The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-26
FILIPINO CATHOLICS Stand of Church in
 Archipelago. SYMPATHY FOR FRIARs Hope That They VIII continue
 Work of Ministry. Separation of Church and stats ons of the Things to Be pssirsd. Inaportant Document From
 csntro catolico.

Cincinnati. May as.--ons of the nncss
 important documents bearing on the Phil
 ippines situation which has eyer sent te
 this country has just bsen received here
 at the headquarters of the Ame,sc.n
 Fedsration of Catholic socistfes. | The document is an oficiai sns .nx
 comes from the Csntro catolico ds Iii.
 ipinas. the most rspresentativs catholis
 body in the Philippine rsiands that voices
 the opinions of the bishops. as ven as
 of the several millions os loyal Catholics
 in the islands. It bears flis personal air.
 nature of eight of the supreme ofssosru of the centro catolico and was forwardsd to the American Federation of cathol,a Societies on the request of a special ex- traordinary convention held by the Cen- tro catolico. and is a reply to the reso- lutions of sympathy extended the Friars at the late Chicago convention. National Secretary Matre today said: The document. coming as 1t does. ina mediately after the report of Mgr. Guidf. the Apostolic Delegate, whose report is irs accord with the views of the Centro cato- lico. will no doubt have a tendency to materially change the attitude of the American people towards the Friars ana likewise demonstrate the loyalty of the Roman Catholic Phiiipinos towards the new superiors."
 A Permanent Af5lliation.
 Since the adoption and forwarding Of the set of resolutions expressing svrapa- thy for the Friars by the American Fed eration of Catholic Societies. National Secretary Anthony Matre has been in correspondence with the Centro casoiieo and he win lay the application of that Philippine body to become permanently affiliated with the American Federation before the delegates of the next national convention which will bS hef5 Al Atlar ar,tin City from August 1 to 9th.
 To the resolutions adopted by the Amer ican Federation. the Centro Catolico re- plies as follows:
 Centre Catolico de Fflipinas.
 To the American Federation of Catholic Societies.
 Honorable President-It Is with great pleasure that we have head from our be- loved Bishop the gratifying news of the establishment in the United States of national federation of your Cathoiie socie- ties with set purpose of carrying to a head certain resolutions passed in the inaugural assembly held in Ch4caxo ir August last. Upon the receipt of this news the Centro Catolico determined to call an extraordinary session at which opinions might be exchanged and deliberations take place concerning the attitude We should adopt toward the vast American federation of Catholic Societies. With unanimdty and boundless pleasure we have resolved:
 Desires Union.
 trak a.Mt. sa and conservative resolutions adopted bv the federation in Chicago merit our full approval.
 That as token of respect and sym pathy for those ideals laid down in the convention in Chicago this Centro Catoltco de Filipines desires to establish the most intimate bonds of union and friendship with the American Federation of CaAholl, Societies.
 That the American Federation oe Catholic Societies be requested to use tn our behalf its efficacious influence that. for the time to come the complete sepaxa- ton of such and State. as provided by the Constitution of your country and practiced therein, may be made effective here, thus avoiding the common occur rences of the insular, provincial pr muni- cipaI authorities interfering in Ynattssw which are of the particular incu nLency of the church.
 That the Catolico dc Fillpinas beseech the American federation that 1t aid us with it's effacacious cooperation in our with It's efi1cacious cooperation in our labors on behalf of the Catholic school. may not be an oppressor of our Catholic school system and of the legitimate rights which the law and justice have conceded us.
 That we beg especially of the Amerf- can Federation that 1t labor according to it's discretion and zeal to the end that the existing worthy Franciscans. the DominS- cans and the Recollects shall continue ex- ercising in the Philippines the sacred min istry of Ireaching. teaching and the ad- of the holy sacraments as they have done up to the present with such spiritual and temporal benefits to us.
 Springs Are Poisoned.
 That the Centro CatoIico beg of the American Federation of Catholic SociA- ties that it make use of the great means it has at It's command to secure abun- dant. true and authentic information con corning the condition of things Catholic in the country because today the springs of information are poisoned by many diff ferent sects, political parties and race and by the profound resentments which are a natural consequence of six years more or less of war and disorder
 That the American federation be noti- fled that in virtue of the Malay idiosyn- cracies. of our secular habits of the pro- lection given in former times to the church by the government of Spain and Of our pacific religious life. the labor of of organization and of par ticular administration must be very stow and accommodated to our special being
 Bearing in mind this observation. ail hat ia In hfe easily explained.
 'Interiorally all the Filipinos. except Ing those of the non-Christian tribes and the portion of backsliders ever present ir time of great crises. are genuinely Ro- man aCthoic apostolic Christians; and yet we see the painful Phenomena thaf a few false prophets. leaders of the rab- ole. have arisen. proclaiming Themselves before the American authorities and be- fore strangers to be the only representa-.