The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-31
PAPAL PLAN TO GIVE THE
AMERICAN CHURCH MORE
POUER IN MINOR AFFAIRS

CONCLUDED FROM PAGE /, PART p
ton, ID. c., detaching the needed territory
from the archdiocese of Baltimore. and the
opinion of the American archbishops Is
awaited with interest in Rome. If the new
see is erected it is understood here that
Archbishop Ireland will be placed at the
head Of il. This has been limited by Car
dinal Del Val The appointment OF Spe-
cial Polish heterogeneous in those dioceses
where Polish Catholics are to be round
in large numbers Is also TO be discussed
a desire that the wishes sent TO Rome by
the Polish committee be complied with at
least in part.
The nomination of new American bishops
has been taken from the Propaganda and Is
now personally reserved TO the Pope, who
will himself make future selections The
Pope has done the same regarding Eu-
rOpean bishops who are not dependent upon
the Propagc nda, and the Congregation of
the Holy Office, of which the Pope himself
is project, now has the right that long has
been vested in a special congregation es-
tablished for the purpose by the late
Plus TX.
PAPAL REFORMS.
The new Pope has begun his pontihcate
by sweeping reforms which, if carried out,
will greatly increase the efficiency of the
work of propagating the faith and eX-
tending the realm of the church. The adj
ministration of the Vatican finances has
been entirely overhauled. Instead of many
departments each independent of the other,
Plus Y has centralized the whole admins
tration under the head of Cardinal Del
Val, the pontifical secretary of state, and
many abuses have been thus disposed Of,
business expert from banking house is
to attend to the books of the administra-
ton and the management of the funds of
the Holy See will now be conducted on a
Of bo in
come and expenses of the Vatican, now
that Peters pence contributions from
France have considerably fallen off, shows
that the expenses of s., 0Oc, 600 is not reached
by the probable income. There is likeli-
hood of a shortage of 100000 Cardinal Del
Val is personally of the opinion that con-
tributiOns from the church in the United
States will be so large this year that the
Holy See will be able to meet all its bills.
Ii is thought that the bishops OF America,
numbering nearly 100, can be counted upon
for 5000 each on the average. This Will
bring to Rome 100000 for this year-one-
fourth of the money contributed by the
whole OF the church.
Great pressure is being brought TO bear
at the Vatican in connection with the con-
sistory to be Held next March. in favor of
American candidates for the cardinalate.
The many friends of Archbishop Ireland
have been unusually active of late in urg-
ing his claims upon the Pope, while Arch
bishop Farley's, admirers are equally in
sistent The recent revival of the discus
sion regarding Americanism in the church
IN America, brought out by the suit of
Signor Spadoni. editor of the Roman Herald
against the general of the Jesuits for serv-
ices rendered in combating the new doc
trines; and also by the recent work of
Able Houtin, which is just now being con-
sdered for condemnation by the Congre-
cation of the Index, has greatly endangered
the chances of Archbishop Ireland. Some
claim that friends of the archbishop of
New York have started the discussion
anew in order 10 hurt the chances of the
archbishop of st. Paul, but there is little
or no evidence TO support such theory.
The Pope is expected to make decision
i'm the matter, hence all the activity be-
ing displayed in Rome.
OBSERVATORY.