Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-22

I fNtNAue W IpSt AAHAiHE inaatti W.
I Bologna, who was ruined by the
4 ediet Of the archbishop. appealed 10
Della Chissa in his behalf. The arch
bishop heard their story with the
greatest sympathy, but refused 10
yield, Then he handed them $40 as
his donation 10 a subscription for
ie dancing master 10 tide him over
until he could md other employ.
msht.
Pope Bsnediet's efforts toward
reaee were thus summed up by
Cardinal Logue,
Straight As an Arrow.
During the late war every effort
was made 10 induce the pope 10 side
'Flth one belligefent or another, but
he went straight as an arrow. lie
made justice aud right triumph over
4 oppression. There was not one OF
President Wilson's II points that
was not included in the pontiii's
peace conditions"
The pope was deeply grieyed by
the conflict which resulted from ei-
iofts 10 obtain Ireland's freedom. lie
was appealed 10 10 intervene in be.
half OF the Irish republican move
ment. but Archbishop Hayes on re-
turning from the Vatican in 1921.
said he was following the policy OF
neutrality aud impar,iality. He con-
demned crime in Ireland by either
side and repeatedly expressed the
hope that violence there would end:
in a letter 10 Cardinal Logue the
pope appealed TO both English and
Irish TO abandon violence and pro-
posed that the Irish question he
settled by body selected by the
whole Irish nation. When the
Anglo-lrish agreement finally was
reached he expressed great satisfae-
ton mad sent a message 10 the Dali
Eireann rejoicing over the peace
agreement which made Ireland a
free state.
Issues Decree.
Pope Benedict declined in May,
1919, 10 authorize the Catholic
church 10 participate in a world COLI
ference Of religions which had been
proposed TO him by group of
bishops OF the Protestant Episcopal
church in the United States. Cardi-
nal Gasparri told the bishops.
Rather than a reunion of the
Christian churches. the holy see aims
at the unity of the church. which
in the opinion of Rome can only
occur by all returning to the Catho-
lie church."
In. December, 1920, the Vatican
issued a decree requesting the |
Catholic bishops to pay vigilant at
tention to such societies as the |
Young Mems Christian association,
on the ground that they corrupted |
the faith of Catholic youths. The |
pope urged the Knights of Columbus
to combat propaganda against the
Catholic faith.
Denounces Immodesty.
The pope took occasion on numer-
ous occasions to express his views
thoroughly on some political and
social questions. Early in 1920 he
sent letter to an Italian bishop urg-
ing the Catholic priests to work in-
telligentiy and energetically against
what the pope characterized as "thc
dangerous doctrine of the social
lists" He repeatedly denounced im-
modesty in women's dress and what
he termed the indecency of fashion.
On another occasion a circular was
issued, by his direction, to diplomats
accredited to the holy see asking
them to add to the invitations to Of
hclal receptions a note requesting
women to avoid excessively decollete
gowns.
The pope declared in an address to
the sacred college that the world
was afflicted with five great plaques,
which he enumerated as the negation
of authority, hatred among brothers,
thirst for pleasure, disgust for work
and forgetfulness of the supernatural
objects of life. These evils, he as
serted, could be overcome only by
the aid of the gospel.
Attributed to Diplomacy.
In secret consistory in Decem-
Der, he declared that the Catholic
church would never abolish nor
mitigate the law imposing celibacy
on the clergy nor introduce demo-
cratic forms which had been asked
by priests in Czecho- -Slovakia, where
a secession movement had been
based upon that appeal.
The resumption of diplomatic re-
lations between the Vatican and
France and Germany was attributed
to the diplomacy of Pope Benedict.
The healing of the breach between
the Vatican and France which re-
suited from the separation of the
church and state in that country was
crowned by the canonization of Joan
OF Arc as saint.
In comment on these new rela-
tions it was pointed out in many
quarters that during the years when
Benedict XIV had directed the policy
of the church there had been an in
creasing influence by the Vatican on
public opinion of the world.
Approved Arms Meet.
His voice was raised in approval
of the aims of the Washington con-
ference on the limitation of arma-
ment and in letter to President
Harding the pope commended his
initiative in calling it. His efforts
OH behalf of war prisoners was unre-
and he personally appealed
TO the prelates of the church to
promote amity among the nations
and deplored the unrest in Europe
which had followed the war. He is
sued numerous appeals for the poor
children of central Europe and for
the famine sufferers of Russia. and
his efforts huge fund was
collected and distributed to the chill
dren of Germany, Austria. Poland,
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