Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-06 | Page 7 | Roosevelt and the Pope

ROOSEVELT ROOSEVEL T AND THE POPE The fact that Plus Pius X refused to grant an audience to former President Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt unless the distinguished American citizen would agree In advance not to visit the Methodist church in Rome isto is isto isto to be regretted Colonel Roosevelt of course declined to be presented to the holy father under any such humiliating conditions Coming upon the heels of the tho Fairbanks incident th the position taken by the pope popo has given rise to much gossip in all aU the European capitals capi capitals capitals and accentuated the bitter feeling existing between en the tIle Catholics and Methodists This is also to be regret regretted regretted regretted ted in this era tf bt religious toleration there should be no warfare between iLo soldiers e of the cross Although march marchins marchIng lag ins under different leaders the tha Great Captain is over overall all So far tar as Colonel CO oM Roosevelt Roo velt and nd Mr Yr ka are concerned cO they tHy will probably not n tJ lose te in the estimation of ot them ther Catholic fellow felloe citizens on ac account ti count COUItt of t th the u situation Inc In c Horn They cannot b be held field 0 ti WI Wf M 0 liloR et U O 4 c o 0 tho the papal secretary of state Cardinal Merry Del Val Fortunately Americans in general are broad enough to allow every man to worship God according to the dictates of ot his own conscience and it would bo be bothe bothe bethe the next thing to an Impossibility to start a fratricidal al religious war on this side of the tho ocean The good Catholic and the tle good Methodist brothers in times past have respected each others rights and will do so in the future tut Reactionary nary counsels do not prevail in tn inthe inthe the United States If It tho the pope follows follow bad advice the ill effects should not be felt outside of the Vatican It is to be hoped however that wiser counsels nay i ay prevail in future and that distinguished American citizens who visit the holy father n and wish him well no matter what their lr religious bee be belief belie lief lie without being required to follow conditions under which they would lose loso their