The times., 1897-08-25
WANT A FRENCH BISHOP
Seine Louisiana Catholics OPP
posed to Archbishop Keane.
LIKE THE CAHENSLEY CASE
The Latest Light on the Filling of
the New Orleans Archhishopric-
The Parishioners Committed to
the Traditions of a Foreign
Language.

An interesting reason has been developed
for the opposition TO Archbishop Keane,
who has leen nominated as archbishop of
New Orleans The see of that arch diocese
has been made vacant by the death Of
Archbishop Jansen.
1t viii be recalled in connection with the
relieving Of Bishop keane as the rector of
the university that there were many de
sires on all sides that he might be given
charge in America. This was, indeed.
an offer on the part of Pope Leo himself.
with the eaiternativeof preferment at Rome
The way to preferment in America has
been opened up TO Bishop keane by the
vacancy in the archdiocese of New Or
leans, and while the whole hierarchy
would te glad to see a rchbishop Keane in
charge IN this country, there are some
interesting obstacles TO the accomplish
meat Of the appointment. IL is said that
the French OF many OF the Louisiana
parishes must have a French archbishop
or none, and this is a revival OF the we'll
known controversy about Cahenslegism m
This last peculiar name only means that
IL was coDtended in some parishes that
tie functions OF the church could or should
be said ID this country in any desired
language The mass is always in Latin,
the reason for which was elaborateiy set
forth in a magazine article some years
ago 10y Cardinal Gibbons One OF his
felicitCus phrases in this article was that
Latin was the jewel-case OF the text
of the nass In none OF these oGnten-
tiOns has there ever been suggestion
OF any sChism or new Doctrine.
Cahensleyism referred particularly to
German as the language in the parishes
Now Comes, in connection with Archbishop
Keane, the AngliciZing Of the Louisiana
parishes In most OF these parishes the
sermons are in French and in that res pecU
there IS French church in America, just
as there is q French church in France
There is a Polish church In America sew
eral OF them, and even many German
churches, but for reasons of church poiity
1t has been deemed best that the Catholic
church in America should be uniform as
tits in England a ustralia, Alas ka, or Rome
Although Archbishop Keane's name is
first on the list of three sent TO Rome. il
is said that the obstacle in the way of his
appointments is that the Louisianians are not
inclined 10 abandon at once nor could they
If they would, their domestic traditions
For many years the archbishop at New Or
leans Las been French, but all the same
there has been party in that State prac-
ucally coinmittedto to the adoption of English
as the language of the sermons.
the CahenSiey movement sought TO Ger
mamie the church service IN certain com
mun;ties. Opposed To this was the Amer
ican element, which maintained that Eng
lish should be used in this country in
preference TO German or any other Ian
Euage. The English has, to a great ex-
tent superseded other langua ges, but it is
believed that it would not do 50 in New
Orleans without causing considerable irri-
tatian
Archbishop Keane is naturally strongI Y in
favor of tue use Of the English language
and OF teaching american ideas. Arch
bishop ireland was d strong opponent OF
UheCahensley movement, and Bishop X cane.
when at the head OF the Catholic Univer-
sity, was a friend of the archbishop OF St
Paul. This is said to be the main reason
why heaUe wiunot be sent to New Orleans.