St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-22

re-eStablished in the minds OF all who
have been interested in this question.
1t is the desire of the holy father that
your eminence would kindly have the
letter printed and distributed to all the
bishops of the United States. l would
remain, with profound respect, your
eminence's devoted servant,
NJ. CARDINAL RAMPoLLA.
Rome, June /, 1893.
The POpe's Encyclical.
To our beloved son, James Gibbons, cardi-
nal priest of the Holy Roman church, titu-
lar OF ST. Marys beyond the Tiber, the arch
bishop of Baltimore, and to our venerable
brethren, the archbishops and bishops OF the
United States of North America;
Beloved Son and Venerable Brethren !:
Health and apostolic benediction: We
have often given manifest proofs of our
Solicitude for the welfare OF the faith
full people and bishops of the United
States of North America, and of the
peculiar affection with which we cherish
that portion of our Savlor's flock. OF
this we have given additional and IN
mistakabIe evidence in sending to you
as our delegate our venerable brother.
Francis, titular archbishop of LepantO,
all illuStrious man, not less prominent
by his learning than by his virtues, as
you yourselves. in the recent meeting of
the archblshops i'll New York, have
plainly testified, thus confirming the
trust Which we had reposed in his
prudence.
Now his legation had this for its first
Object-that it should be public teStl-
monial of our good will towards your
country and of the high esteem IN
which we hold those who administer the
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TO have assisted in our name i'll the
dedication of the universal exposition
held in the city of Chicago, In which
we ourselves, by the courteous invita-
ton of its directors, have taken part.
But this legation had this also for its
purpose: that our presence should De
made, as it were, perpetual among you
by the permanent establishment of
An Apostolic Delegation
at Washington. By this we have mani
festly declared not only that we love
your nation equally with those most
t10urishing countries to which we have
been accustomed to send representa-
tives vested with our authority. but
also that we veh6mently desire that the
bonds of actual relationship binding
you and your faithful people with us, as
CIlIluISU WILL Jl6iI ldlIlCI, SlON
closer every Gay. Nor was it small
comfort to our heart that this new act
of our care in your regard was fol-
lowed by a general outpouring of
thanks and affection toward us.
Now, in our fraternal solicltude for
your we'll being, we had above all given
command TO the archbishop of Lepanto
dhat he should use all his endeavors and
all the skill of his fraternal charity for
the eXtirpatiOn of all the germs OF dis
senSion devolved in the too we'll known
controversies concerning the proper in
struction of Catholic youth. a diSSenSion
whose flame was famed by various
writings published on both sides. These
commands of ours our venerable brother
fully complied with, and in the month
or November of last year he repaired to
New York, where they had assembled
with you, beloved son, all the other
archbishops of your country. they having
complied with the desires which | had
cOmmunicat I'd to them through the Sa-
cred congregation of the Propag ganda,
that, after comforting with their sutfra-
gans, they shonld join counsel and de-
liberate concerning the method of car
ing for those Catholic children vino at
tend the public schools
Instead of Catholic Schools.
The things which you wisely decreed
in that meeting we're pleasing t, the
said archbishop of Lepant0, VINO be-
slowed merited praise on your pfu-
dence. and expressed his belief that
these DEGREES would prove most useful.
This Judgment we also, with great
pleasure, confirm: and 10 yourself and
the other prelates then assembled with
you we give deserved praise for having
thus oppOrtunely responded to our
counsel and our expectation. But at
that same time our said venerable
brothers, wishing, as it was our desire
to settle the questions concerning the
right instruction of Catholic youth,
about which, as stated. controversy was
being waged and writings published
with excited minds and angry feelings,
laid before YOu certain propositions,
put in shape by himself, touching upon
both the theoretical principles of the
subject and their practical application.
When the meeting of archbiShOps had
seriously weighed the meaning and
bearing of these propositions, and had,
asked for certain declarations and cor
rections in them, all this the archbishop
of Lepanto cheerfully complied with.
Which being done, the DISTINGUISHED as
semblage closed its Sc 1nS with a
declaration of gratitude and of sat
isfaction with the way in which he had
fulfilled the commission entrusted to
him by us. All this we find in the min
utes of the meeting, which you have
taken care to send us.
But these propositions of our delegate
having been inopportunely made pub
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Controversies Started Afresh.
which, through false Interpretation and
through malignant imputations, scat
tered abroad i'll the newspapers, grew
more widespread and more serious.
Then certain prelateS of your country,
whether diSplea5ed with the interpreta-
tions put upon some of these PROPOSE
tions, or fearing the harm to souls which
it seemed to them might thence result,
contided to us the reason of their
anxiety, and we, knowing that the sal
vation of souls is the supreme law to be
ever assiduously borne in mind by us,
wishing more 10 give you another proof
of our solicitous affection, requested
that each of you should, in private
letter, fully oper his mind TO us on the
subject, which was diligently complied
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animation of these letters it became
manifest to us that some of you found
in the propositions no reason for appre-
hension, while to others it seemed that
the propositions partially abrogated the
disciplinary law concerning schools en-
acted by the council of Baltimore, and
they feared that diversity of interpre-
tatlons put upon them would engender
sad dissensions which would prove det-
rimental to the Catholic schools.
After carefully weighing the matter,
we are intimately convinced that such
interpretations are totally alien from
the meaning OF our delegate, as they are
assuredly far from the mind of this
apostolic see. For the principal propo-
sitions offered by him were drawn from
the DEGREES of the third plenary council
OF Baltimore, and especially declare
that Catholic schools are to be most
seduously promoted, and that it is to be