St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-27
REFUSED THE SACRAMENT.
Decision Made by American
Bishops Approved by the
Vatican.
MGR. SATOLLI PROMULGATES
Correspondence Of Cardinal
Monaco Made Public
Through Curtis.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 26.-Bishop
Curtis issued the following letter 10 all
the priests in the diocese of Whining
ton:
Rev. Father: AS soon as practicable
you will read on Sunday, at least once.
the following documents, and you will,
am sure, to the very utmost of your
ability. endeavOr to procure from all
whom the decree OF the holy see may
concern prompt and loyal obedience
to the same decree. When Christ speaks
through his vicar. and In such words.
there can be 10 question as to the pHr-
port Of the utterance. A Catholic, ex-
cuse himself how he may, yet ceases to
be Catholic if he fail to conform him.
self thoroughly and at once to that ut
terance. Very faithfully your servant
in Christ. A. M. CURTIS.
Bishop of Wilmington.
The enclosures were as follows:
Most Reverend and lllustriOus Sir:
Your eXcellency cannot fail to know
that the archbish0pS set over the vari
Gus ecclesiastical provinces Of the re-
public Of the United States of America
blles, taken council with respect TO the
societies which have grown up in the
aforesaid republic, namely. the Odd
Fellows. the Sons of Temperance and
the Knights of Pythias. Aid you must
be also aware that the. aforesai arch
bishops unanimously decided that the
whole question as to these societies
should be submitted to the Judgment Of
the apostolic see. His holiness. there
fore, committed this question to the
most reverend Satolli and to the inquis-
itOrs general. These, then, in general
congregation, held on Wednesday,
June 90, 1894, confirmed de-
cision previously made as to
the aforementioned societies, decreed
that ali the ordinarieS throughout the
United States must i'll every way strive
to keep the faithful from becoming
members Of any OF the said societies,
and must not fail to admonlsh their
people to that effect, and that any thus
admOnished be
Debarred From the Sacrament
should they fail to abandon or keep
alOOf from the same societies. This de-
cree his holiness confirmed and gave it
complete effect. 1t is, therefore, CON-
municated to your excellency that
through you it may be transmitted to
all the archbishops. bishops and other
ordlnarieS OF the United States. and for
the due custody of the souls of the faith
full. may be by these ordinaries carried
into effect. Meantime. | beseech Al
mighty God to DestOw all benefits and
blessings. Il. CARDINAL MONACO.
Rome. Aug. 10. 1894.
. To the lllustrious and Most Rev.
Francis SatolIi, Delegate Apostolic,
Washington. ID. e.
Your Eminence IlluStriOus and Most
Reverend: BY letter transmitted TO me
OIL the Goth of November last through
Cardinal RampOlli. his holiness urges
that the decree OF the holy Office sent 10
me by Cardinal Monaco, and herewith
delivered TO you, shall be made public.
The sovereign pontiff, therefore, will
see that the decree IN question shall be
communicated by the archbishOpS to
the respective Suffragans, and by them
1T may be promulgated. With all rev.
erence and affection, remain, your
eminence. illustrIous and most rev
erened, your faithful servant in Christ.
FRANCIS SATOLLI,
Delegate Apostolic.
To His Eminence, Illustrious and Most
Rev. James Cardinal Gibbons, Arch
bishop of Baltimore.