The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

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:. economy be IL liberal when he under.
-. bt.,,rcal works The n mHn schools,
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s.t,v. summarizes IN the Orient, the founda-
,on n college. and associations for the nnion
:, N. Churches, the establishment ~ in
,ons,,r,I rligious houses At Rome-to all
, ,bss. -sei. " great things he contributes
s.nsroisIy Though sparing. he IL also
a, orqsni,ar, he has the antique spirit.
from the beginning Of his pontiacate
p,us \ has heen alarmed at the falling on
n the Peters Pence The Papacy spends
even or eight millions OF francs annually
n, the maintenance Of the government
..,shlshnent, the Apostolic palaces, the
b~ssiicas. the congregations, the Nuncia-
,,rss and so on. Hitherto the expenses
Ard receipts balanced; the Christian world
nv its gifts filed the gap regularly from the
. time that Margotti OF the Unitd Cdttohcd
deviaed the free and generous contribution
ofthe Mite Of saint Peter.
This stream Of money that flows from
the provinces 10 the capital Ia diminishing
risibly The a~dversaries Of Rome blame
Il for the fact, saying hat the loss OF popu-
larity NJ the Papacy il the cause OF the falling
m. II the ordinary resources Of the Papacy
pem to have decreased, the Pope has
nevertheless an extraordinary reserve in
coin. While Plus TX. a generous and many
,lded MRcenas, threw away money right
and left, Leo Kill, like Sixtus ", accumu-
Ated from the Jubilee gifts a permanent
Papal treasure, in order that, in case Of a
possible crisis, the Vatican might without
difficulty or hindrance pass into exile or
meet the expenses of a restoration to tenn
moral power. The Jubilee of 1888 brought
several millions to this treasure; that OF
1893 was less productive, yet il added addi-
tional sums. II, therefore, the Papaoy is
temporarily embarrassed by the diminution
ofthe scale Of Catholic contributions, 1t is not
The fault Of the chief manager.
The emba rrassment, in spite OF the IA
nous historical treasure, is real. To tell
the resaons for it would mean writing a
page Of the contemporary history OF the
Church and the Papacy. As in the days OF
, Leo the Great, Of Gregory VII. and OF Sixtus
v, the Papacy has been obliged to spur
Christianity toward new shores. The new
policy has aroused resentment in certain
classes and certain interests. Nothing
is more brutal than clilues and classes
whose actions are interfered with The
Roman policies have frightened the re-
dictionaries. Should not a lesson be givento
the idealist who from the Vatican preached
Justice. fraternity. the uplifting OF the
masses to a higher life? His republican
instructions nave upset the dolce Jar nienfe.
Was it not necessary to retort to this giver
Of advice by be ginning the seven lean
' years?
Inall times those in possession, the happy,
10 this world have hated innovators and
reformers, and this hatred has taken the
shape Of a strike in obedience n in hnan-
cial contributions. After his memorable
toast at Algiers, Cardinal Lavigerie died
Of notification brought on by this hardly
Christian revenge. Serene and hardy as a
peasant, with thick shoes and a shrewd
head, Plus X. has not bowed to the storm.
When a man places himself "in the heart
Of thin gs," as Carlyle puts it, he does not
lear the movements that disturb the outer
edge.
There are other causes for this financial
falling of. The Catholic nations on the
Continent have organized, as it were, a new
society, a world by itself, by the side OF the
lay, prosecuting State and of revolutionary
society, The foundation and endowment OF
schools, the support of religious works, the
maintenance OF congregations, the increase
In charitable contributions, the keeping
up Of clubs and parties, are works that
the preceding generations knew nothing
Of, or at least not in the same measure.
What is spent at home is taken from the
Peters Pence, We must not forget too,
that the capital of the rich classes does not
give the former returns and that great for
tunes waste away and diminish. Finally,
popular as it was at the beginning, with
the charm Of every new thing, the Peters
Pence begins to take it's place among in
sututions and things We are accustomed to.
II ill now the Pope has not made public
The increasing poverty Of the Papaoy he
has minated his needs to the nuncios and
TO his representatives.. The Papacy has
become like the tree Of Holy Writ that
covers the whole earth with it's mighty
branches.
At Rome and in the nu~noiatures ex-
penses increase ip proportion as changes
are made. Since The Bontoux failure
ehemes for financial regeneration have
eoounded. Vast financial systems have
oeen devised by means Of which wave Of
gold would pour in, but the Pope has his
slspiclons Of these. The Pope must never
eepend on a system which would be the
badge and haltar zf III. uo.n I,af