Show CAR gimbo S AT 76 james cardinal gibbons who recently celebrated the seventy sixth anniversary of nis birth to Is noted among churchmen and Is head of the roman catholic hierarchy in the united states he was born in baltimore but at an early age was taken by his parents to their former home in Jr ireland eland where hisk his education began upon returning to the united sta states tes he lived for a while in new orleans ho he studied first t at st charted charles college and later at st marys marya seminary in baltimore and in 1861 he was ordained to the 71 priesthood in a chort time he was made private secretary to archbishop spalding and chancellor of the archdiocese in 1863 he was raised to the episcopate and in 1877 was waa created coadjutor archbishop of baltimore A few months later he succeeded to the see and on june 30 1886 he be was invested with the insignia of cardinal cardinal gibbons presided at the third national council of the church hold held in baltimore in 1884 he has written books and pamphlets on religious subjects and Is noted for his charitable work in the course of a general conversation with the cardinal recently the subject of divorce came up and he at once opened up on it with all his batteries the evils of divorce are ever uppermost in his thoughts divorce is a canker which is eating into the very vitals of our dur life he said in the interview in which he also urged young men to enter politics society our whole civilization uproars itself upon the sanctity of the homo home and the unity of the family when you attack the family you attack government itself and government to protect and perpetuate itself must from its statutes the criminal divorce laws which the best of our life abhors |