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Show ! POPE AND ITALIAN DEPUTIES. A Changed Temper Maniested to the Holy See. ! A very interesting and unexpected d bate, writes the Rome correspondent, of the London Tablet, took place in the Italian chamber of deputies recently. recent-ly. A deputy named Alessio rose one day in his place to warn the government govern-ment of the necessity of keeping its thumb on the Church. Similar warnings warn-ings have been uttered time and again in the same plate and have been cheered to the echo, but this time the result was different. The Honorable Santini took up the challenge of Ales- ; sio, and, in the presence of a very attentive, and, for the most part, sympathetic sym-pathetic house, declared his belief "that the disagreement between the Church and State is a source of great weakness weak-ness for the latter." He went on to show that Cavour. and even Mazzini. d sired that there should be an understanding under-standing between Italy and Vatican, and to pay a tribute to the patriotism of Pius X. "The present Pontiff has shown," said Santini. "he is anxious I to avoid embarrassments for the Ital- f' Ian. government, and has been pleased to observe that the latter has shown a desire to avoid unpleasant relations j with the Vatican. The Honorable Honor-able Ronchetti. although he began by i hnlntr . Dnillnnl h o tmV. i..rl tM11 Deing a Kaaicai, has behaved very wen towards the new Pope. and. on the recent re-cent question arising out of the Patriarchate Patri-archate of Venice, has shown a very amicable disposition toward the Pontiff, Pon-tiff, who, on his side, could not have been more courteous toward the Italian Ital-ian government. As a matter of fact Pius X is essentially an Italian Pope, , and he has shown tliis on many occasions. occa-sions. His policy toward France can- not but help our country, especially as regards Italian influence In the Levant Le-vant an influence which Is being Strengthened by the aid of the Holy See, and in spite of the obstacles op- posed by France. He has recently appointed ap-pointed an Italian to be Bishop of j Sbyrna. and nobody can fail to seel the great importance of this and similar sim-ilar appointments." The speech may J be regarded as an important indication indica-tion cf a great change which has been coming over official Italy during the . last few months.. There is no longer any talk of proscriptive laws against i the religious orders, the threat to des- I troy religious instruction in the public schools has not been put into execution, execu-tion, a motion has been received with , favor in the chamber of deputies for increasing the annual salary of parish priests from a minimum of 900 francs to a minimum of 1,000, and now Pius X is extolled before crowds of deputies a.? "an essentially Italian Pope." It is only to be hoped that this idyllic state of things may last and produce some 1 fruit. THE LOURDES SHRINE. Disquieting rumors are periodically set in circulation about the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Ave Maria says that, according to the Journal of the Grotto, daily inquiries are made from far and near from America. Belgium Bel-gium and Hungary as to the derangement derange-ment or the absolute cessation of pilgrimages pil-grimages to be brought about by the possible closing of the grotto. As is eas'ily understood, the very idea of danger is in itself a danger, and may determine a number of persons to give up their intended journey to Lourdes this year. Those in charge of the shrine accordingly declare that there is little to justify these fears. From the legal even the French legal point of view. Lourdes is thus far impregnable. impreg-nable. The Congregation or Missionary Mission-ary Fathers, who used to have charge, has disappeared, and the priests who now administer the affairs of the grotto, grot-to, under the immediate direction of the Bishop of Tarbes. all belong to the secular clergy. There is. in con sequence, reason to oetieve mat cms year's pilgrimages will not be suppressed, sup-pressed, or even interfered with at all. NO MISSION TO AMERICA. Cardinal Satolli sailed the other day on the steamer Princess Irene, from Naples to New York. If his eminence were to undertake all the work that has been officially confided to him in America by enterprising press correspondents, cor-respondents, from overhauling the Catholic university to reforming the choirs of our country churches, he would never get a glimpse of the "World's fair at St. Louis, say? the Boston Pilot. But he declares himself that he has no mission. "I am drawn to the Unit-I Unit-I ed States by pleasant remembrances of my sojourn there. I have many i good friends in America. I anticipate great pleasure in revisiting the noble country, where I pursued such an important im-portant part of my career, and where the people give the whole world such an example of fraternitj. all harmonizing harmon-izing without distinction of religion. It is stated that on his arrival in New York Cardinal Satolli .will go direct di-rect to Washington where he will be the guest of. Mgr. O'Connell, rector of the Catholic university. Thence he goes to Notre Dame university as the guest of the Very Rev. Dr. Zahm. On June 22 he wfll be present at the marriage mar-riage of Miss Margaret Moloney of Philadelphia, afterward going to the j St. Louis exposition. While in St. I Louis he will be entertained by Arch-- bishop Glennon. After a visit to Archbishop Quigley of Chicago, and Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul. Mgr. Satolli may go to Du-luth Du-luth and through the lakes to Buffalo, Buf-falo, to which city he has been invited by Bishop Colton. On his return to New York he will be the guest of Archbishop Farley. Piux X Rewards Anti-Duellists. Vienna. May 21. The Pope conferred decorations on two office-holders of the Catholic Student association who have been deprived of their functions for refusing re-fusing to accept challenges to duels, j In view or the refusal of the Austro-Hungarian Austro-Hungarian military authorities to ccuntenance the propaganda of the I Austrian Anti-dueling league, in spite I of the exalted patronage it enjoys, this i action of the Pope is considered sig- i niticant. (It is significant of the binding Torce of God's law as against all sin. however how-ever lofty its patronage. Editor Pilot.) The repose which lies on the heights of life is born of the vast and unclouded un-clouded vision which looks down on all obstacles, over all barriers, and ; takes in at a glance the mighty scope of human activity, and the unbroken sky which overhangs it continually like- a visible infinity. On such heights it is. the blessed reward of a few-elect few-elect souls to live: but the paths thither are open to every traveler. Hamilton Wright Mabie. Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many: not on your past misfortunes. o$ which all men have some. Dickens. |
