The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-08-09
Rome Depending on America
BY GILBERT o. NATIONS.
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A S THE hundred and odd cardinals and bishops OF
~ Rome leave their thrones in cities to assemble In
September at the national capital numerous inter-
estng premnaries become known Like the three Coun-
ellis of Baltimore held by the pope during the last century,
the council in prospect will doubtless add to the gene
eral law of the papa empire elaborate code Of
local statutes governing the personal and property rights
Of three times many people in this country the whole
population OF Ireland.
These local statutes in common with the whole body Of
canon law, will be set up here in defiance Of the
congress and Of the state legislatures Their effort to
force two ncongruous urdical systems in the
try and upon the people will necessarily perpetuate
the vexaous strife between the papa hierarchy and the
American people, But Rome will continue to demand fed
era state and municipal legislation punish and destroy
bgots all who call attention to the of that strife
Wherever popery exists such strife is omnipresent
1t is the natural and inevitable fruit Of two systems of law
demanding obedience of the people No real church,
chroncay at oggerheads with the civil authority Only
the papal system both political and ecclesiastical
control That fact abundantly explains the hatred of
popery Italy, France and other lands that have endured
Its impudence and treason for hundreds Of years.
The third and last plenary council Of Baltimore was
held more than thirty years ago. The pope then appointed
Cardinal Gibbons his special representative to preside
that council Though born Of Irish parents and man
festy far interested in papal Ireland than in the
United States Gibbons at least American born and no-
nay citizen Of this country But Giovanni Bonzano
alien papaItaan is now the permanent representatives
Of the Italian pope in this country and he will likely give
to the coming council distncvey alien characters
by occupying the chair during its sessions. e
Nevertheless, Cardinal Gibbons probably has special
authority from the vatican throne for the program which
he has cut out for the proposed council and published in
the papal press The Bulletin of Catholic Federation
quotes the occupant Of the Baltimore throne saying in
this program that Rome now depends America to pro-
vide the funds and political support necessary to the per-
petuaton of popery in the world That paper these
t|words:
! Rome, said His Excelency now looks to America
to be the leader in all things Catholic and to set e
ample to other nations
In the words quoted from Cardinal Gibbons, the
pression His Exceency" refers to Bonaventura Cerre
papa nder-secretary Of state who recently to this
country Immediately after his audience with the president
of the United States in Paris and his visit to the Sim Fem
in Ireland One purpose Of the Cerreth mission was
doubtless to call this council at the instance Of the vaca
autocrat
Not only does it thus appear that the council is being ass
sembled by the pope himself for his political amb
tons but its coming together expected to embro u
more deeply in foreign politics in behalf Of the Sim Fem
traitors The American people will observe with interest
all the public permitted to know of the proceedings Ot
this diet to be held at national capitalby the syea
political autocrat Of the world. N