The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-15
MGLYNN'S RESTORATION.
MGR sATOLLI EXPLAINS THE
ACTION OF THE POPE.

The Deposed Priest Accepted the Con
ditions Laid Down By the Pope Be-
fore His Absolution-A Little Advice
Given the Gossips in the Church.
Nature OF the Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II. 49, Archbishop
eatolh, permanent apostolic delegate in the
United States, authorizes the publication Of
the following statement in regard to the
Popeis action in the case Of DR.. McGlynn:
''On the very day Of the reconciliation of
Or. McGIynn with the church, public
notice was given Of it with the statement
that Mgr. Sstolli had absolved from censure
and reconciled DR.. McGlynn by special
power for the purpose requested from and
granted by the holy father, and, moreover,
that absolution had been given because DR..
McGlynn had willingly accepted the con-
ditions laid down by the holy father as
necessary and sufficient
DUTY OF CATHOLICS.
"This information so expressed should
have sUfficed to satisfy every one with the
reconciliation carried out by authority spe-
cially delegated by the holy father. and
With the conditions called for by the holy
father. Then it is well to make several re-.
Elections. First-That as soon as il was IN
derstood that these conditions ere complied
with every sincere Catholic should have at
once felt himself bound in conscience to
recognize that all had been done in the
case that was expedient, in accord with the
spirit OF the Catholic church; second that
the selection Of the proper time and manner
GO give public information OF the conditions
belonged to the authority of the church,
and when the holy father should find it op-
altar fha ra~anfinY, Of thu HnCn-
5ments, which we're Immediately for
warded. third, every one could see that
immediate publication of these conditions
was for prudential reasons omitted. TO
avoid talk that might oppose the good done
by doing away with the calamity which
had for 80 long weighed upon the priest, by
recoDciling him with the mother church.
II this result has not been obtained, aud il
this silence has been unacceptable to any
one, it must be ascribed simply TO prsma.
eure exaction.
TIE CONDITIONS.
The conditions were in this form: DR..
McGlynn bad presented brief statement
of his opinions on moral-economic matters,
and IL WAS judged not contrary to the doc
trine constantly taught by the church, and
as recently confirmed by the holy father in
encyclical rebum novarum. Also it is hereby
publicly made known that DR.. Nc
GlYnn, besides protesting bis adherence
co all the doctrines and teachings
of the Catholic church has expressed his re-
greet, saying that he would be the first to
regret 1t, for any word or act of his that
may have seemed lacking in respect due to
the ecclesiastical authority; and he thereby
intends TO repair, as far as he can, any Of
Tense which may have been given to the
Catholics
MGLYNN GOING TO RoSK.
Finally, DR.. McGlynn has OF his own
free win declared and promised that, with
In the limits of a not long period of time be
will go 90 Rome, in a spirit and intention
which are becoming 60 q good Catholic and
o priest. Then It is well TO note how de-
plorable IL is that this reconciliation should
have been discussed, as 1t has been, in the
newspapers in such a manner that private
and lay persons have dared to pass
upon 1t harsh reproach and ill-considered
censure. That any one should have dared
TO speak OF the pope's authority over the
church in America, as foreign, is a senti-
ment and an utterance enormously errone-
ous and scaudalous. The action of the
church and OF the holy see in things that
belong to 1t is superior to every man-Ina de
boundary, universal and proper TO every
country IN which there may be Catholics.
DUE RESPECT RECOMMENDED.
"For which reason il seems to us exceed.
fngly opportune to recommend due respect
in every case to the ecclesiastical authority,
and. above all, to that of the holy see, as
we'll as to that Of the council of Baltimore.
inasmuch as IL is forbidden to treat eccesi-
sstical matters and questions through the
medium Of Journalism. Much more de-
plorabls is il that persons, both
ecclesiastics and laymen (who wish
70 appear az sincerely Catholic)
make bad use of Journalism, with
violent and mendacious attacks, beyond all
bounds Of respect and charity, against VEN
srable prelates, whose virtue and learning,
whose rectitude OF character and un-
Questioned and unquestionable love toward
the church and the supreme pontltf, never
nnaccompanied by sincere love If country
make them deseryedly objects of the special
prediction of the holy father and OF
universal esteem and veneration."
T,S