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Show J The Pope and Spain i fflOUOLE SAID TO DTI UREWINO BETWEEN THE TWO. Unlet! Reduction In Clerical Dudget It Obtained from Vatican Rupture It Likely to Take Place. The tlriiggle which Iho Vatican hu hem earning on with Franco haa ro-tulted ro-tulted In many of the exiled order taking refuge In Hmln and till haa rreatnl it condition of affair there that haa brought tho queatlun of the relation of the Vatican to the church In Hpaln to n climax, m that thero aei in to he no doubt that, tiniest tho present government of Spain can auc-ceed auc-ceed In Inducing the vnllcan lo nccept n reduction of aome $200,000 In tho clerical budget and acknowledge Iho regularity of tho civil marriage, a rupture rup-ture will take place between Madrid and Home which mny win lead to tho denunciation nf the Concordat of ItM In the menntluio Ihe cardinal prlmnto '?'' if I V-s I i I Til Momlflnor Sanchj, Cardinal Primate of Spain, of Hpnln, Mgr Snnchj, nrchhlthop of Tolwlu, la doing hi boat to effect nn tinderatnndlug by reminding tljo government gov-ernment of tho obligation for moral Hiippott both monarch) nuil d)natty n ro under, nnd teeklng lo Imprest upon thu Itoinun curia Iho nccenelty of making certain concessions toward the liberal movement In Baln. Tho problem to be aolud la really more of n financial nnd u aoclal than a rellnlout ono The financial ildo Is aggravated from three sources. Tho mono) which the government pay outright to tho clergy, thu oxpento to t- tio country nt large of the thoutands of monks and friars who have cetnb-Lulled cetnb-Lulled themselves after being driven out of France, and founded schools and college for both exea, and the Immense amount of treature which thu atlcan aniually takes out nf tho country liowivur high may ho tho exchange ex-change from ivr money Into gold. In gold thu atlran I paid, and tho tithes which It gathers from nil source In Spain are said to represent annually tome 19,000.000 The atnte spends annually for Iho church some 11,000,000 pesetas, or f 8.300 000 According to tho latest ata-tittles, ata-tittles, the total number of religious communities throughout Ihu country Is 3,1 IS. containing 60,913 member Of theae, 2,66 communltlea ure for women, with 10.188 members, and 589 for men with 10,715 member Tho number of those which sought nnd obtained ob-tained registration by tho gov eminent wa 2,011, the registration registra-tion being of n iiermanent and definite character In Iho ease of 1,201, nnd of a pmvlalonal kind for 1.410 Iteglatratlon was temporarily temporar-ily withheld In the rase of ISO, pending pend-ing further examination of their title aud description Of the 351 which remain re-main the greater part are orders of the Concordat and exempt fiom registration regis-tration Of the 41 000 000 jiceetas paid by the stale to the church, about (6,000,000 la devoted to the payment of Income; $"00 000 lo building, maintenance, and repair of chanties. S22t.000 Is do-tllmd do-tllmd for religious aemlnurlea; and aome ISn.OOO la allotted to religion cotigregatlona, cloistered nuns, and others The sum of a llttlo over II,-000,000 II,-000,000 Is divided among tho higher clergy, leaving let than J 1, 000,000 for tho ordlnnry priesthood As tho tatter mutt number considerably over 20,000, tho average Incomo of thn secular priest cannot he moro than ISO, Nor doe thero seem to bo much more margin for economy In tho salaries sal-aries mld to tho uporlor clergy. Thero nro nine arcbblthup. whoso Incomes In-comes range from JS.000 to J5.G0O; thero nro 51 bishop who rccclvn from $5,500 to (2,000, thero nro 00 donna and 500 canons, whoso average yearly Incomo I let than (1,500 Hut uven out of thl poverty thu Hpnnlth church contrived to donate to Ihe government govern-ment latt year $750,000 Meniiwhllo. tho native order and their Trench guest barely make u living, tho vll-lago vll-lago curnto starve; Ihe tower of Cucntn Cathedral crumble and fall for tho want of timely repairs; and tho country, which ha ho long regarded such matter with Indifference, Is beginning, be-ginning, especially tho liberal, progressive progres-sive part of It, to be disgusted with thu wholo question of religious dominance. |