The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-11
.POPE'S MONUMENT
WILL Be COSTLY
on Account Of the Great Expense, 1t
is to be Paid for by Popular
subscription From
All Catholics.
DILEMMA AT VENICE
pope Benedict Gives Attention to
Every Detail Of Welfare of His
-,f,4.ss Church All over -
/, j. the World .f.5 ). u
[ BY Alice Robe, United Press Staff
80. CORES pondent - Il.

| BY Alice Robe, United Press Staff
Correspondent
ROME, March 20. (By mail to New
York. 1.-THE monument to Pope Plus
*, which is to be placed in promia-
ent position in st. Peters, has been
the subject of considerable financial
discussion. 1t was the original desire
! of the cardinals created by the late
ipope to erect this monument at their
own expense. The large amount of
money entailed in placing a fitting
monument, suitable to it's splendid sur
iroundings,s in ST. Peters, made this
plan impracticable. Then the matter
of including all of the sacred college
in the cost Of the marble memorial
was considered. This plan too has
been abandoned and the last resolu-
ton has been to make this monument
to the present pope memorial to-
ward which all of the Catholics in the
world may contribute. Cardinal
Merry del Val is at the head of the
committee which is composed of the
nearest and closest associates of Pope
Plus X.
The appointment of Mgr. La Fon-
4 ldllc DIS pdllld1SA VI SShiSSt hSaS "
newed conjectures as to the possible
bitches which generally arise concern
| ing this see A curious dilemma al
ways presents itself when the Pat
riarch of Venice is to be appointed.
And today when rumors of adjustment
between church and state are current
lit is believed the government will
name Mgr. La Fontaine patriarch Of
Venice the same day the holy father
makes his announcement. In ancient
time Aquiliea gave it's title to the seq
and the civil authorities were accord
ed the right to nominate their &C.
Iclestiastical ruler. This right passed
| to the Austrian emperor. When the
/ Austrians were driven out, the
king of Italy claimed the right which
! of course, had not been recognized by
| the holy see for half a century. The
holy see has always nominated the
patriarch OF its own motion. When
cardinal Sarto was appointed. the fu-
I ure Pope Plus x was kept out of his
diocese for a year until the goverI-
ment finally nominated him. The ZAP
jEointment OF Cardinal Cavallart by
Plus X, as his successor In Venice,
was marked by a simultaneous
nomination by the government. Whet.i-
| er the rumors Of deired peace be-
tween government and state, mediat-
ed by the diplomat Benedict XIV is
true or not, it is believed the patriarch
/ of Venice will meet no opposition from
the government in this hour of crisis.
The attention given by Pope Bene-
dict XIV to every detail of Catholic
welfare has been shown by his person.
ial concern in the progress of Catholics
action in Italy. Catholic work all over
the world is of interest but its meth
DDS in Rome, home of Catholicism
is Of unusual moment. Five large or
ganizations carry on Catholics work
among laymen In Italy. These are
the Popular Union. composed of in
dividual Catholics all over Italy, who
numbered 100000 at the close of the
last year, and, whose activities are
concerned with all Catholics advance
ment. the Social Economic Union,
composed of all the COAL and economic
Catholic societies OF the peninsula,
the Electoral Union, having to do with
the registration Of Catholic voters and
with their activity at political anu
administrative elections, the Catholic
youth concerned with the banding TO-
gether of boys and young men for
their spiritual and material welfare !;
and the Union OF Catholic Women,
whose chief work OF late has been en-
deavoring to obtain Catholic instruc-
ition in the public schools. y
Pope Benedict XIV has made thor
ough study of all of these lay or
CARNATIONS which were, previous to
his occupancy of the papal, autono-
nous. Now he has simplified work
land prevented an overlapping of activ-
ity by assigning hegemony to the
Popular Union This organization
selects a committee of eleven mem
hers from its own ranks, five of whom
are exofficio the president Of the five
unions. Pope Benedict has evinced
a keen interest in the work of the
union of Catholic women