The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-20
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Soothing has created more interest IN
the Theological circles of the United
States than the recent mission of Mr..
Sat0lli. Il pleniputcntiary of Pope leo
MIL. who is yet IN this country com.
pirtin% the details of his mission.
This able representative of the yati-
can came with full powers to treat with
the confronting bishops and priests Of
his church in the United States. and
II was understood from the first that
what he did was to ir a. binding as if it
had been sanctioned Icy the pope in per
SON. He ordered the reinstatement Of
DR.. NcGlynn. who had been deprived %
his priestly character by Archbishop
Corrigan of New York. and then he
turned his attention to Il singular and
vital misunderstanding which had arisen
between the same New FORK dignitary
and Archbishop Ireland Of Minnesota.
Many Catholic priests have always
held the ban Of accommodation over
the heads Of such members of their
ilucks as veutured to send their children
to the public schools, and it was the en-
lightcncd Archbishop ireland who first
uttered Il protest against the folly of
such bigotry and reported the subject to
Rome. He took the very reasonable
ground that the American Catholic. like
citizens Of every other religious belief.
ought to live in harmony with the in
stitutions Of the republic. chief Of which
is the public school. His view vas APP
proved by the pope. and til" conflict
which followed brought Mr.. Satolli to
America.
Archbishop CorrigHn was an active
and bitter opponent Of the ireland
theory. He was for the paruchial school
and against the public school because he
held that the latter had a tendency to
make the young people weak in the
faith. HIS illibcral views were shared
by ii large body OF priests, and the ultra
montana party was greatly strengthened
by Corrigan's daring attitude, and the
persistency with which he combattc,l
the Ireland theory.
Mr.. Satolli took occasion to say almost
AS o as he arrived here that the pope
had sent him TO approve officially of the
stand taken by Ireland. and to dieap-
prove of that Of the archbishop Of New
York. Submission in the latter quarter
was speedy and complete. The power
ful Archbishop Corrigan WAS as meek as
need bc before the injunction Of tire
spiritual head of the Catholic world.
But then anne out an interesting bit Of
secret history. II was reported that a
plot had been on foot for some time to
render the American hierarchy entirely
independent Of Rome. and to establish a
papacy ON this side Of the Atlantic. The
case Of the Greek church was to be
taken AS a precedent, and the first Amer
lean pope was to he chosen toy the Amer
lean bishops in pretty much the same
way as was the pope Of the eastern
church who took the papa! throne at
COnstantinople.
II such IA plan was as nearly maturcd
AS the reports would lead us to believe,
it is certain that the vatican's intcrfcr-
cnce was we'll timed. for the forces Of the
alleged conspiracy have vanished. no
one knows whittier, and there is no Ger
tainty that they will ever be seen or
heard II again. An American pope
however, IL It prpcticaI certainty some
time ~ the u"ar future. TOhay the
greatest strength and wealth Of the
CathplI" church ~ ~ thIs country. Ita
property hpldiuRn and ltH fcYcnu"g here
must be Greater tnHu ~ any other coun
Try. and many ~ It's nblrri mcn are also
pn this side ~ the Atlantic. 1ho srpar
} niipu trpm Rome ~ The f.uyIIeh church