The Irish standard., 1907-11-30
He Deals With Number Of Important Sub
jects That Have Been Misunderstood
by Protestants,
And Looks Upon the United States as the
Most Promising Field in the World
For Catholic Effort.

Latin, but outside of my classes did
tho best could. and all could with
the language Of the country"
What arc the powers Of an Amos.
tolic Delegate, and why was dtsnitarv
of that rank sent to the United sts+..,s
Being the personal representative
or the Holy Father. the Apostolic Dol.
egate has Jurisdiction in all ecclesias.
tic matters, in all differences between
Bishops, and between Bishops and
priests, and In church cases generally.
His Judgment Is final. 1t might be said
that the Apostolic Delegate to anv
country-and there are Delegates in
various parts Of the civilized world.
is a supreme tribunal in himself. An
appeal to Rome from the United States.
for instance, delays because of dis.
tance the prompt transaction OF church
business. The Apostolic Delegate, hay-
Ing authority to hear and determine. n
easy Of access, and this is not onlv
helpful to the appellants, in that diff.
fernece quickly harmonized reduces Ia.
Dor and friction, but is advantageous in
all respects to the church itself When
Mgr. Satolli first came here he was
simply an ablegate. or envoy, of Leo
XIII. At a later day he was nominated
to be the first Apostolic Delegate to
tho United States, and authorized to
dispose of all business within his of.
fice The principal question at the
time was tho attitude Of Catholics to-
ward the public schools. The church
had been discussing 1t for a year. and
the mind Of the Holy Father was want.
cd on the subject"
''IIas there been any change in the
position of the church on that par-
ticular matter?"
None whatever We are not hostile
to the public schools. However. we
believe that the heart needs to be edu-
Gated as we'll as the head. II boys and
girls are to become good citizens. they
must be trained not alone in mind. but
in conscience. The duty Of Christians
to the young is we'll defined by the ex-
ample Of our Divine Lord, who said,
Suffer the little children to come unto
me; forbid them not. for to such be.
longeth the kingdom of Cod The
Catholic church goes no further and
will stop at nothing less. We say to
parents, IF the parochial schools are
inferior to the public schools send your
children to the latter, first having the
consent of the priest; but see that they
get proper religious instruction. which
means lessons in catechisn1, from your
parish teachers Leo Kill in his pom
tifical letter to Cardinal Gibbons. 80
long ago as June, 1893, declared that
Catholic schools are to be most sedous-
ly promoted, and that it is to be left
to the Judgment and conscience Of the
ordinary, or clergyman, according to
circumstances, when it is lawful to
attend the public schools The best
time for religious instruction is when
the child is young. Consequently, we
have many parochial schools for the
primary and lower grades. About
1,11o.ooo pupils are attending our 1913
colleges for boys, our 67s academies
for girls. and our 1854 parish schools.
Besides there are $500 students in our
seminaries, which are eighty-six in
number. No; we are not seeking to
destroy the educational system of the
country. 1t is fine, so far as 1t goes.
Nevertheless. we can not approve Of
schools in general where there is no
religious instruction"
Can young women who are Catho-
lies teach in the public schools with
out condemnation?"
Surely. Their hearts have been
trained in our own way and they are
free to teach any where. Many Of
them are in the public schools"
"aow many Catholics are there in
the United states?"
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