Show ROMANISM IN AMERICA the appointment by the pope of a permanent apostolic delegate to taj roman church in the united states is an event in the history of this country that deserves more than a passing notice shortly after the conference of catholic archbishops arch bishops in new york last october when the aniel angel of peace seemed to touch the assembly with his olive branch rumors of strife and contention became as loud as ever aromi nent ecclesiastical dignitaries were accused of unlawful conspiracy 12 with a view to rendering nugatory papal decisions in matters per pertain taint li g to go the church in this country and more particularly to causing his big boll new ness to recall Sa katoll toll his to the united states documents were said to have been discovered lott ing archbishop corrigan father and father ferrante the lavelle JL telle first but named to ie thought to be the author article which wa intended of an for publication as a dispatch pu from P il adelphis it impugns archbishop Ir elands veracity and tones defies the views of satolli on an the system ot of education as approved by him the article is written to in the form of a dialogue between au an 6 eminent m 1 e ut ecclesiastic and somebody tar characterized and contains no not farther ther the she following startling passage pa sn sir that the th english people I 1 to you yon say av have been driven to adopting may anti catholic such treacherous a the irish have publican pub lioan system may ca baab beaten into accepting a like system and tile the whole continent of europe in and italy have even prussia may clouding it but archbishop been forced into accepting ireland carnot force it upon us monsignor satolli has been and when here years and knows the country fifty ireland what I 1 tell archbishop he will tell you now among other documents secured by the arlei friends do of archbishop ireland and intended for weapons against corriga from father Ju avelle to a was a letter iDro mizi lent catholic in chicago idea of the gives ives an thle this letter 9 true natu nature re of the conspiracy the author of it ad advocates vacates tiie the recall of satolli and characterizes his hia reinstating mcglynn as ag well as ae his expressed views on tile the school question as annoying interference that must be stopped and a thing PiAt father fier lavelle avelle Jj further suggests tV A bureau of publicity should be established and a propaganda instituted to the end that the pope may be alarmed at the danger of allowing monsignor satolli to continue here and may be forced too loo into reversing his policy toward this country to carry this out effectually it will be necessary to secure simultaneous publications on the lines suggested throughout the country copies of these documents and explanations pla nations of the whole matter viere were soon oon dispatched V ta rome borne but sub monsignor Monal gnor satolli was by the pope clothed with the dignity and ana authority of an apostolic delegate this was his bis holiness Y official approval of the official sots acts of b bis Is and his answer to those who might have been plotting to effect Sa tollis d agnf dawn fill ill it may be well to explain the various terms term of roman ecclesiastical nomenclature so frequently used in this con COB lection ab legates legate and apos tollo tolle delegate an to is one who represents the POPO pope on a special mis sion ion his hority bority au su extends no further than the special work assigned to him J and expires that is accomplish ed ad A legate is an with a wider range of authority legatee am sent to the courts and deal with matters mattera of a political nature an apostolic delegate exercises full supervision of the affairs of the church to which he to la sent bent he deals with owe as they art arlee and to la not in the least circumscribed in his hia powers never before has haa there in this thia country been an apostolic delegate to have bare one la is a distinction which not even ireland nor canada eu enjoys enjoy the appointment of satolli be taken for a proof of the peculiar interest which the pope has ha been openly displaying lately in the affair of chils country 1 asan As an apostolic delegate monsignor satolli will hear the charges that may have been brought against archbishop corrigan by archbishop ireland his powers are thus describe J by the editor of the northwestern Claron sole a church paper which is supposed to be the organ of archbishop ireland he has the power of a plenipotentiary and can decide all complaints arising ari aine out of differences of opinion among the priests and bishops of the american church mgr satolli as delegate apostolic is a permanent official and the office involves the exercise of powers of the highest judicial character at washington the apostolic delegate will preside as chief of the highest ecclesiastical court in the land a branch in fact of the roman propaganda all priests and laymen who may feel themselves aggrieved by the action of diocesan courts will have the right of appeal to the delegate du legate heretofore appeals of this sort son have had to be made direct to rome which was very expensive and never resulted in a decision short of two or three no ordinary priest could undertake this and many preferred to suffer injustice rather than appeal this Is all done away with and a step has boon been taken which will be an immense benefit to the american church the apostolic delegate wll will in fact constitute a court which in affairs will be just as the supreme court of the united states stales is in civil affairs from this it would appear that monsignor gnor Sat satolli ollila mission is purely of an ecclesiastical calure and Is ig intended for the bene fit of the members of his church should this prove to be the case there can be no reasonable ground for any objection to his presence prea enoe here the head of the church has unquestionably the right to I 1 ok after the spiritual welfare of the members the point of objection however to is that the church of rome is known to yield to no hesitation in using the political machinery of the state for the furtherance of her peculiar ends this is the basis of all the excitement and criticism which the recent movements have caused throughout the land and those who oppose or fear the political power of the church boldly declare that should anything of this kind be attempted in this country where the people are by the constitution saved from priestly dominion and dictation a catastrophe will ensue more disastrous to the church than any of w which germany france and italy have been the scene great and surprising developments certainly seem to be in store as a result of the pr sent catholic advance it will be interesting to note the successive steps by which the subject mounts to its almost inevitable condition of supreme and absorbing national importance |