Show POPES POPE'S MONUMENT IS 18 TO BE BEi PLACED i 1 IN ST. ST PETERS PETER'S I Pi Problem blem of Finance Finance May MayBe Be Bc Settled by Funds T From All AH Catholics By ALICE ROHE United Press Staff Correspondent RO ROME IE March 20 29 by mall to New York The The monument to Pope Plus Pius X X Is to bo ho placed In a prominent nent t. t position In St. St Peters P has been n ilio- ilio subject of or considerable erable 1 financial discussion Ul It was the original olis desire of Ut ih thi c cardinals created b by tho iho late lato pope l Ii to erect this monument at their own expense c. c The large lare amount of ot I money money entailed in placing n a fitting monument monument suitable to its surroundings In St. St Peters made this plan Then tho the matter malter of or including all of ot the sacred college colleS In tho the cost o of tho the marble memorial was considered This plan too has hasl l hl n abandoned and the last resolution resolution tion has s been tu to make this monument to the present pope a memorial to toward toward toward to- to ward which all of ot the Catholics In the world orld ma may cent contribute Cardinal Merry del tie Val Yal Is at nt the head had of ot the committee which Is Js compos composed of oC the thene ne nearest Ue t. t and closest ns associates s of ot Pope Plus Pius X The of oC Mgr La Fon- Fon fame ns as patriarch of oC Venice has re renewed renewed re- re conjectures as ns to the pos possible hitches which generally arise concer concerning concerning con con- ln th this a see sec seeA A curious dilemma alwa always s 's pr prevents presents Itself when the the- patriarch of ot Venice IB Sa to be zip zip- ap ap- pointed And to today a when rumors of ot adjustment between church and state are current it Il Is believed the government government gov gov- will name Mgr r. La Fontaine patriarch larch of Venice the same sume da day tho the holy father makes his announce announce- ment merit In ancient times gave sa i its title to the see and tho the civil II authorities were accorded the rl right ht to tl nominate their ecclesiastical ruler This right passed passe to the Austrian emperor When Ohen the AustrIans were driven out the king kins of Italy claimed the right which of or course has not been recognized b by the hol holy E eee see e for tor half a century The hot holy hoh s see e has al always always always al- al ways nominated the patriarchs of Its own motion When Cardinal Sarto was vas appointed the future Pope Plus Pius X was kept out of his diocese for a year ar until the government o finally nominated him The appointment of or Cardinal b by Plus Pius X as his successor in Venice was marked marIed b by bya a n simultaneous b by the government Whether the rumors of ot ofa ofa I a R. desired peace between government gO arn and state mediated b by the diplomat Benedict XV is true ue or not it Is believed ed the patriarch of Venice will meet no opposition from the government govern sovern- ment t. t In this hour of crisis The attention given by Pope Benedict Bene Bene- I diet dict X XV to every CrY detail of Catholic welfare has been shown by his per- per E il concern in the progress of ot Catholics Catholics' action In Italy Catholic work all l over oyer tho world the world Is of ot Int Interest l' l st but ut Its methods in Rome home of ot Catholicism I is of or Unusual moment Five Ive large organizations ors carr carry on pu Catholic work among arnon laymen lamen in Ital Italy These aro are the Poplar union com com- posed pOled of individual Catholics all over oyer Italy taly who numbered at nt the close of or tho the last st year and whose ac- ac activities are arc concerned with all Cath Catho- Catho lies lies' advancement th the Social Economic Eco- Eco union composed of ot all nil the so social social social so- so cial and economic Catholic societies s of the peninsula the Electoral Elc union havIng laving to do with the re registration of ot Catholic voters and with their thE ac- ac tivit at nt political and administrative c election the tho Catholic youth concerned concerned concerned con with the lJ banding together r of ot boys bos and for their spiritual spiritual spirit spirit- ual and material welfare and the Union of ot Catholic Women omen whose chief work of or late Inte has been endeavorIng endeavor endeavor- Ing ng to obtain ln Catholic instruction in inthe inthe the he public schools school v-v v Pope Benedict X hn has made a n thorough thor thor- ough stud study of all of ot these la lay or organizations 01 p or-p which were wert previous to toils his ils occupancy of the papal moth Now he has s simplified work and prevented an overlapping of ot activity ac activity nc- nc b by assigning n a n. hegemony to the Popular union This organization sea e so- a committee of eleven cleven members from its own ranks s. s fi fives five fiot ot of whom are ex the presidents of ot the five unions Pope Benedict has evinced a 1 keen interest In the work of or the Union of or Catholic Women |