The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
CATHOLIC OPINION

The Taft commission is to take it's de-
parture froN the Vatican. 1t has failed
in inducing the Pope to remove the friars
from the Philippines If the monks were
guilty of any offense against the United
States they could be removed by the civil
authorities, without an appeal TO the
Pope. Perhaps the spectators want their
lands, and this is the motive for the spe-
ciaI desire for their removal.-The New
World.
1t would be we'll to take with all reserve
certain stories about the young king of
Spain and his august mother now going
the rounds of the press. These would go
to show that the boy king is more preco-
cfous than lad educated at any Amer
lean college or university, and had more
than the average American boys or girls
disregard for parental authority. 1t ap-
pears to be absolutely impossible for any
I cable correspondent to mention the word
Spain without the temptation to lie
about the country seizing upon him and
compelling him to pose before the world
as an ass or a fanatic. Those who want
the truth in regard to this particular de-
veloDnfent of iaundiced chronicle would
do we'll to read an article on the subject
by Helene VacareSco in the JuEe number
of the Review of Reviews. Here it is
shown how the queen mother has en-
deavored to make and succeeded in max
ing her son a good Christian and a good
Spaniard. although she herself is an Aus
trian.-Catholic Standard and Times.
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In view of the many wild and conflict
ing rumors daily crowding each other in
the secular press concerning the doings
of the Taft commission at Rome, we have
only this to say: To uphold it's rights
the Vatican permitted Henry VIII to de-
part from it's fold taking with him al
most the whole of England. This is
sufficient guarantee that the Holy See
Will make no compromise that will barter
away the rights of 100000 Filipinos who
ITS faithful PbiTdrprl
Church Progress.
The death of Archbishop Feehan leaves
the two greatest Sees in the American
church widowed. Chicago, under this
great metropolitan, prospered as marvel
ously as did New York under the late
Archbishop Corrigan. The growth of each
diocese was something altogether phe-
nomenal and unrivaled we believe in the
whole history of the Catholic church.
Archbishop Feehan was a singularly dig
ntfied and retiring prelate. OF late years
his declining health had kept him well out
of the public mouth. He sought retire
ment and was seldom seen. even on occa-
slons when great ecclesiastical functions
were in order. He had earned these few
years of repose, for in his day he was in
the very center of events which were cal
culated to break the strength and try the
soul of the devoted preIate.
His student career. at Maynooth was
brilliant and his acquisitions were so con-
siderable that a profess0Tship was ten
dered him on his graduation, He declined
the honor to cast his fortunes with the
rising church of America. He associated
himself with the learned Archbishop
kenrick of st. Louis, and for twelve
years after his ordination taught moral
theology and sacred Scripture in the semi
nary of that diocese.
In 1865 the successful young professor
was placed over the diocese of Nashville,
then sadly demoralized as a result of the
Civil war, whose devastations were es-
in
the faithful under his episcopal care The
work of reconstruction was made still
more arduous by the dreadful yellow fever
plague which swept over that section inf
mediateiy after Bishop Feehan's Access
sion.
He faced the labors before him with
the heart of true apostle. His hard
work directed by unfailing wisdom count
ed. His success in completing the reor-
ganization of his distracted flock was so
great as to mark him out for even graver
TNesp pSIi;1Io In 1880 the bishop of
I Il archbishop of Chicago.
The wondrous development of that
great metropolitan see under his dfrec-
tion rs another evidence of his excep-
tional ability and worth He ruled wisely
and with hardly a shadow of Opposition
TIL age had proclaimed that his work
Mas Was Gone 70 e; ne was not however. suf-
trated his ssclusion and harassed him
sorely for months. The people under his
episcopal care had. however, the discern
ment TO know where real merit and ms
ttce resided, and those who fooIishlv on
posed his wise rulings met with the con
demnation and rejection which thev so
abundantly merited. The first archhishoT1
of Chicago honored his ministry and de-
serves to rank among the most illustrious
founders of the great American Church .
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