Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-17
DIR. McGLYNN AND THE POPE.
The Report of an Interview in Rome Please
the Priests Friends.

The Report of an Interview in Rome Pleases
the Priests Friends.
The anti-poverty men and friends Of DR.. Nc
Glynn in New York are rejoiced over the an
nounccment that DR.. McGlynn is in Rome and
that the pope had granted him an extended and
cordial interview.
The first intimation the public had that DR..
McGlynn intended visiting Rome came from
the Rev. Father Ducey about two weeks ago,
when he said to a reporter of the World:
Il can't tell you how know this, but you
can rest assured that it is true. won't tell you
the ship he sailed on or anything else about it.
1t is supposed that he has gone to Chicago, but
this is not so''
The next story said he had sailed for Europe
from Montreal. and this had scarcely reached
the city when the ru NOR came that he was do
ing penance in Trappist monastery in Ken
lucky. The friends of the doctor laughed at
this. Next came the positive information that
the doctor had started for Rome and that he
was expected to arrive there last Saturday. 1t
WAS said that he had sailed on one of thes Ger
man steamers by way of the Mediterranean or
on one. of the boats Of the Rcd Star line.
Coupled with this information came the state
ment that the doctor was obeying the orders of
Mgr. Satolli A friend Of the deposed priest
said:
at is the opinion Of all Of the old members
of st. Stephens that Dr.. McGlynn will come
back fully vindcated in the stand he took on
the land question and on politics." Before he
sailed DR.. McGlynn is reported to have said
81 go to Rome as priest and child of the
church. l also go as an American citizen.
My stay will not be long one"
One of the Paulist fathers, who requested
that his name should not be used. said Thurs
day that he saw no reason TO doubt the state
ments that DR.. McGlynn bad been received
cordially by the holy father, and that the
doctors complete restoration would follow
soon. He added:
"You must bear in mind that he has not vet
been completely restored He has simply been
released from accommodation, but as vet has
been assigned to no parish, and SO far as know
he has not said mass anywhere except in q
private chapel in Brooklyn. He has authority
to say mass but he lacksa church.
The Rev. Father Ducey, who always has in
sisted on the right Of individual opinion, is re-
reported as much pleased with the situation.
He is certain that the Vatican will permit in
future no coercion OF individuals in the Catho-
lie Church in America. He believes that the
supporters Of liberal thought and teaching will
be upheld by the pope.
Although loath to say much about DIR. Nc
Glynns visit to Rome, Father Ducey expressed
Citation between the pope and DR.. McGlynn
would be confirmed soon.
Dr. Henry Carey, who Is q member Of St.
Stephens Church and Is one Of the stanchest
supporters of DR.. McGlynn, said he was over
joyed with the news, but was not greatly sur
prised, because he had known all along that the
doctor had gone to receive the blessing Of the
pope.
II am taxing part In movement" continued
DIR. Carey, ito give the doctor a grand recep-
ton when he returns home. All of us OF 81
Stephens parish hope to have the doctor for
II IL A.
tition will be prepared aud sent to Mgr Satolli
asking for his restoration to his old church,
Father Lavelle said that no official news OF
the visit Of DIR. McGlyun TO the pope had been
received at the cathedral.
II do not know whether the pope sent for
him, he added. although l understand that
one of the conditions of the doctors being
restored was that he should see the pope
don't know when DIR. McGlynn went, how he
went or anything else about it, and the arch
bishop is as totally in the dark concerning it as
am
The gossip stirred up by the reported recon-
ciliation between the pope and DIR. McGlynn
has been extended by q rumor that the Rev.
DR.. Burtsell is to be made a bishop and that a
like honor may be conferred upon DIR. Nc
Glynn. 1t is said that DR.. Burtsell is to be
given charge Of a diocese to be made up of
Ulster. Sullivan and Greene counties, and that
maybe Bishop Wigger. who has had trouble
with some of the priests of the Newark diocese,
will be transferred and his place filed by Dr.
McGlynn. As though to give color to these
rumors and to show that Archbishop Corrigan
is ill at ease, Dr. Ferranti. who has been acting
as private secretary to the archbishop, is going
to Rome. 1t is reported that he will prepare
for visit Of the archbishop to the pope.
Father Lavelle said that there was no truth in
this report.
DIR. Ferranti is an Italian he said. "and
during his two years stay in America he has
longed continually to go home to see his
mother. He is a homesick man. DIR. Fer
rand has simply been assisting Father Con-
nelly, who is the archbishop's private secre-
tary. DIR. Ferranti is going to Italy to see
his mother. His journey has no other sig