The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-20

The abstention Of the Pope, ,ron
their own Rome outside the Vatican
walls Is twofold in It's incidence. So IA,
as concerns tho Pope himself II 4, a
protest at once dignifed and honorcd
by more than forty years OF rigid Oh
servance. but Il IL personal. II ,s m.
protest Of sovereign against a r,vaI
Government which he may not ren.,
but which he will not recognize. In n,
application to the Italians OF strtc,
Catholic observance there is introduced
the nexus OF inextricable relations NJ
faith and practice. Of things temporal
with things spiritual. II the pan.l
protest were carried out in full. II the
temporal were to control the spiritual
In the case OF each communicate. than
choice would have to be made betveecn
citizenship without faith or belief d,..
franchised. The two who precedss
Plus X. in St Peters chair were firm IN
the stand that II the Vatican sls.uld
authorize Catholic voters to take y,rt
In Parliamentary elections, that Is In
the government OF their native land
recognition OF the right of the hous.
OF Savoy to rule in the former States
OF the Church. which is the point With
held. This case has been fully covered
In the historic document mon expel.t"
In which the attitude OF the Vatican
was succinctly set forth toward the
denial of citizenship, at least t. tina
warning that faith and political prac.
ticc were Incompatible. This document
has not in terms been withdrawn. but
Its incidence has been greatly modified
by Plus. It's operation is now left within
the discretion of the ordlnarics of the
several dioceses. It has become pa
rochial.
No Dignitics for Relatives.
II must be remembered that Plus X
was essentially parochial. never more
THAN diocesan. The Curla has Cardinals
who have been trained in the sNIfll
policies OF the Vatican chancery. who
have served in foreign courts as nun
clos and have become habituat,i to
the methods of diplomacy. But the
Patriarch Of Venice was an outsider
ne was seldom in Rome, he was ncye,
or Rome lie had been found an eN-
cellent rector of rural parish. he had
been proved an able administrator o.
small diocese, he had dealt wisely
with the affairs of his first urban cr!s.
copate, he had proved a comprten,
metropolitan OF provincial see, bu,
these are not the qualities of the Roman
Cardinal They could not have lis
covered the simple and direct method
OF dealing with the mon eNpcdlt" by
referring its execution to the Itul!al
episcopate. In more familiar terms Of
statecraft II might well he described as
policy OF decentralization; the Pope
Bishop OF Rome. showed himself Jealous
for the upholding OF the historic epls.
copate and enlisted his Bishops t. shnre
his burden. The result has been 10
orlhs the papacy and this new Italy
into closer harmony and to facilitate
the remedy which time will bring to
heal the greater differences.
There may be policy In this, hut there
Ia patriotism No less did the peasant
persist upon the throne. This does not
mean that Plus was less a sovereign
because the triple crown rested upon a
sweet and simple nature. There was
brother Angelo. for instance. stll the
rural postman. humble servant Of the
Italian Government. Custom would
| have warranted-it even prescribed
| mat he should be made Count NJ hi,
brothers white court No such dignity
was bestowed upon him; enough nat
he could carry his sack of letters I'm al,
weathers. But when the Pope was l..
then Brother Angelo Is found rushing
to his side and Jostling aside chamber.
lalns and chaplains that the Pope mrht
not want the homely illustrations of
brother.
Sisters Lived Near vatican.
SO with those peasant women from
the north. the Popes sisters When
he became tenant of the Vatican o.. g..
memhercd their unease IN tue huIsr.
keeping OF a paiace-it had been q 90
trial to them in Venice. In the Eari'u
OF the Vatican was Il smaller house. and
In that he sought to install them l.'a
that was far too grand for 'rf
| comfort and they would nour N
They rented n small Hat uu'~.I. mo
palace grounds. where they mthf al
ways be within reach. but whor. ~
could be quite free to have q Er'- <
humble comfort where they mI-'' 'n
out TO market and pass unuul H
the crowd save as their accent re-
vealed that they were not Roman l'.
IL was from the treatment u' .''
brothers and sisters of Other Pope 'h'.
the word nepotism acquired It's s.u .''.
connotation. When his sister Rosa u.'1
| In tho a rlu dnNa nf 1919 and NN,u. n mo