Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-05
REIGN OF POPE LEO.
Mousignor satoIIi Writes About the
pontiH.

,tonslcnor satolli has written the fol-
lowing letter to the New York World con-
corning Pope Leo Kill:
1.-THE Pontifcate of Pope Leo must no"
be numbered among the longest in the
history OF the Church, and has been
marked each year by some luminous acl
of profound wisdom and untiring solicl-
tude for the good. not only OF cathoilei'y'
but Of mankind at large.
mo one In modern times mas under
stood better than Pope Leo the needs OF
society in all branches OF knowledge ana
fields OF action. A.,
"It would seem az II. from the time
when he succeeded Pope Plus ne hau
formed a grand plan, In when ne TOOK
cogn,zance OF all the needs OF humanity
aud determined on the provisions ne
,yould make for those needs during the
whole course OF his Pontlheate
I'VE can best distinguish this design OF
the Pope in three particular directions;
"Firstly. In the Holy fathers arueh'
zeal for the development OF STUDIES.
aSecondly. In the continued interest
,,h,cn no has shown In social science.
And thirdly. in his untiring efforts 10
bring mace into the Christian countries
by the spread Of civilization, the teaching
If religion. and the promotion or cohcoru
between Church and state.
..yyi,h regard TO studies, Pope Leo mas
already reared a monument OF lhpeiisn>
able fame by the successive acts Oh MS
Pontificate. .,on
..EarIv in his reign he turned his atten'
tfon 10 the encouragement OF the s'uuy
of classical literature; or philosophy anu
tho natural sciences; OF theology anu the
various branches Of sacred seiehees' suo.
as Biblical knowledge ana ecciesla as',-,
bis,orv and of judicial sciences especi'i,
po,nan law and comparative civil
law. . .o,raad
ITO accomplish his aim he rounded
no,, chairs and new institutions u Rome
for these various departments OF i'er@s
ana encvclopaedic knowledge. ana csilieu
~ HE assistance some of the most ei'l-
men. and learned professors.
with regard TO sociology, IL Is hiio..Sr
NJ the Holy Fathers eior1es that AT 'niS
latter end OF the nineteenth eentus
encyclicals are regarded as ~ many a.
mirabIe parts Of srahp W
,n',ai system. comprehensive, and
universal. embracing all the soe,ai
sclerces beginning with the iuhua-
,,srtaI theorems OF natural la~. ana go
ino on to the consideration OF the ponu-
caI constitution OF States ana Oh every
economic question; go, ban, wall the
.The whole world knows now wei, u uis
pone's encyclcals have carried out ms
plan. and how, for TINS reason ~ wh,ch
their own peculiar character oy WIZ .'s
thew are distinguished from the pontih-
cal utterances OF other Popes. even those
of his immediate predecessor-Pins the
Ninth. ,, =, ,ac,f,.
turning again to his policy OF paeln-
..,,or the ecclesiastical history OF ms
Pontincate. the civil history OF Europe
,bs universal history OF the human race.
viii in the future have TO give up pages
OF the highest praise to Leo MI Ia sn,,n
Germany, Belgium. France ana sp IN
,o,sss their boundless gratitude for the
psatss interventions OF Leo XIII.
in many grave and critical emersepc, rs.
and for acts which have been Oh 'hs
greatest moment to those nations, found
"a ala. too, and Africa VIII ve i1una
,o,n,n~ I'm the chorus. and lauding Leo.
Who has so .often and 50 resoiutely
Ia bored to reawaken those oid anu ios-