The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-11-04

1t would seem from reports In the
secular press that Emma Eames, no.
torious divorcee, was married some
time ago to Emilio de Gogorza, also
divorced, by the Archbishop Of Paris,
with the approval of Pope Piux x.
Would you please give us all the facts
in the case?
Emma Eames and Emilio de Gogorza
were married some time ago in Paris
not, as stated in the foregoing COM
munication, by the Archbishop. Of
Paris, but by the Able Alias, senior
curate of the Church of st. Pierre de
Chaillot. Prior to the marriage cere-
mony the case was referred to the
Archbishop of Paris under whose direc-
ton full investigation was made and
he decided that the marriage could
take place after obtaining the neces-
sary dispensation.
Both the parties to the marriage had
been previously married and divorced.
AS far as we can learn the facts are as
follows: Madame Games was unbap-
tized when she married her first hus-
band, who was also unbaptized. They
were legally divorced and she became
a Catholic Her first marriage was
annulled by the ecclesiastical authori-
ties by invoking the Pauline Privilege
which is concession promulgated by
ST. Paul, that allows, under certain
conditions, the dissolution of a mar
riage contracted by two unbaptized
Grc% fhof
one of the persons become Christian
and the other does not; second, that
the person remaining unbaptized
leaves the company of the baptized
person and refuses to live with him or
her, or, if consenting to remain, offers
insult to God or induces the Christian
to sin. Even if these two conditions
exist, the baptized person cannot con-
tract second marriage without I'm
terpellating" the person remaining in
unbelief This Interpolation is a; for
NAL act by which the baptized person
asks for declaration from the one re-
naming in unbelief if he or she wishes
to become Christian, and if not, if he
or she is willing to continue married,
but with any insult to the Creator, or
without being an incentive to sin. For
just reasons the Holy See can dispense
from this Interpolation, and when the
dispensation is granted the Christian
can validity contract second marriage
as the previous marriage is null and
void. In this case the Holy See, for
good reasons, dispensed Madame
Games from the necessity of inter-
pellating her first husband, and she
was therefore free to marry. Gorgorza,
a baptized Catholic, was first married
in New York to Elsa Newman, a..
Jewess. This marriage took place prior
to 1908 when the new marriage law
went into effect. At that time civil
marriage was recognized as valid by
the Church unless there was diri-
ment or multiplying impediment. Such
an impediment existed in this case.
Gogorza married a Jewess, an unbap-
tized woman, without having obtained
a canonical dispensation from the diri-
ment impediment of disparity of cult
or, as it is commonly called, difference
of religion Hence this marriage was
null and void in the eyes of the
Church. After obtaining a legal di-
vorce from his wife, Gogorza was free
to contract another marriage
When all these facts were placed be-
fore the Archbishop of Paris he laid
the matter before the Holy See and
after the formalities were complied
with he gave permission for the mar
riage of these two persons who, as is
evident from the foregoing statement,
were free to marry as Catholics There
was no reason why the marriage
should not take place in church and
the Able Alias, who had instructed
Madame Games and received her into
the Church, performed the marriage
ceremony.
1. What do the letters !. N. r. l..
on the crucifix stand for? 2. Can a
suicide be buried in Catholic cerne-
terry? 8. Does the Catholic Church
forbid cremation? 4. Has there ever
been a Catholic President of the
United States?
l. The letters |. N. r. I. found on
crucihxes above the figure of our
Lord are the initial letters of the
Latin words Jesus Nazarenus Rex
Judaeorum, which means Jesus of
Nazareth, King of the Jews. This in
scription was placed on the cross at
the time of our Lords crucifxion by
order of Pontius PLATE, Governor of
Judea. In the Latin language, as is
well known, the l. and ]. are inter
changeable. 2. If it is possible to
show that a person committed sui
eide in moment of temporary in
sanity it is customary to allow the
remains to be buried in Catholic
cemetery. No general rule, however,
can be given in this matter. Each
case must be considered individually
and the Bishop of the Diocese is the
one who gives the final decision in
each case, after the facts have been