Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-31 | Page 31 | Pope and France May Settle Dispute

POPE POPE AND FRANCE MAY SETTLE DISPUTE Diplomatic Relations Between Between Between Be Be- tween Vatican and Paris May Be Resumed ROME Oct 30 Cardinal Cardinal Amette Arnette archbishop of ot Paris is home on a secret t and very important important important im im- im- im mission He was re received received by Pope Benedict in a along along along long audience yesterday Cardinal Amette has confided confided- to friends that the obstacles against a between the French government and the Vatican no longer exist and has hinted that there is la a possibility that diplomatic relations will soon be re re- re re- re The disestablishment of the church churchIn In France was effected on December 9 1905 when President Loubet promulgated promulgated pro pro- the separation law which had been passed by parliament A series of disputes between the Vatican and the French In the premiership of iiI M. M Combes Combes who who was studiously Inimical to the church cul culminated cul- cul in a at protest by Pius I CUI-I X against the visit of President Loubet to the king of ot Italy and In the enforced enforced en en- forced resignation of two French bishops who were on bad terms with the reactionary clericals clericals' of their dis die These Thebe acts by the Vatican were resented by France and a commission was appointed by the chamber of deputies to consider the subject of ot a possible separation of church and state M. M Aristide Briand then a SocIalist Socialist So So- deputy was reporter for this commission and threw the responsibility for the rupture of the Concordat Concordat Con Con- Conj Conj- on the pope The passage of f the separation bill by the chamber of deputies and the senate followed The present war has brought about a distinct change of attitude toward the church In France Although there Is no state religion Catholic chaplains have lave been permitted to go Into the trenches and to give the last rites of the church to the wounded sol aol diers Many Catholic clergymen are In the ranks of the French army fighting for the republic Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more many correspondents have emphasized emphasized emphasized em em- the tWo Increase In In religious feeling which the conditions of war have lave brought about throughout the republic