The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-04-25
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# We are accustomed to aserlbe. All
rower in the, church to the Pope,
says the Western Watchman. In
theory this is correct, but practically
at is most 'erroneous. The ch li
III ruled by cardinals. This is one
secret Of the church's power. 1t has peen
claimed BY the advocates of monarcnll u
government in behalf@.of their 1avor1te
system that it makes continuity OF pollcy
4 possible, without which all government
must ever remain tentative ard result
less. England has had but one poilcy
since Waterloo. We are told that Inc IN
fluence of this country i'll the councils OF
nations will always Remain zero, because
when our heads OF government are IN Oh :
fee long enough to know their own Inlhq
they are turned out and a new pevy OF
diplomatic recruits are to be broken III.
The United States government has5eyes,
but cannot see; has ears, but cannot near;
has mouth but has nothing To- say we
confess this is true, unless we admit that
the press is a part OF the United states
government.
In the case of Rome she mas had DuE
one nolicy for a thousand years. The del
panments of the papal government pre-
!; sided over by the cardinals are seml-ln,-
inal subsection to the head Of the church.
The propaganda has has it's independent
nolicy since it's institution: So is It with
herites: SO with the dataria; SO with the
Index; so with the yicarate; so with the
secretariate Of state. Each Of these DEF
partments of the great papal government s
has a. service of its own of which the m
coming pope may know little or notnlhe 8.
For the first years of every new pon1ltr
cate the time Of :he pope is taken UP
studying the machinery Of his govern
ment: and when lie has mastered. tine
complex system, he finds it wisdom TO let
it alone. ID -, 80.
From this we ran Judge the import
ance of the office Of resident cardinal, to
which our late guest, Cardinal Satoa has
been called. 1t is not slnecure py any
means; bur it is an office OF the nlghest
responsibility. We can" re]olce ina!
hencefolwartfs the church in the Onlted
States will receive intelligent recognition
In the nature OF things this would be .ex-
pected; but We, have the spec1hc assur-
apce of our first apostolic delegate tnal
he will care for our interests IN Rome.
The resident cardinals are. supported
out of the pontitical treasury. They eacn
receive $4,000 francs a year, or wv.
they are obliged to have a carriage, a
nair of horses with driver and footman,
which entails an outlay of $1,000 year.
This leaves only $4,000, to maintain an
establishment III Rome. 1t is a rule Of
the Daual court that 10 cardinal SHAH
walk within the walls. They must be
driven to their Offices and BACK 10 thelI
residences, and all calls OF business ana
etiquette must be made in carriage. The
carriage must be fitted up for it's prlncely
occupant and can be used by no other:
At prestn the cardinals give out their
1iysrV BY contract and of late days the
cost of a cardinals turnout has Deen re-
duced to.4OO francs a mouth or 1860 9
year.
The lot of a poor cardinal in Rome 1s
most unenyiable one. Cardinal PallaI
vicini always kept the anniversary, OF MS
creation as q day of fast and abstinence:
Generaliy.the members Of the SacredsCol-
lege belong to rich noble families or re-
,igious orders: and they draw their sup
mort from sources outside the papal APP
nronriation. Yet even then it often hap
mems that the poor cardiai has to exercise
the most rigid economy for 10 or Is years
before he has paid the debts contracted
at his elevation. We think we are safely
within the bounds of truth when we say
that Cardinal Satoili is the poorest car
dinal that ever received the red Deretta:
He belongs TO ain ancient, noble family;
lb,,ti in the wars Of the Italian republics
his family became much reduced ftls
life has been spent in class room ana ms
salary has been his bread and clothes. ;
Were it possible for. the pope to make
an exception in favor OF. his tayOrlte
counsellor we might expect that CardlnaA
SaaolH on his arrival in the Eternal Cfy
or before it, would be made the reclp-
lent Of a substantial testimonial OF ms
masters affection; but such partlallty IS
inpossible. We fear Cardinal S2tolli
will have to disregard in some measure
the induction Of Our Lord, and take great
care of what he shall eat and what. he
shall put on, to the extent, atsleast, OF
eeeing that neither be very costly. 81
1t will be some time before we will full
Nv. comprehend the services Cardinal sSa-
TOLL has rendered the church in AIneri-
ca. He has given a stimulus to- higher
studies. and made the country Rcqualnt-
ed with intellectual Rome. The. Catholic
church in the United States stands
much higher in the estimatioIof the nom
Catholics today Of the country than 1t did
before the advent Of our apostolic dele
gate. Rome is the "sedes sapientae'' for t
the whole world She has her worldly pol4
icy and 81 thousand interests III foreign
lands claim her attention.; but before
all and after all she is the mother Of wis
dom and her soul is consecrated to the
knowledge Of higher things in human
and divine service. He has shown us the
model of the perfect ecclesiastic; without
halteur; without ostentation; without
self-protection. He has demonstrated
how that injunction of our Lord can be:
carried out without loss Of dignity; s he.
who is FIST among you, let him become
as one who is least For this and much
more not here lfWelt on we thank him.