The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-08-19

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SATOLLI IN GOTHAM
For the first time in ten months Mgr.
Satolh hes visited New York. He cefe-
brated pontifcal mass in ST. Patrlck's
Cathedral in that CITY last Tuesday IN
the presence of vast con gregation which
filed the spacious edifce to overtloWlng.
The sermon was preached by Archbishop
Corrigan, but instead of taking his text
from the gospel of the day and speaking
on the significance of the feast OF the as
sumption of the Blessed Virgin, as the
congregation expected, he dwelt at
length on the obedience which bishops
owe to the Pope as head OF the Catholic
Church, and declared that he considered
it bumi)iating that it should ever become
necessary for him to deny even the
thought that he should have been dis
loyal to the Holy See. He hoped that
the attacks which had been made upon
his perfect loyalty had been inspired by
ignorance rather than malice, and said
that be was responsible for the admins
tration of his diocese only to the sover-
eien pontif and to those in whom he
delegated his authority.
The archbishop then welcomed the
apostolic delegate and said in conclusion:
"Whatever has been said in public or in
private against the rights and character
of our honored guest we reject as some
thing not to be countenanced tor mo-
ment To eulogize his virtues, especially
in his presence, were not seemly. 10
quote from Cardinal Newman: We must
not panegyrize those whom we must
obey" t.
The readers of The IRISH STANDARD
have been kept informed on the opposi-
ton manifested toward the papal able
gate by certain priests in Archbishop
Corrigan's diocese, one of them being
Father Lavelle, the rector Of the cathe-
dral in which Archbishop Corrigan de-
livered his remarkable address last Tues
day. a letter ascribed to Father Lavelle
came into the possession OF the Chicago
Post in the early part Of last January
which contained disreepectful references
to the apostolic delegate. The interfer-
ence of Mgr. Satolli in American Catho-
lie affairs was referred to as being "of~
fensive and annoying" and the letter in
question had the following religio- politi-
cal passage: "rhe bate cry of NO Force
bill, no negro domination won the late
election. We must have such cry in
order to warn the Pope and force him to
recall Mgr. Satolli." The conspiracy
originated by the clerical Catalines in
New York was nipped in the bud at the
time, but during the past few weeks it
has been revived in the columns of the
New York Sun. A writer under the
pseudonym of "American. Catholic" at
tackled the papal ablegate in shameful
manner, and another vilifier under the
nom de plume of "Catholicus non Satol-
licus" demonstrated the cussedness Of
his nature by rejecting on the compe-
tency of the apostolic delegation, and
saying that ''the appointment of Mgr.
Satolli has done more to destroy Rome's
influence in this country, and to cheaper
it's authority, than the combined attacks
of sectarianism and rationalism could
have accomplished He further falsely
asserted that "Rome's authority, vested
in the present delegate, has become by
word and mockery, and that the Pope
in America in the person of his delegate
is now dishonored and disgraced." These
communications we're most probably
written by priests in the archdiocese of
New York who knew that Archbishop
Corrigan was not pleased with Mgr. Sa-
tolli's attitude on the school question nor
with his restoration to DR.. McGlynn OF
his sacerdotal functions. Indeed, some
Catholic journalists intimate that the
archbishop himself has been the arch
conspirator against the Pope's represen
tative and that he inspired the vicious
attacks referred TO. Mgr. Satolli may
have been of the same opinion, or why is
it that on his visit to New York this week,
Archbishop Corrigan inds it necessary
to deliver an address in vindication Of
his allegiance and reverence to the Pope
and his accredited representative who
was the center of attraction at the time
in the sanctuary of the cathedral? We
can realize the humiliation experienced
by Archbishop Corrigan in making
public profession of his loyalty to official