The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21

subject being a br1er addressed IN 1900
to Cardinal McCabe. In 1t he said:
The adherents of evil societies, as we have
been grieyed to observe during the past months,
do not cease to put their trust In deeds of crime
to excite the passions OF the people, a ana 1S
a course calculated to lead their FELLOW country
men not to safety, but to destruction.
q He proceeded to condemn the aims,
purposes and deeds of s'unhallowed as
2ociations, which sought to make use
of the protection which crime affords, "
and to urge the faithful suffering OPP
preston to seek their rights by lawful
means But while the mandate Of Rome
was generally obeyed by most OF the
prelates as far as 1t forbade support OF
the Land League, Catholic opinion in
Ireland, among the clergy and all crystal
liked in favor of home rule.
Since 1894 Leo XIII. had been very
weak and a number of times that year
he was reported to be near to the end.
The Spanish American war grieVed him
deeply. All that he could do toward
averting it he did, but he did not take
either side, and when he was asked to
bless the Spanish dynasty and the Span
ish arms, he gave his blessing to the
dynasty, but refused it to the Spanish
arms, as that would have been tanta-
mount to a prayer for their success
against the Americans. After war was
declared, he said to one of the cardinals:
81 hope I shall not live to see another
war;
He frequently expressed his grief that
two Christian nations at the end of the
nineteenth century could find no other
way of settling their differences than by
war.
Talk With an UnbeiIever.
A well-known continental skeptic once
had an audience with Pope Leo at the
vatican.
TT is not my place to come between
you and your God" said the pope to his
visitor. II cannot urge you to see Him
as I see Him. That rests with your oWI
| good Judgment and the promptings OF
your Intelligence"
| II now almost wish could believe IL
Christianity" remarked the skeptic, II
telling of the conversation, "that nigh
become Catholic"
Leo as Gardener. -
| The pope kept a careful watch over hi
garden. his vineyard and his dairy. TIL,
older he grew the more economical h,
became in outstanding the vatican's small
material resources. The knowledge o
vine growing acquired in his youth h
put to good use In the vatican grounds.
While walking thru the garden one da;
early In his reign he saw a servant gath
ering oranges and lemons and asked hin
what he was going to do with the fruit.
1 Distribute them among the cardinal
and high prelates," was the reply. "Tha
is the traditional custom of the vatican.
"1ndeed" said the new pope. "Then
shall be the custom no longer
The next day he issued an order tha
in the absence of special commands tn
vatican fruit should be sold. And it ha
been sold ever since.
4 Tho Pope's Bad Book.
} When Pope Leo was Cardinal Pecci
had the misfortune to be the author {
book considered by Plus TX. so bad the
the reigning pope placed it under the ba
that is to say, its title was entered
the Index Expurgatorius, where it re
! mains to this day. When the author a:
cended the papal throne he had the powt
to remove this condemnation of his oW
work, but this he never saw fit to do.
And yet this volume was written main
to please the very pontiff who condemne
it. Cardinal Pecci never stood very hie
in the favor of Pope Plus TX. KNOWN
l the pope's reverence for the Virgin Mar
l Pecci wrote q book entitled ''Observs
tons Showing Why We Should Have
Festival to Adore Holy Maria" The vo
, ume was printed in Perugia in 1874. Whe
1.-THE work was condemned and it's tit
| entered in the terrible Index this foo
:, note also appeared: Author has laudab
l submitted and retracted his work
Two charges were brought against tt
;. book-that 1t taught a perverted do
y trine and that it was printed in a w
> gar tongue Qtalian.)
1t has been intimated, and 1t is pc
sib1e-altho the alleged fact Is not pos
- lively known-that Cardinal Pecci W
= communicated for writing so hereto
~ a book-but If so, he was immediate
Is reinstated,