Salt Lake Tribune | 1895-08-04 | Page 3 | Interview with Gibbons

INTERVIEW WITH GIBBONS the french church out of touch with the people new YO york rk awe aug 3 the world correspondent in london cables on an interview sith uh cardinal gibbons concerning the catholic chuich in franco france the cardinal bald the french church Is very arry strong bilut but it seems to me that somehow the church in th this is country has got out of touch wi with t Is the people and what Is worse it manifests little disposition to get affet into touch with them the french church la Is not democratic it has as been zo so long lonar accustomed to rule to be looked upon with reverence and respite t th that at it an finds ds it difficult now flow to como come down from jim ha aristocratic position to enter the democratic arena and keep abreast of the times when leo XIII disappears la 10 there no likelihood of a reaction the correspondent asked 1 I think riot not observed his eminence progress demands demand a steady forward movement and the catholic church cannot so go back the advance ol of the last few cw years yearn will not have been futile the work ot of leo XIII will not be lost and tile the effect of 0 your left to rome upon the Amei lesin church we in america shall rhall continue to w work ork quietly and steadily cilly as heretofore we W are a re making progress and ere are perfecting our organization organisation belne being in touch with the head of the church t tall fail to ten lendur dir our task lighter nor to increase our zeal