Show WANT MIXED MARRIAGES Pei lilon or catholics permit marriages with protestants feb 2 catholic laymen of the united states are about to present to mgr Merti nelll a petition urging him to issue a pronunciation regulating the the marriages of catholics to protestants bays the washington of the journal and advertiser the preliminary papers ol 01 this petition havo already arrived in this city and are in the bands of a committee waiting tho approval of certain bishops before being d in the hand of the delegate the petition ere desire that mer martinelli cafeo universal uni vereal rules the conditions on which the Cat bolio church will permit one of ita members and also the carbolic to marry a aou nature of the ceremonies with which euch a may bo attended the catholic laity long contemplated this step but the present action has bead hastened by archbishop kain of st loais he recently arrived fro romo bringing with him what he a is a papal brief regulating the lawa of matrimony in the metropolitan see of st louie mgr kaiu was last full to appear before 1 he propaganda and explain the dissatisfaction among his people concerning hia ruling regarding nR what are called in church parlance mixed marriages lie issued a mandate making catholic alliances with protestants so difficult as to be almost impossible they bad to be celebrated in the pastorate of the parish church and must not be accompanied by any elaborate display the officiating clergyman was always forbade to attend the reception following such ceremonies the people of st louis rebelled against ibe restrictions and appealed to the apostolic delegate archbishop kaiu will issue a lenten pastoral in which he will an bounce the rules henceforth to be observed under his jurisdiction if archbishop kaia is vested with such authority catholic laymen are anxious that every diocese in the united states be provided with specific rules |