
broths-, Fsaneis, titulAs aschbishop Of LIE.
pante," 10 the stately stsie By which POpe
Leo XIII. In his recent autograph lsttes TO
The officials Of the Catholic university Of
Washington. refers 70 his chosen dsleea,'ses ey,'e
NY Psruvian Boy" 10 the moro familiar
and sndeA,i ing term By which. IL - said, ths
vsnstAtsd father Of tlis Catholic chusoh has
often bssa heard to spssk In private life Of
biz former pupil and protsGs IN the forty
years Or moe during which he hec eoa- e
tsYsst.
closer 10 tho hsad 81 She Catholic church
than Monsienor Bsaollt, who has enjotsd
more unrstrainsd intimacy with him, o.
the broad. progressive poIiciss Of Leo XIII.
IN .polttics, philosophy and religion. He
ID the hYst apostolic delegate TO represent
tho po. e's views In church matters In tho
United States.
Of honorable psrcntags. In that quaint %.
clssiastical eity. whose university dates
back to the beginning OF the fouftssnth
century, his boyhoOd WAS passed amid as
soeissions whloh might naturally have led
him to choose An ecclesiastical life. even 4
not irresissibiy impsllsd him in that dirsc.
tion. Hs was educated in tho diocesan
seminary OF PeruRis. then the most emi-
nent ecclssiasticaI school In Italy. over
which presided JoAshim Pscci, archbishop
OF PeruRis, destined SONS ysArs later TO b
Loo KILL The earnest. Liberal minded
archbishop Of Peiugia, Allied with far
Fsaohing projects Of WELDING together
the philosophical teaching Of Shs age OF
~. Thouas Aquinas. snbodyinR ths best
thoughts OF pAganism and Christianity-.
doctrine. Of she gospels and Of 81. Angus
tine-and Of adapting them to the treat
ment Of the social questions OF the day,
and of the great democratic movements
which formed at once the danger and the
aspiration of the age found In 6is fsvorits
sehoisr i;a an apt and enshusiastio follower:
oratory Of the highest order. both In bis
native italian tongue and in the classical
Lstinity Of the Ciosroninn period, aud to
the Accomplishments he added great pow
srs Of original thought and marked facility
80 q writer.
II 10 scarcely 10 bs wondered At. therefore.
that when. on the death of Pho Memo. A'oh-
bishop Pscoi was selected to fill the papal
chair. no took an early opportunity OF
summoning his gifted pupil to Rome.
whore hs became ohe Of she pops's chief
helper: IL the ,'::osa.ion s os Phlosophissl
trusted the most important ptofessoEships
in the most famous school In the eternal
CITY, the propaganda and the Roman sem.
inary. Il 10 stated that In all the broad
domains of the church there IL hardly
diocese now whore there are not at least
one or moro students who draw instructions
in theoloov from Nor hatolli
There 10 In Rome special school Of re-
markab1e character, known a. the Academy
OF the Noble Ecclesiastics," in which young
clergy men Of birth. fortune and talents are
stained in ecolesiasticsl diplomacy and pre-
pared for the nuneiatures and other branches
Of church administration. They are es-
pscially trained for the handling Of politioo-
religious and social questions which Leo
XIII. has made 30 prominent In his snoycli-
cals. II Was to the presidency of this i'm
portant institution. requiring the utmost
versatility OF powers and rare combine
tion OF the theoretical and the practical.
that the pope. some few years ago, thought
proper to promote NonsiRnor satolli. who,
in the mean time, had been created tttular
archbishop of Lepanto. Here. again. he
achieved marked success. and Il WAS from
this responsible position that he was de-
tached for service in America.
During all this period Of activity and
prominence as q teacher in the schools he
had boon not less active and successfuj with
his pen. Among his best known published
works may be enumerated course Of phi
losophy In three volumes, . commentary on
umes. and essays Of tho highest merit on
the Beautiful and Traa, In relation TO the
study Of Mature. on the Variety Of Systems
and Essential Defects Of Modern Theology.
and numerous other topics, his trsatmsnt |
OF which was held up BY Leo XIII, ~ a
brief. dated June 20. 1886. The pen which |
thus won laurels in the held of theology
and philosophy was aqually successful In |
the domain Of practical politics. He is
the author OF several notable tseatiseO on |
Concordats. and on the relations Of Tho |
church andsststs In the early centuries Of
AonsiRnor Satolli has bssn especially In |
sympathy with the enliRhtsasd policy Of |
the pope. which has led him invariably to |
cast his potent influence on the side of |
peace ION the lines Of truth and iustics),
which has always coaossled moderation.
which has induced him TO defend the
rights Of labor. and has caused him to give
his unhesitatinR approval to the demo-
cratic form of government for nations that
see in that form their life and prosperity.
and conoiliation have besn the
ksynotes of Lso's policy. and have been
,noy olicai. in which b. outlined the pro.
gramms OF his pontidcate. down to the
memorable letters addressed 10 the French
clergy and people whom the fate OF The
French republic seemed to hang TREMBLING
IN the balspss. SatolIi was an earnest ad-
voeste of that bold and liberal policy
which threw the vast weight Of the
papal influence. after the disaster at Sedan,
10 favor Of the combination of moderate
0Eleanists and moderate radicals which
Preserved the republic against tho machi-
aations of the legitimists, the Bona partists
md other extremists. His entire accord
With the liberalizinR tendencies Of the
oops's mind Is farther msnifested In the
theories Of DR.. McGlynn. and still more 90
n the hearty acceptance and advocacy OF
he SO called Faribault plan. chanpioned
,y Archbishop Ireland and Cardinal Glib
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