The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20

testant sovereign OF Germany In his capacity
to Of the sam aa Kind dav With the
He ignored the anti Christian doings of the
French republic, and looked upon France only
between Germany and Spain respecting the Caro-
and senpeed ee live for wsa h. ss
XII XII; was mental giant, with audacious
@ ss epen % 9he m aets
archives Of the church "out Of their mouths
we shall confound them,' said me enemies Of
the faith, 'if they will allow US to use their
own records
Thsow open sysry,th,tng said the indon,taos
has naught to be ashamed of or to hide away"
Letter on Labor.
letter to the Catholics Of the United States.
written Jan 6. 1895. 1t was time when this
the situation Leo Lee I'll out fsaraessly
let them, however, never allow this to escape
able to assert and secure the rights of the
many, yet this is. not to be done BY a. violation
s not aRd oa nt vn nff
s9o y, every one ., to be free In the management
dispose Of bis services when he pieases e and
where , he pleases; The scenes Of Violence and
that in
too, Is threatened with the audacity and ferocity
ns Of Ba S Sa The
purpose to obey the laws, abhor Violence and
In his direct dealings with national question.
IN foreign countries Leo always exhibited the
years Of agrarian crime and disorder tn ireland
the pope abored ceaselessly to bring order opt Of
Satisfied that the Irish had real cause for re.
bellion, he counseled them against acts OF VIC.
ees or the ar9
tries on the same basis as exists between Can
ada and the motherland That ne was not sue.
Leo XIII.
Dissensions In America.
In view Of the keen interest which Leo XIII.
not surprising that the reports Of dissensions in
the early nineties should have caused him deep
concern Following the MeGiynn trouble came
led by Archbishop Ireland IT st. Paul and the
conservatives, OF Whom Archbishoo Corrigan was
Ireland had been very elose to the Pope and
thru his influence that Rome decided not
decided to send nd Monsignore Francis sssscu a.
Apostolic sol,n de ef The delegate came in
Az representative. of the vatican in connection
Nth the Mgr satol Travelled d. thru
open sympathy With American institutions. 4
| and the conservatives, which has since endured.
demning Catholic liquor dealers in the matter of
denunciation OF the liquor trade by one OF the
and hxr Msftinel took bis place a here. Il Is
bis holiness chief adviser on American afrairs.
Spanish War.
Since 1894, Leo XIII. has been very weak, and
q number Of times in that year he was report ted
| Spanish American war did much to hasten his
death, as ne was deeply grieved BY it: All that
sde and be Da
to bless the Spanish dynasty and the Spanish
arms he gave his blessing to the dynasty, but re.
loF ast wss
II hope shall not live to see another war;
Germany and France.
The story Of the Catholic controversy In Ger.
many is an old ons ne, readers OF history know
agitation, known as the Kuituf -Kampf,. q move
patient and diplomatic, He saw his followers
but made no move beyond iormal dignined pro.
'oH e.. 9 oppo4iunS eams il MS that
| the necessities OF the German Chancellor com.
h t. take asa
Bismarck, was in despair, and in his extremity
I
theologians say. Leo xIlr. was pacific and con
| ciiiatory; he accepted the oyertures OF Bismarck
fairly, and between them the annOying troubles
were gradually disposed of, and finally. on May
o. 1855, the obnoxious anti-Catholic legislation
was Cancelled.
the antt-Catholfc party mad forced a separation
I.of church and state and driven the protesting
clerics and monastics out OF the country. Leo
wished to save what he could Of the wreck as a
nucleus about which to gather all who still held
to the faith. Dissenstons In the ranks Of the
French C,erfcs were fatal to Leos plans and
with the bishops and priests in conflict In France
the lone man. Of the Vatican was unable to- ac-
complish anything.
Recent Events.
In February, 1900 the pope issued an en-
cyclical on Americanfsm which caused much dis
cussion, and In June 1901, he issued Il letter on
labor, which also aroused much interest.
On March 3. 1902, the late pope took part In
the public celebrations in honor of the twenty
fourth anEtvei sAry of his coronation by holding
aspapal chapel" in the Basilica of st. Peters,
ION which occasion he was greeted by $4,000
persons. This was the first time a chapel, had
been held In the basflfca since 1870, such cere-
monies having heretofore taken place in the
Sistine chapel Thirty cardinals were present.
Z The late ponti6, on March %, 1902, published
a long encycitcal letter the tone Of which sug-
gested testanentary recommendations and In
which he deplored the renewed attacks on the
church and the recent errors sof humanity
instancine divorce anu pieturinx the present con-