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Show HOLY SEE DEFINES POSITION OF CHURCH IlOMr.. April 1,".. Tt is staled ymipftl-oi ymipftl-oi -v on hejj.ilf of the at scan thrt the Loiy" sc " has not p!v--n its adherence to Pa n- 'hrisi ian ronrc.s which it is proposed to bold shori 1 y . i n the Ca tho! ic ehurch. considrliin her dogmatic ( Larac-ter. Larac-ter. cuuld nrt join In the congress on an c-'joal frwititii:. The feeling of the vat lean, says the sf-miof licial expression, is t hat all I he o her Christian denominations sored o..l f fom tho ;oni;m church, which descends di r'-ct !y from Christ, and that, therefore. Pome cannot no to them, it being lor tb'-m to return to her bosom. The pope, tho expression adds, Is read-to read-to receive representatives of the dissident churches with open arms, as the Roman chop-h has always longed for the unttlea-I'.un unttlea-I'.un of I'nristiar, rel ions. I 'ope 1 o N ! ! I. it is pomt ed out, was deeply in t 'I in t!:e .ucs;ion ;mh1 wrote two farii.ti.s ere cllcals on the su'o.i.-ct of unili-iatiun unili-iatiun of the Christian . ehurulics. i |