Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-21
WAS GIVEN AN OVATION
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sary. and to pray that what may be done
In this parish in the future may be marked
by true devotion to God and to men In
a spirit of universal charity. which ac-
knowledges our brotherhood because of His
fatherhood.''
No sooner had the applause for the Com
missioner died out than a man In the front
of the crowd on the street threw up his hat
and shouted, Three cheers for the Presi-
dent!' which were given with a will.
This being the end of the service, the
persons on the balcony prepared to re-enter
the building. The President was about to
do so, when DR.. Stafford detained him and
led the throng In cheers for him.
Inside the building the President held an
informal reception, laughing and Joking
with every one who shook hands with him.
After about fifteen minutes spent in this
manner he was escorted through the cor
ridor and downstairs. On the way he was
cheered over and over again. The scene in
the rectory was one that will not soon be
forgotten by the officials of ST. Patrick's 8,
and probably not by the President.
DR.. Stafford and number of others ac-
companied the chief executive to his car
riage. The Presidents party returned by
way Of 9th and X streets to the White
House
Sermon by Archbishop Ireland.
The concluding service Of the day was
the vespers at 1870 o'clock in the evening.
Rev. Father Phillip O'Connell of Boston
officiated, assisted by Rev. Fathers Hart
we'll and Cahill of the Catholic University
of America. Bishops Spalding and McGold-
rick were present and in the sanctuary.
In his sermon on France and the Vati-
can Archbishop Ireland spoke emphatical-
" against the action of the French govern
ment in the affair." but SAID ne nao the
firmest hope that both the church and the
nation would come out or the controversy
none the worse for 1t.
Reviewing the history of the relation or
the pope to the government or france. ne
told of the agreement known as the con-
cordat,, arrived at in the time of Napoleon
Bonapart, which was satisfactory TO the
church, granting to the state. as 1t did,
only the right to pass police regulations IN
reference to the officials of the church.
Scarcely, however. was the concordat
published" continued the bishop, when
under pretext of police regulations, the
government published the organic articles.
limiting in most unreasonable degree the
liberty of pontiff. bishop and priest, forbid
ding. for instance, pontifical briefs to be
published in France without the assent Of
the government, forbidding papal nuncios
to communicate direct with bishops and
prohibiting bishops from holding synods or
visiting Rome. These organic articles could
in no way be said to be authorized by the
concordat or to be included in what the
concordat termed police regulations
Remained Dead Letter.
'.They were never allowed by the church
to have any value or effect whatever. AS a
matter Of fact, the organic articles became
and remained dead letter. The concordat
however, remained adhered to faithfully,
both by church and state. And now the
concordat is to be abrogated. Upon whom
rests the blame? The French.
1.-The demand of the French government
was for the Vatican to surrender its free
dom Of action, its divine right of govern
ment. and to cut the church of France loose
from it's pastoral care. Whatever the con-
sequences, nothing remained to Plus X but
to stand firm. He rose at once to the
sublime heights Of supreme duty, and de-
clared that whatever the consequences he
should maintain his right to admonish and
govern the bishops of the church of France.
All this is given in the Vatican white book
which SHOWS the correspondence between
the Vatican and the French government
1.-THE rupture with the Vatican Is only the
elimination of many years Of prosecutions
of the church by the French, chief of which
Is the dissolution of religious orders of men
and women and the closing of Catholic
schools maintained by those orders. 1t Is
the old battle of the state for supremacy
over the spiritual
Criticism Of France.
The archbishop then said that. France