Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-28
SATOLLrS MISSION
TO AMERICA

Washington ID c.. May 90 Though
they decline to discuss the matter
publicly % be- known that the Catholic
church leaders iu Washington and
elsewhere throughout tho country are
INDUCING bon much speculation Just
now as to the real purpose of Car
liuM satOuis visit to tho United
stutea. His HmuoncC ls scheduled TO
sail from Naples today. aud % is uu.
dcrstO0d that upon his arrival iu New
York ho will proceed direct to This
city Several stories are current as 90
The object 0f tuo Cardinals visit, but
an uf these are palpably more in The
nature OF excuses than reasons % ia
not believed Boa welliuformcd circles
that Dee is coming solely to visit the
st. Louis exposition. nor is 90 regard.
cd as likely that tho purpose of his
tHp is to 1uIcIntc az ,hC Maloncy we'd.
dmr. as announced recently in a
| Philadelphia dispatch.
Moro reasonable is the story that
/ appeared iu recon, issue of the OIL.
Z CARO- of Paris. which declared that the
real purpose OF sotoIlls visit was to in.
suwty an inquiry into the present con.
ditl0n %, Roman Catholicism Ia the
United states aud to Investigate scri
GUS difficulties said 20 have arisen De-
tvoon he Apostolic Delegate Falcnn'o
and o. majority OF the American bish
ops.
"Thr American EpiscopatC' accord
iug tD the writer in tho Figaro, "is
resolved 10 enjoy certain liberty and
| finds &c difficult 90 submit Co tho abb
souusm OF Rome, which would impose
| regulations entirely a. variance with
American customs The turn things
arc taking arouses q certain amount
l OF auRlgty at the Vatican, whore a ro
cudusCcnce oi Amcricanism is appre
hendod'
Chlrf among the regulations re-
forrrd 20 and regarded ns entirely aN
variance with American customs ls Tho
papal lettor issued about a year ago
calling for the roostablishmont OF the
F.. Grog0r.an chant Ia an of the Roman
/ Cathuc churches and the elimination
OF women singers from the choir7
Subsequent TO the Issuing of this or
der q meeting of the archbI8hops u
/ the country was held iu this city Q,
consider the matter AZ the close %
/ tho session Archbishop Mossmor O.
/ Milwaukee. was quoted gs having gal'
that there would bc mo- changes In thI
music 1f American Catholic Churcho
isr the present for 10 was the opinioI
~ alI 0f the arohhishops that unde
the present circumstances % would b.
. practically impossible Go enforce tn
decree.
Cardinal Gibbons was asked TO writ
90 the Vatican OF the facts which le
90 this decision. and 20 ask for adyic
and modification OF tho deere,
, which would make Sos enforcement
possible. The Archbishops then d,
sided Go do nothing more Ia the ma
tor until a reply should be- receive
from Rome AZ the same time Their
appears 20 be- some dissension anon
I she American bishops, an OF them nc
holding out for tho decision OF IA
Washington conference but, on On
b othor hand. appearing TO favor the u
: oral enforcement OF the decree frol
b Rome Thus. within the last fe
p weeks, bishop Kelley OF savanna
p has eliminated women from the choil
b OF hls diocese. and "a tentative step {
the same direction has been made b
Z Archbishop Farley In regard TO m
, choir of &c. patricks cathedral ln Ne
York. city,