Show i REFORM MADE BY POPE Changes in Church Machinery Are Approved at Rome Ending Old Abuses REDISTRIBUTION OF WORK VARIOUS TRIBUNALS MORE DIS DISTINCTLY DISTINCTLY SEPARATED Sew July 15 A cable to the Sun The TM popes decree issued last Mon Monday 11 day maks the most sweeping reform of ot time limes In the administrative ma machinery chinery f the Roman Catholic church rh of ot the complicated and obsolete which has grown up In the thet t tw r three centuries is simplified a swept away awa The first part of the decree provides for forI I button of work especially by b n t to offices those most competent tn to deal with duties which have havo been al alI iwed I ed to accumulate a elsewhere To this ind end the th decree particularly separates the j and disciplinary functions from tie t ju J In future will be rele relented t the proper tribunals The second ern part of the decree lays lars down tV t t of or these thue tribunals tribunal which rill comprehend In the tribunal of oC the ROU Rola courts of oC first instance and appeal and ind in the tribunal of apostolic tre a It court of oC cassation It also provides for tor tu tile protection of ot poor suitors Tie e part establishes rules for tor the promotion and salaries of or nil all officials secretaries and others In the of the 1161 1101 j See Serious Reforms Enart ns as lf It does docs serious reforms In Inthe the O of or the church the docu document ment ira frI be regarded as an important w to the new codex of or the canon if TJ T understand more fully the c made it must be remembered that I it government of oC the church ever the sixteenth century has been del wiled tP eI by the pope popo to the congregations rf cardinals als These correspond more or orus orItS us ItS to the ministries of modern states i important difference being that the rc possess also legislative and tal fat There have existed also tribunals such as the penitentiary te tle rota and the apostolic signature and far fr the dispatch of or business such u IJ th hancer the chamber bin s offic oUke e and that of or the secretary of lisle In the course ourse of time this has led some sometimes sometimes times to usurpation and sometimes to Interchange of or duties with corresponding in regard to the work This was particularly the case In the judicial ques quest t ns assigned to the tribunals of the rot rOI and the apostolic signature with till result that a case m ht often pass through the courts of oC first Instance ap appeal appeal peal and cassation and find the same adges ad In each In future all contentious case tU will be removed from the congregations and will be dealt with by the tri tribunals Work of Congregations The work of the congregations them has also been redistributed In some respects The congregation of the holy office om the ithe Inquisition will only be con with the protection of or the doctrine and the judgment of I resles Questions rf r discipline sacramental or other are re removed moved Iov from Its jurisdiction with the ex except m of the of or marriages be between between tween Catholics and The congregation receives s sId wider Id r power Ower In the relation of bishops and he control of seminaries as well as of dio dlo Of Ot this and that of I holy office the pope still remains the prefect A new congregation of or the propaganda loses IO 1 Its jurisdiction over England Scot Scotland land Ireland Holland Luxemburg Can Canad ad adil the United States and Newfoundland which countries now enter Into the com common common mon law of oC the church Change of Jurisdiction The congregation of the council In ad Un to Its present duties will be en with the discipline of or the secular derl and laity chapters parishes pious works and confraternities The announcement of the popes decree decre hat hi hen n received with widespread ap approval proal The reforms are regarded as rad ual Icat and anI complete The Corriere expresses s es the general sentiment of or local Catholics when It says sas Plus Pius X enters at once Into the ranks of reforming popes He has proved how keen Is his vision islon for the needs of the hurth how unerring his Judgment In the detection of oC weakness In Us Its organization and ami how firm his resolution In applying a In Ms reforms he has Invariably ably chosen the most direct path with till the result that he has In n carry carr carrIn ing In out to universal ersal satisfaction a II task of cr vast at magnitude where more timid re reformers formers would only have complicated the Issues involved |