Show THE POPE AND THE MODERNIST butte inter mountain pope plus has excommunicated professor schnitzer of tho university of munich for 1 bis modernist views theological stu i dents have been forbidden to attend his lectures with this announcement comes the statement that the prince of monaco slights plus by attendance upon the italian king a recognition forbidden all catholic rulers these incidents are trivial but they are straws in tho current tho recent action of the vatican in refusing father hanna a is a sign of for hanna Is what the vatican calls a modernist the nonsectarian non sectarian press Is not directly concerned and perhaps Is not capable of intelligent comment on the war between the factions in the catholic church for while it might be termed in milder fashion it Is a war modern thought Is arising upon christ his mission the canons the church and its duty the holy seo upon every phase of the church leo who saw the coming storm wisely fore boro to interfere the present pope took up the sword tho modernist encyclical la tho result tho american church seems apathetic it Is known that archbishop ireland cannot have the hat because he is suspected of leanings toward modernism it did not require archbishop ordana Rl recent visit to rome to dem on strate that and yet admittedly a saner moro honest more patriotic man never walked this green earth than ireland at tho same time it must be admitted that be has greater influence outside of his own church than in it the average catholic who has thought of the subject at all would not select ireland for preference over other pre jales who are in perfect accord ath tho vatican cardinal still Is the leader of his church in america and while modernism may be spreading it does not seriously threat i en the organization the greatest in the world in the end this like all other sectarian disputes will solve itself |