The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-10
Declares the Day Will Come When
the Pope Will BE Restored to
Temporal Power.
PRISONER IN THE VATICAN.
Italy Has Virtually Made Him Su
by Quartering Troops in Rome
Wrong Conditions Grow
Out of Present Situation.

| Washington. Dec. 9-Archibishop Ireland
| IN sermon preached at St Patrirk's
! 'huf'h in this city to-day reviewed the
! question of the independence OF the Pope
anu rFophesied that at no remote day "lEe
Italian people and Christendom at large
Wouia give back to the papacy its wonted
| dignity and liberty"
The discussion Of what IS known as ;be
Roman question was especially significant
as the Archbishop. during the Iatter'ss visit
to Rome. talked at length with the Pope
! The Archbishop referred TO the Pope "a a
prisoner In tho Vatican. voluntarily. in that
no physical force prevents his leaving. il
precincts, and Involuntary. In that he could
not go beyond the Vatican without impair-
ing his dignity as pontif and without SEEM
Ing TO accept the situation created for him
by the entrance into Rome of the troops
of the Italian Government
He said the Catholic Church is "a di
Vinely created organism. receiving directly
from Christ its mission and all the rights
which are needed that 1t may live and
work; Its life and mission are expressed i'm
It's supreme chief, the successor of Peter
and TO him belong in "A pre-eminent man
ner all the rights inherent In the church
and whose possession is needed for fulfill
n:ent Of its mission and work willed by
Christ Hence the pontiffs right to indie
pcndencc. as a consequence, to temporal
sovereigntr.'
no AfCnblSnOp SAID.
Guarantee to Foreign Nations
"If the Pope is a civil subject of an au-
thority outside of himself, he has not the
necessary freedom. the ruler Of gov
eminent would interfere, make laws
impairing his freedom of action. or
strive 10 impose methods more serv-
iccable to the State than the church
The pontif's words must bear no possible
suspicion that they were imposed by men
who have no authority in things moral and
spiritual.
''If the sovereign pontiff be the subject of
the King of Italy. wha; guarantee is there
for other peoples or other rulers that.
whether through fear or favor, Italian in
fiuences have not penetrated into the Vati-
can and that Italian interests are not 10 be
served?
The peril OF national jealousies would be
the greater Were the foreign countries at
the time warning with the King of Italy
We in America are willing, indeed TO
hlrken 10 the words of Peter. but ii must
he plain that they are not the words of a
foreign rCleT, whose sole purpose Is the in
terest of Il foreign nationality, not OF the
church.
The sole effective guarantee OF indc-
pcnd"nce for the pOntir il temporal sover-
eighty. wEiCn marks out for INN sufficient
space on earth upon which he may work in
fufllment OF his mission with all the in
dependence me needs dependence Of q
Bishop upon the civil ruler sewers him from
union with Christians IN other countries re-
duces his church TO the condition Of Il ma
tiunal church and disrUptS the oneness OF
the universal church.
other churcac-' tnsn ,he catholic do not
demand civil Independence and temporal
power tor their cHlefJains, because no other
c cLuTCh than the tatuoiic IL a world Churcn
nor aims at being, 1T the same time. uni
VeTsal ANA one, nor fuills the injunctions of
the Savior. Teach all nations.
The Government oI italy. he contended,
should nave remained somewhere outside or
Rome.