Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-23
.R(lE's EN@TATlolE,'
Grcstef Harmony and Union Of Mind
Desired by the Church.
Can Be Accomplished by Faith,
Hope and Charity.
The Present Is the Time TO Seek and Pray For
the Unity Of christendom.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Following Is ,
synopsis Of n translation given out by th'
apostolic legation here of an encyclica
letter from the pope, which is addressed I.
the heads Of the Catholic church through
out the world, and is plea for universe
prayer looking to the unity Of Christen
dom, to be offered before and on Pentecost
"Most worthy Is the prayer which tn,
church never ceases to offer to God, tha
wherever Christian people exist there
Of action. In like manner we have never
failed to pourish among Catholics that de-
sire for union, and even now are we more
strenuously urging IL on those whom the
church has been calling back to her fold.
THE source from whence we are espec-
tally to expect assistance and success for
these designs and plans Of ours Is none
other than the Father Of Mercies, whom
we rightly invoke and to whom IL per-
tains to illumine our minds and gra-
ciously to turn our wills to the way Of
salvation Catholics surely cannot fail to
see how grave and important Is the work
we have undertaken. On II depends the
eternal salvation Of many, together with
the spread of divine honor and the glory of
the Christian name.
"No season could be more fitting for this
work of piety than that in which, long
ago, the apostles, after our Lords ascen-
sion into heaven, remained together Per-
severing in prayer with Mary the Mother
of Jesus awaiting the promised Power
from on High and
All the Gifts and Graces.
\" I'm the multitude of the faithful there
hat hoo ,,l I<,,t
this reason we have thought 1t well, by
our exhortation and call, to excite the
piety of Catholics, that they may, follow
ing the example of the Virgin Mary and
of the holy apostles during the nine days
preceding the sacred feast of Pentecost,
pray i0c with one mind and with special
fervor, renewing and repeating the petit
ton, Send forth Thy spirit, and they
shall be created, and Thou shalt renew the
face of the earth
"Since the Holy Spirit is, above all
things, charity, 1t is greatly to be hoped
that, the spirit Of error and wickedness be-
ing put down, greater and stronger har-
mony and union of mind will prevail as
they should among children of the church,
who should do nothing in strife; should
think the same things, and, united, should
have the same charity. And so, perfect
ing our joy, may they form one strong and
6ourishing body, not in the name only,
but in fact.
From this example of Christian har-
mony among Catholics themselves, from
this piety in praying the divine paraclcte,
is specially to be hoped the reconciliation
of our separated brethren, for which we so
earnestly labor; so that they may come to
feel the same in themselves as in Jesus
Chrish; and, being at last united with us
in faith and hope, may be Joined with us
also In the
Bonds OF Perfect Charity.
"And now, besides the blessings which
the faithful who respond cheerfully to our
call will certainly and abundantly receive
from God for such an activity Of piety and
fraternal love, II has pleased us to add and
bestow the reward Of sacred indulgences
from the treasure of church. Therefore,
to all who for nine consecutive days be-
fore Pentecost either publicly or privately
recite some special prayer to the Holy
Spirit, we grant on each of those days an
Indulgence of seven years and seven quar-
antines and plenary indulgence on any
one of those days, or on the feast of Pente-
cost itself, or on any day of the following
octave; provided, having confessed their
sins and received absolution and holy com
munion, they prayed God according to the
intention which we have above expressed.
1--WE further grant to those who desire to
repeat for eight days following Pentecost
the same conditions that may gain both
of the above mentioned indulgences
These indulgences may be applied to the
souls in purgatory, and, by our authority,
we decree and order that they shall be
available each year for the future; those
things being observed which are required
by the law and custom.
"Given at st. Peters, Rome, under the
seal of the Fisherman, the 5th of May,
1896, In the eighteenth year Of our pontif-
caten