The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-02
NOT ADMQNISHED By ROME.
MGR. IRELAND WRITES a LETTER ON
THE ca THoLIC SITUATION
re Sends TO ., Frerch Newspaper His opin-
tops as to tsstoiu'p Mission snd an Expin-
pn,ton OF the scrooi Queet,cp-Atebbishop
rtA.s .s.o Talks nj SntoIlrp htsstOn.

re Sends TO ., Frerch Newspaper His opin-
toss as to tsstoiu'- Mission rnd an Expin-
p.tion or the sehsoi Que.t,os-Ate bbishop
Elder also Talks OF sntoi,rs hiss'on.
The Romo correspondent ofthe Catholic Neus
sends the following translation OF letter sent
ny '8tehhishop Ireland Of St Paul to tho
Unirrs OF Paris. and reprinted in the Moniteu
de Rome:
Permit me to appeal to the impartihlity oil
the I'nirers for correction Of certain recent ill.,
formation relative to myself. which Is OF
nature calculates to deceive and sadden many
friends who honor me with their esteem ana
good will Certain French journals have lately
given utterance to the strangest assertions IL
IL said TINT the Pontiflcal letter OF recent date
addressed TO Cardinal Gibbons, and by his IN
termedary. to the Bishops OF the United
States. is the condemnation OF all my views on
the scholastic question: that the favor ac-
corded me in Home last year is now with.
drawn; that a 'monitum has been addressed
to me personally. enioining ms to abandon my
previous position and to restrict to the two
cases OF Faribauh and OF saltwater the deci-
sion OF the 'tolerari potest.' which the Propa-
gands rendered last year In my favor.
mo monitum has been addressed to me.
and no sign has been given which would indi-
cate that the good will OF the Holy Soc has
been withdrawn from me.
Tho above M ntioned letter to the Ameri-
can Bishops does not condemn my position.
and Is not understood in that sense by the
toIic in the United States. Mgr. satolli. ,
The decree OF the, tolerant potest, SUB
dlnal 1 erfect OF Propaganda. am ut present
occupying. myself in extending to certain
and circumstances such us to Justify that
decree; ,,t o,r .cbo,sstic situation could
Il, IAN .lars tn [
never the intention of any American Bs9op 1t
was never mine. to abolish or to set aside me
cation. but in several localities since the time
Of the Council we find ourselves confronted by
Of aston n theses
unknown to the assembly OF baltimore was
according to the shirt If not to the letter OF It's
DEGREES: or. rather. to use the categoric Tor,
the he co U distinction which the Sovereign
tho Rrovlnee Of New York II the ,o m9nsh
Of prOp aHy 81 Of f't Me sao
last autumn to the Archhishops assembled in
eoniere1ce in New York t9Ss ppesisSe6y shs
situation whirh exists in the majority OF our
dloceses. and which is apparently outside the
tradirtory to 81 it. Mgr. satoii himseliwas mis-
understood: they declared that he wished to
Rsd bssn seH BY the
The Holy Father was COMPELLED to inter
fere. In his letter to cardinal Ilppons ne ue-
clares that the propositions OF his delegate.
understood as they should he. in nowise con-
tradict the decrees Of Baltimore: which re-
main in full force. What follows? This: We
have to guide US In the scholastic, question
several sources Of direction: the DEGREES Of
the Council OF Baltimore: the decIee tolerant
potest 9! the PropaGaadaa; and the fourteen
THE misfortune Is that there are people
who do not perceive tnnt the DEGREES OF the
Council OF baltimore. the 'tolerari rotest.
and the pro positions of Mgr Sntolli agree per.
fectly Those persons have never understood
the situation do lot ehV ose to derstand 1t.
heartily desire. Mr.. Editor. to give this
explanation to the Catholics of France to
whom am bound by ties too closely connectcd
with my rast life TO he ever severed. could
never endure to be misunderstood and cal UNI
mated in the land which was the cradle OF my
education. ,,,
The in,rers. commenting editorially upon the
The detailed explanations so kindly given
lis hy Mgr. Ireland on the srhol astic question
in the United States meet the desire OF many
Catholics troubled by the inexact information
or by inventions OF party spirit. Ono admires
the moderat ion wherewith the illustrious pre- pre-
late sets forth the line OF. conduct he has fol
lowed. The French public vii. be touched by
the sentim ents Of tervid sympathy which Mgr.
Ireland testifies for our country"