St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-15
MCGLYNN'S CASE.
Mgr. SatoIIi Publishes the Action
of the Pope.

Mgr. SatOlIi Publishes the Action
of the Pope.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Archbishop
Satolli authorizes the publication of the
following statement in regard to the
pope's action in the case of DR.. Nc
Glynn:
son the very day of the resti-
tuition of DR.. McGlynn with the
church public notice was given of
it with the statement that Mgr.
Satolli had absolved from censure
and reconciled DR.. McGlynn by spe-
cial power for the purpose requested
from and granted by the holy father,
been 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 sufficed to sat
| lsfy every one with the reconciliation
carried out by authority, specially dele
gated by the holy father, and with the
conditions called for by the the holy
father Then it is well to make sew
eral reflections.
''First-That. as soon as it was under
stood that these conditions were COM
Piled with, every sincere Catholic should
at once have felt himself bound i'll con-
science to recognize that all had been
done in the case that was eXpedient IN
accord with the spirit Of the Catholic
church;
''Second-That the selection of the
proper time and the manner to give
public information of the conditions
belonged to the authority OF the church,
! and when the holy father should find it
opportune, after the reception of the
documents, which we're Immediately
forwarded;
"Third-Every one could see that the
immediate publication of those condi-
lions was for prudential reasons
omitted, to avoid talk that might OPP
pose the good done by doing away with
the calamity which had for so long
weighed upon priest by recOnciling
him with mother church. If this re-
suit has not been obtained, and ii this
wise silence has been unacceptable to
| any one, it must be ascribed simply to
premature eXaction.
1.-The conditions were in this form:
DR.. McGlynn had presented a brief
statement of his opinions on moral eco
nOmic matters, and it was judged not
contrary to the doctrine taught by the
church and as recently confirmed by
the holy father in the encyclical Rerum
Novarum. Also, it is hereby publicly
made known that DR.. McGlynn, besides
protesting his adherence to all the doc
times and the teachings of the Cath
Ollie church, has expressed his regret,
saying that he would be the first to re-
greet it, for any word or act Of his that
may have seemed lacking i'll the respect
due ecclesiastical authority, and ne
therefore intends to repair, as far as he
can, any otfenSe which may have been
given to Catholics. Finally. DR.. Nc
Giynn has, of his own free will, declared
aud promised that within the limits of
not long period of time be will go to
Rome in the spirit and intention which
are becoming to good Catholic and
priest.
Then it is we'll to note how deplor-
able it is that this reconciliation should
have been discuss ed, as it has been in
newspapers. in such manner that pri-
vate and lay persons have dared to pass
upon it harsh reproach and ill-c0nSid-
cred cenSure. That any one should
have dared to speak of the pope's au-
thority over the church in America as
foreign is a sentiment and an utterance
enormously erroneous and scandalous.
The action of the church and of the
holy see in the things that belong to it
is superior to every man-made
boundary, universal and proper to
every country in which there
may be Catholics. For this rea-
son it seems to us exceedingly
opportune to recommend due respect
in every case to ecclesiastical authority,
above all to the holy see, as we'll as to
the council of Baltimore, as it is for
hidden to treat ecclesiastical matters
and questions through the medium of
journalism. Much more deplorable is
it that persons, both ecelesiastics and
laymen (who wish to appear as sincerely
Catholic, make bad use of journalism
with violent and mendacious attacks
beyond all bounds otrespectand charity
against venerable prelate, whose
virtue and learning, whose rectitude of
character and unquestioned love
towards the church and the supreme
pontiff, never unaccompanied by sincere
1--we of country, make them deservedly
the objects of the special prediction
of the holy father and of universal es-
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