Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-20
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cardinal was Giuseppe sarto, the pa

cardinal was Giuseppe Sarto, the pa
triarch of Venice.
The position of the new pope was
most difficult He could not consist
emily unite himself with either the
party of -%empolla or that of Vannu-
telli-neither with the party of ad-
Justment nor that of noncompromise.
although his leanings were in the lat
ter direction, he must make his own
way. He chose a middle course. In
matters of dogma and of dogmatic in
struction he would be conservative.
Where these matters conflicted with
secular thought or policy he would
still be conservative and would pray
for light
Plus y was not reactionary. If he
seems to have been SO in his dealing
with the French, Spanish and Porru,
guese Separatists. with Italian. Eng
lish and German modernism, and such
trivial but sensational matters as the
Fairbanks and Roosevelt episodes, it
must be remembered that, If he acted
without diplomacy, he acted in strict
accordance with the traditions of the
mother church, which could not be
changed to meet every arriving con-
tingency that had it's origin outside
the church.
The pope announced that his pro-
gram was summarized in the phrase
Restore all in Christ" Before all
else his efforts were directed to the
promotion of piety, and he advised all
to receive holy communion frequently.
and If possible daily. 1t was by his
desire that the eucharistic congress of
1905 was held in Rome. while he
enhanced the solemnity of subsequent
eucharistic congresses, notably that of
Montreal and more recently that held
at Madrid. by sending to them car
dinal legates.
Recognition of American Church
Among the early reforms of the late
pontiff was the introduction of Gre
gorian for modern music, and, wher-
ever practical. the substitution of
ecclesiastical choirs for the singing of
paid laymen. An early "motu pro-
prio' abolished the Roman congre-
cations of indulgences and relies,
founded by Clement TX, and so de-
veloped by successive popes as to
make deep inroads on the revenues of
the Vatican. Again, the first "Gerar-
CHA Cattolica" issued under his ad-
mintstration showed the suppression
of the names of no less than six popes.
American Catholics will long remem-
Der that in 1908 he decreed the United
States should cease to be regarded as
a missionary country and pass from
the tutelage of the sacred congregation
of the propaganda.
tivity, where the ecclesiastical policy
ran counter to the temporal politics of
nations. even though these nations
deemed themselves still spiritually
bound to the pope. the assertion of a
purely dogmatic policy without the
saving grace of diplomatic amenities
oIten brought defeat upon the Vatican
that is. defeat from a utilitarian n
point of view
The theological point of view Is diff
ferent. so is the point of view of ar
dent lay Catholics. who think they
have seen the church gain in spiritual
strength what she has lost in ma
terlal. by them the accession of
Plus x was hailed as asdeIiverance for
they had seen with uneasiness a tend
eney to adapt the policy of the church
70 the moving current of European
poiicy We want religious pope. they
mad said. We have less need of states