St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-23
IMPORTANT ADVANCE
Father Ducey Analyses the Pope's
Encyclical on the School
Question.
Only Words of Laudation for the
Vatican's Faithful American
Representatives.

New YORK, June 22.-The Herald
prints the following written statement
from Mgr. Ducey on the pope's ency-
clical:
The pope's encycical letter ON the
school question in the United States
proves to be just such document as
was to be expected from the
indomitable frmness and practical
two parts. In the first part he
details the motives which led him to the
establishment of the apostolic deleSa-
ton in America, dWells on the special
character of the mission entrusted to
Archbishop Satolli, and gives his estl-
mate OF how perfectly that mission has
been fulfilled. This is the point toward
which expectancy had been directed
with the keenest curiosity All nave
been anxious to see whether the pope
would fully accept and indorSe the ac-
ton of his delegate. Some have gone
so far as to predict that Archbishop
Satolli'S action and teaching would be
distinctly repudiated by the pope. The
result, as might have been foreseen by
disintereSted and unprejudlced minds.
is directly the contrary of this. He has
only words of laudation for his faithful
states explicitly in his encycllcal letter
that the delicate and important mission
entrusted to Archbishop Satolli mas
been fulfilled to the entire satisfaction
of Leo XIII.
In the second part of the encyclical
the pope dwells in detail on the chief
objections urged against the PROPOSE
tions of Archbishop Satolli for the solu-
ton Of the school question, and refnteS
these objections concluSlvely. The
chief objection has been that the teach
ing of the apostolic delegate was con-
trary to that of the third plenary cOun-
Gil of Baltimore, and antagonistic to
the Catholic school system. This allega-
ton Archbishop Satolli has from the
beginning of his mission repudiated as
misunderstanding or mlsrepreSenta-
ton of his decision or teaching. Leo
XIII. does the same. The holy father,
having before his eyes the DEGREES OF
the council of Baltimore and the
propositions of his delegate, proves
bishop Satolli are in no way an abrQga-
tion of these DEGREES, nor i'll any way
inconsistent with them. He quotes the
words and acts of the delegate that
such never was his meaning, and to as
sert it was an injustice. The pope
maintains both the decrees of the coun-
ell and the teaching and decision OF the
apostolic delegate, and he concludes
by urging that useless controversy on
the subject shall cease, and that all
shall now bend their energies to the
practical solution Of the principles
enunciated by the council and the prac-
ticaI measures pointed out by Arch
bishop Satolli.
Hence, il is evident, to use CONNER
cial expression, that the net result OF
this weighty papal pronouncement must
be practical advance toward the prac-
tical and happy solution of the much
vexed school question of the United
States. | hope ecclesiastics in this and
other matters for the future will not re-
fuse to be guided by the epigram of the
lamented Lincoln, with charity TO all;
with malice toward nome" 1t is very
wise that we have for the public guild
ance an official and not diocesan
translation of the document. Now no
one can be uncharitably accused at
making translation to suit any indi-
vlduaI purpose. Let us trust that
throughout the United States from now
on we shall hear these ringing words of
holy scripture, pax vobis." l hope this
simple statement may De productive of
some good