Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-01-22

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bishop Hayes on returning from the
vatican in 1921 said that he was FOL
lowing the policy of neutrality ana I'M
partially. He condemned crime 10
Ireland by either side and repeatedly
expressed the hope that violence there
would end.
Appeals for Settlement
Tn a letter to Cardinal Logue, the
pope appealed to both English anu
Irish to abandon violence and pro-
nosed that the Irish question be set
tied by a body selected by the whole
Irish nation. When the Anglo-lrlsh
agreement finally was reached he ex-
pressed great satisfaction and sent
message to the Dali Eireann rejoicing
over the peace agreement when haoe
Ireland free state. ,,ou
Pope Benedict declined. in May
1919. to authorize the Cathohc churcn
to participate in a world conference %
religions which had been proposed 70
him by a group of bishops OF the
Protestant Episcopal church III INC
| United States.
Rather than a reunion or the
| Christian churches, the Holy See aims
at the unity of the church which, y
the opinion of Rome, can Occur M., oh;,
| by ali returning to the Cathoh'
church" :
In December, 1920, the Vatican IS Is
sued a decree requesting the Catholl'
bishops to pay vigilant attention =
such societies as the Young Men
| Christian association on the grount
that thew corrupted the faith of Cath
Ole youths. The pope urged tn
| Knights OF Columbus to combat prop
Uganda against the Catholic faith.
Condemns Socialism
The pope took occasion on numer
GUS occasions to express ms VieW
thoroughly on some political and socia
questions. Early in 1920 he sent
letter to an Italian bishop urging "a
Catholic priests to work lntelhsentl
and energetically against, what me pop
characterized as the dangerous aog
trine of the socialists" He repeated
" denounced immodesty in women
dress and what he termed the lndec
encv If fashion. On another 0craslo
A circular was issued by his directlo
to diplomats accredited to the Hoi
See asking them to add to the invita-
tons to official receptions another re
onestinp women to avoid excesslvei
decollette gowns. )
The pope declared in an address t
the sacred college that the world wa
afflicted with five great plaques, Whic
he enumerated as the negation Of au
thority, hatred among brothers, thlrs
for pleasure, disgust for work ana tol
getfulness of the supreme ob1ects ,
| life. These evils, he asserted, coui
be overcome only by the ala OF III
: gospel.
Heals Breach With France
t In secret consistory in Decembe
e he declared that the Catholic churc
t would never abolish nor mitigate tn
e law imposing celibacy on the cierg,
r nor introduce domestic forms VINO
t had been asked by priests in Czecht
9 Slovakia, where a secession moveMei
: had been based upon that appear. =,
The resumption of diplomatic reis
e tions between the Vatican and Franc
o and Germany was attributed to Il
: diplomacy of Pope Benedict. II
e healing Of the breach between the va
. lean and France, which resulted fro
the separation of the church and sta
in that country was crowned by Il
canonization of Joan Of Arc as sam
In comment on these new relation
il was pointed out in many quartz
that during the years when Benedi
XIV had directed the policy or q
church there had been an increasing Il
fluence by the Vatican on the publ
opinion of the world.
Comments Arms Farley
His voice was raised in approval
the aims of the Washington confe
ence on the limitation of armament al
in a letter to President Harding. Il
> nope commended his initiative in callil
: it. His efforts on behalf of war pri
, oners were unremitting and he perso
ally appealed to the prelates of t
, churches to promote amity among 8
! nations and deplored the unrest in d
|. rope which had followed the war.
. issued numerous appeals for the pc
: children of central Europe and for t
, famine sufferers of Russia and throu
. his efforts huge fund was contri
= uted and distributed to the children
Germany, Austria. Poland, Hunga
) and Czecho- Slovakia. He also ma
, large contributions to funds for the
lief Of Russians and Chinese and to
international Red Cross.
The pope's brother, Marquis Jo
I Anthony della Chiesa, died in Dece
? Der, 1920.
The pope was reported in 1921
. having suffered two attacks Of rheun
: tism. On January IA, 1922, it "
) announced he had an attack of bro
: chial catarrh and symptoms of inf
cnza, which were not at first regard
as serious but as he was then 81 yet
old, complications were feared.