The San Francisco call., 1910-11-06
ISeeciol Dispatch TO The Call

rear right of the stage sWun geopeh, ana
in rushed a huge automobile. bearing
the papaIs legate and his suite. which
after circling gracefully around the
immense stage. stopped at the opposite
exit. where his excenency and party
alighted. and mounted the platform
prepared for them
Then, when the speeches were over
and Archbishop Ireland arose to in
troduce the pope's representative. for
whom the immense audience was now
waiting impatientIy. all the lights
went out and the hall was plunged in
darkness. But. as the darkest hour
precedes the dawn out of the dark
ness and just behind the legate there
flashed forth a brilliant cross twenty
feet high composed of 1000 electric
bulbs that lighted up the hall and
twenty" thousand faces with the
glare OF rocket His en1lnence
turned and bowed TO the symbol Of
salvation The audience. as we'll as
the cardinal and the archbishop. were
taken completely by surprise. and
twenty thousand throats gave vent
to a roar that seemed like the utter
anee of mighty "credo-
II was Americas answer TO the
SAlll Ctll5tIuIe UCSNd III AeD4l-Cs tA@
scene recalled the vision of the cross
to Constantine and the mystic motto.
In hoe signo vinces.' Perhaps ~
may prove equally prophetic OF things
to come in America.
A sample Of the. remarkable igno-
rance that prevails in many quarters
regarding Catholic doctrine and prac-
tice was furnished recently by cor
respondent in Winter, Wis, who wrote
the following:
Father Joseph A. PiIon. the Cath
olic priest. Is going 70 the clearing
Cameron dam) starting at O'Clock
this morning, 10 administer first aid
to the injured if necessary. and eX-
treme JUNCTION to the dead, if there are
any fatalities
Extreme JUNCTION is never admins
tered to the dead, but only TO the sick
who are in danger of death. Its may
be administered to a patient who is
unconscious. as in the case OF Genera
Sherman. which attracted so much at
tentton some years agO-iUst as ply
sician may administer a restorative
To one who is unconscious or appar-
emily dead in the hope that life is not
vet extinct The reason for this is
that extreme unction like all the other
sacraments. acts Eek Opere operate.
as it is called; that is. through the
power conferred by Christ and not
through any effort on the part of the
recipient.
Besides the unbroken tradition and
practice of the church since the time
of the apostles the doctrine is ba sed on
these words OF St. James the Apostle
(v. 1910: Is any sick among you?
Let him call in the priests OF the
church and let them pray over him.
amounting him with oil in the name of
the Lord. And the prayer Of faith
hall l.
shall raise him up. and if he has COM
mitted sins it shall be forgiven HIM"
America quotes Portuguese
prelate of high rank" who for obvious
reasons prefers not to be quoted by
name as using very plain language
concerning the causes leading up TO
the recent outbreak Of violence and
bloodshed in Portugal We reproduce
his words in part as follows
The Portuguese are very good peC-
pie, generally speaking The farmers
and villagers are very ignorant. with
out doubt, but they are Iaborers: and
If the clergy had done their whole duty
they would be united to their parish
priests and wholly devoted to the
church.
In spirituals. IT is not so long ago
that most Of the clergy busted them
selves in everything except the minis
'iy' III the COuHIIS. TOT example. the
pastors exploited farms and they were
oftener seen at sales than in the sane
tuary In the cities it was the same
only in different ways" The pre1ate
thus explains the reason for this.
In fact, the government, like the
old French monarchy had brought the
clergy under the yoke. On the other
hand, there were not wanting priests
who were Free Masons- The slavery
was complete. To give a sermon or 70
sing hymn before the blessed sacra-
ment a permit from the civil authorf-
ties was necessary. for which fee
was charged. Without the consent OF
the same civil power no one could ba
ordained to the priesthood. It is only
too plain that in these conditions the
formation OF an influential body or
men was impossible. and they have
ended by being found wanting"