The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-12-16
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1893.
MGR sAToLL1 ATTACKED.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1893.
MGR. SATOLLI ATTACKED.
Despite the fact that Mgr. Satolli is in
this country as the representative of the
Pope to attend solely to the affairs OF the
Catholic Church, he has not escaped the
censure and misrepresentation OF certain
prelstes and parsons of other religious
denominations. They affect to look upon
the italian prelate Us an intruder whose
object in coming here is to plot for the
destruction of American institutions, and
though he has expressed his admiration
for our republican institutions and wished
them perpetual success, these alarmists
do not accept his words in good faith but
attribute to him sinister motives. 1t was
only the other day in the German reichs-
tag that DR.. Leber, the parliamentary
leader Of the Catholic party, declared
that il the Vatican should ever interfere
in German politics, the first duty OF ali
Germans of the Catholic faith would be
to the empire and not TO Rome. In the
United States we have no Catholic or
Protestant party, but il the Pope or
his apostolic delegate, Mgr. Satolli, die
tated to Catholic citizens how they
should vote upon any political iddestion,
they would resent the inteefTfereEree and
a;s;v ,, r es.e words of O'C9E1nell on mem
orable OCCASION, We take our religion
from Rome, but .1G;ot our politics. The
fact OF the matter is that the II ~ See is
consistently opposed to interference with
politics in any country, and even IN Italy
itself the Holy Father prudently keeps
aloof from political partiee and devotes
his energies exclusively to the divine
work of the Church over which he pre-
sides with such ability and wisdom.
His representative in this republic has
no intention of meddling IN politics or IN
the affairs OF any church but his own,
and vet such men as Bishop Arthur
Cleveland Coke, one OF the five bishops
IF the Protestant Episcopal church in
New York state, has seen tit to address
two open letters to Mgr. Satolli, in which
he displays considerable ignorance OF
Catholic doctrine and descends to vitup-
arstive and insulting language. Of
course. NJ r. Satolli mas paid no heed TO
tha unproyoked attack, but several able
champions, among them Father Cronln,
If the Buffalo Union and Times, have
come forward to vindicate the illustrious
italian dienitary and rebuke his assall-
ant.
Among the influential publications
that have referred to the uncalled Tor at
tack Of Bishop Coxe ia the Illustrated
American. Under the heading OF "a
Prince OF Rome in Amerios," the editor
OF that superb periodical says that It Will
strike the average citizen 40 rather pre-
sumptuous for Bishop Coke to say to the
distinguished ambassador OF the Vat'can:
During the past twelve months you
have continued to place yourself before
the American people in . manner alike
aggressive and offensive-offensive not
INV IN the Protestant convictions OF our
people, but to the honest citizenship OF
MANY who profess the Roman religion"
He then proceeds in calm, dispasslon-
ata manner to administer ohiding to the
Anglican bishop for his inpertinence and
lack 81 courtesy to Mgr. Satolii, and asks
Who is Bishop COKE, or rather, what Y ne,
that he should take it upon himself TO
! r,d;oate it as the sentiment OF the
A,narioan people that Mgr. satolli has
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a,;la ,.rna,a Ii1 Iliiye and offensive. Refer:-
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