The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-25
CARDINAL GIBBONS BACK
~ GLOWING TERMS OF
THE PoNTIFF.
he Says Plus \ * deeply Interested
in the Developments Of the Church
.ime.

New York. September 22.-Cardinal
Gibbons arrived here today on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosose. y dele
CATION of priests and laymen from Bal
timore went down the bay Oh a reVe-
nue. cutter to greet him n welcome
him home. Among those heading the
delegation was r. 3. Tippet Of Balti-
more. supreme president Of the Catho-
lie Benevolent Legion.
When the welcoming party boarded
the Kaiser Wilhelm off quarantine, Mr..
Tippet made an address Of welcome to
which the cardinal responded briefly,
saying in part:
You have been pleased to refer to
the date Of my ordination. Those were
dark and troublesome days. My Ordl-
nation was almOSt cOincident with the
beginning of h civil war n every
fresh state that left the union brought
a fresh pang to my heart" Continuing
the cardinal said that at that time his
heart was in the south and his head in
the north.
Another reception awaited the car
dinal when he went shore at HObOken.
The pier was crowded with eccIesiasti-
cal friends from this city. The cardl-
nal had a pleasant voyage and he said
Tie OCSdI lllh udC ISCupSl oSSu LIS
strength.
OF the new pontiT. the cardinal spoke
in terms of the greatest enthusiasm.
He said that the choice of the conclaVe
lac been most happy from an Amerl-
can view point as Plus X. was deeply
interested in the development of the
church in this country and was sin
gularly familiar with American instl-
rutlons. The cardinal had several
Ian ptaryiouvC with tho nnnn Tp-
garding church affairs in this country.
The cardinal was not inclined to dis
cuSS the probable policy of the new
regime, but said hat no radical
changes in American church admins
tration would ensue.
Concerning the probable relations be-
tween the new pope n the Italian
| government, Cardinal Gibbons said:
The pope as Patriarch of Venice was
on very friendly terms with the king,
but what a man does when he is a
mere private in the ranks, so to speak.
| and when he is elevated to power and
responsibility are wholly different
things. What Pope Pius will do in this
matter is of course unknown. You
nay rely or it, however, there will be
no sudden change. These things are
not one in a way to attract attention.
| If a change does AXE place it will be
Sb iASAiAS tAS ~
| tween the vatican and the Q%uirinal will
I grow. Plus x. is not the patriarch
I Of Venice and while he may retain his
friendly feelings for the king, these fell
ings will cause no sudden change of
papal nolicv III will probably in the
urse of time bring about improved
relationship inc a better state OF
things. The king, I believe is inf1u-
enced by very kindly feelings toward
the pope.
Asked about the possibility of anoth-
er American cardinal being appointed
| Cardinal Gibbons answered:
There will be another cardinal. II
would not surprise me to see the num-
Der of American cardinals augmented
in the near future, but there is abso-
lutely no truth in the cabled Statement
| that the pope proposes to create a pa
triarchate for the Occident. The state
ment is ridiculous"