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STATEMENT OF THE IRISH

BISHOPS adopted at the

JUNE MEETING, 1919

A General Meeting of the Irish Hierarchy was held in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, on Tuesday, June 24th.

His Eminence Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, presided; and the following Prelates also attended:

Most Rev. Dr. Harty, Archbishop of Cashel.
Most Rev. Dr. Gilmartin, Archbishop of Tuam.
Most Rev. Dr. Brownrigg, Bishop of Ossory.
Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe.
Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Cloyne.
Most Rev. Dr. Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh.
Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildare.
Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Bishop of Ross.
Most Rev. Dr. O'Dea, Bishop of Galway.
Most Rev. Dr. Fogarty, Bishop of Killaloe.
Most Rev. Dr. Gaughran, Bishop of Meath.
Most Rev. Dr. McHugh, Bishop of Derry.
Most Rev. Dr. McKenna, Bishop of Clogher.
Most Rev. Dr. Finnegan, Bishop of Kilmore.
Most Rev. Dr. Morrisroe, Bishop of Achonry.
Most Rev. Dr. Naughton, Bishop of Killala.

Most Rev. Dr. Coyne, Bishop of Elphin.

Most Rev. Dr. Cohalan, Bishop of Cork.

Most Rev. Dr. MacRory, Bishop of Down and Connor.

Most Rev. Dr. Hackett, Bishop of Waterford.
Most Rev. Dr. Mulhern, Bishop of Dromore.
Most Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan, Bishop of Kerry.
Most Rev. Dr. Codd, Bishop of Ferns.
Most Rev. Dr. Hallinan, Bishop of Limerick.
Most Rev. Dr. Donnelly, Bishop of Canea.

The following statement was unanimously adopted :

"No body of Irishmen can be more profoundly interested than the Irish Bishops in any scheme that would satisfy the legitimate aspirations of Ireland and bring peace and contentment to her people. The existing method of Government cannot last. It substitutes government by constraint with all its evils, for government by consent with all its blessings.

'At this fateful stage in the history of the human family, Congress in the United States of America, where our people always received a warm

welcome, and soon learned to appreciate the advantages of the liberty denied to them at home, finds an unredressed wrong in Ireland that calls to it to speak out in the hearing of the world.

'As for us, we have the evils of military rule exhibited at our doors. In this ancient, civilizing Nation the people are not permitted to rule them. selves through men of their own choice. The work is done for them by some stranger without any knowledge of the country.

'It is the rule of the sword, utterly unsuited to a civilized nation, and supremely provocative of disorder and chronic rebellion. The acts of violence, which we have to deplore, and they are few, spring from this cause, and from this cause alone. For mere trifles, for what in any free country would be within the rights of all men, Irish people have been sent to gaol under savage sentences.

'Moreover, at the present time an enormous sum is raised here annually by over-taxation without any attempt being made, beyond empty promises, to promote suitable schemes of reconstruction and development in Ireland. Money is being poured out as water across the Channel. But if we ask back a little of the huge overcharge paid out of this country, to put life into our starved systems of education, the cry comes from the Castle that the remedy is to add to the rates.

'Every day the air is charged with rumours about unsettling such parts of the public administration as, after years of agitation, have been brought somewhat into harmony with popular wishes; and our rulers latterly have been engaged in the apparently congenial task of transferring both the powers that were exercised by an unrepresentative authority and those that were to be entrusted to a representative Irish body, from the Capital of Ireland to the Capital of England.

'In the interests of peace and order, of morality and of nationality, this aggressive domination should stop once for all. So long as it lasts, our faithful people should not allow any provocation to move them to overstep the law of God. They have an inspiring example to guide them. When Belgium lay prostrate under the heel of oppression, the Belgians, in like trials, listened to the counsels of Cardinal Mercier, and they have their reward. It shall be so, please God, with our people also.

'Ireland is a distinct and ancient Nation, and it is vain to hope that things will go well for Ireland or for England until Ireland's rights are duly recognized. She is fully entitled to a government that will be the free choice of all her people. Her right is to be the mistress of her own destiny. With the deepest affection for all her inhabitants of every persuasion, and in pursuance of the duties of our high trust in the interests of peace and religion, we desire to state with all the earnestness we can command that now is the time for doing justice to Ireland as a Nation.

With that feeling in our minds we cannot conclude this statement of our intense sympathy with our people without declaring our profound gratitude for the priceless service to Ireland and to civilization rendered by the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Hierarchy, clergy and people of every denomination in America, in so nobly espousing the cause of Ireland at this turning point in her history.

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'In response to an appeal made on their behalf by the Holy Father, we think it our duty to commend to the charity of our people the needs of our suffering fellow-Catholics in Palestine and Syria. Owing to the war large numbers of them have been reduced to a state of extreme want, so much so, that many have perished of famine, and the survivors are still in a most pitiable condition.

'Owing to the frequent calls made recently on our people we do not find ourselves in a position to order a general collection, but if charitably disposed persons are willing to come to their aid, contributions may be sent to the Bishop of each Diocese who will forward them to the proper quarter.'

REPLIES TO queries REGARDING ORDINATION, INCARDINATION, AND absolutiON FROM RESERVATIONS, SUBMITTED BY HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL LOGUE

COMMISSIONE PONTIFICIA

PER INTERPRETAZIONE

(August 17, 1919)

ROMA, 17 Augusti 1919.

DEL CODICE DI DIRITTO CANONICO.

Eminentissime Princeps,

Ad dubia proposita ab Eminentia Tua Revma, nempe:

1o. Quisnam sit Episcopus proprius pro ordinatione illorum, qui nullum domicilium habeant (Can. 956).

2o. Utrum ille qui ordinetur a proprio Episcopo servitio alius dioecesis incardinetur huic alii dioecesi juxta Canonem 111, § 2, an potius dioecesi proprii Episcopi juxta Canonem 969, § 2.

Et quatenus negative ad primam partem,

3°. Quonam tempore incardinari debeat dioecesi cujus servitio ordinetur.

4°. An peregrinus teneatur reservationibus loci in quo sit.

Emi Patres hujus Pontificiae Commissionis in plenario coetu diei 3 Augusti 1919 responderunt:

Ad 1um. Prout dubium exponitur est Episcopus loci in quo fit ordinatio, modo tamen ordinandus praevie acquirat domicilium cum juramento ad normam Canonis 956.

Ad 2um. Affirmative ad primam partem; negative ad secundam. Ad 3um. Provisum in responsione ad 2um

Ad 4um. Affirmative.

Quae dum Eminentiae Tuae Revmae nota facio, manus Emñtiae Tuae Revmae reverenter deosculor, meque profiteor,

humillñum et addictmum famulum,

Emo Principi

MICHAELI CARDINALI LOGUE,

Archiepiscopo Armacano.

P. CARD. GASPARRI.

ALOISIUS SINCERUS, Secrius.

APOSTOLIC LETTER TO THE RECTOR AND DOCtors of THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN

(July 7, 1919)

AD R. P. D. PAULINUM LADEUZE, RECTOREM, ITEMQUE AD DOCTORES DECURIALES UNIVERSITATIS LOVANIENSIS : DE HAC IPSA QUAM. PRIMUM IN PRISTINUM RESTITUENDA

Dilecti filii, salutem et apostolicam benedictionem.-Quamquam, quoad luctuosissimum bellum tenuit, in cuius quidem initio Pontificatum suscepimus, non licuit vobis, propter exitium patriae vestrique cladem Athenaei, communibus Nos adire litteris, numquam dubium Nobis fuit, quin ita erga Nos animati essetis, quemadmodum filios deceret amantissimos. Nunc, legentes vestram epistolam, mirifice delectati sumus illa pietatis et obsequii in Nos et hanc Apostolicam Sedem significatione pulcherrima ; quae scilicet eo Nobis accidit iucundior, quo acrius contendisse scimus improbos homines, ut vos a Nobis abalienarent. Etenim, cum, doloribus omnium tamquam Nostris affecti, quantum erat in Nobis daremus operam ut tantorum malorum finis approperaret, intereaque miserias omne genus levare niteremur, illud Nostram augebat aegritudinem, non paucos esse qui quaevis vel consilia vel conata vel coepta Nostra maculis odiosarum suspicionum aspergerent, aut etiam indigne criminarentur.

Itaque peropportune affirmatis: in acerrima contentione belli, quae tantam usquequaque animorum offensionem coniunctam haberet, Nos ex Nostra ipsa parentis communis conscientia, cum plurimi utrobique essent Ecclesiae filii, eam debuisse agendi rationem sequi ut neutri parti studere videremur, eaque re, nullis iure suspecti, omnibus prodesse possemus; cum autem hanc rationis aequalitatem adhiberemus ad omnes, singulari tamen curae Nobis fuisse Belgium, atque illud ante omnia in pristinum esse restituendum semper edixisse. Haec vero aperte profitentibus vobis, sperandum est simplices ac rudes bene multos quos malevolentissimae illae obtrectationes deceperint, tandem errorem deposituros. Vos autem cum de vestris rebus omnibus tum maxime de relevanda ista Universitate Nobis curae esse pro certo habeatis volumus: cuius quidem descripta a vobis species sane miserabilis vehementer Nos movet, contemplantes quam magnis acceptis vulneribus e bello emergat. Equidem intelligimus ad ornamentum et utilitatem Belgici nominis multum interesse ut istud doctrinarum nobilissimum domicilium celerrime revirescat: quam ad rem et iam contulimus aliquid, ut ipsi gratis animis commemoratis, neque posthac desiderari patiemur, quicquid Nobis fuerit facultatis. Ceterum Belgii laborantis causam, quae eadem Nostra est, Deo vehementer commendamus, precamurque ut omnem lacrimam ab oculis vestris sua benignitate abstergat. Divinorum auspicem munerum praecipuaeque Nostrae benevolentiae testem, apostolicam benedictionem vobis, dilecti filii, vestrisque alumnis universis amantissime impertimus. Datum Romae apud sanctum Petrum, die vII iulii MCMXIX, Pontificatus Nostri anno quinto.

BENEDICTUS PP. XV.

DECLARATION

REGARDING THE ERECTION AND CONSTITUTION Of quasi-paRISHES OR MISSIONS OF CERTAIN DIOCESES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW CODE

(August 1, 1919)

ACTA SS. CONGREGATIONUM

SACRA CONGREGATIO CONSISTORIALIS

DECLARATIO

CIRCA NATURAM QUASI-PAROECIARUM VEL MISSIONUM DIOECESUM QUARUNDAM POST CODICIS IURIS CANONICI PROMULGATIONEM

Ex dioecesibus, quae, ante Constitutionem Sapienti consilio, iurisdictioni S. C. de Propaganda Fide subiiciebantur, postea vero in ius commune traductae sunt, nonnulla dubia fuerunt proposita circa naturam paroeciarum seu missionum, in quas eaedem dioeceses partiuntur et circa iura atque officia rectorum earundem.

Sacra autem haec Congregatio, auditis plerisque praedictarum dioecesum Ordinariis ac re mature perpensa, haec in re censuit declaranda : I. Ex Can. 216 Cod. I. C. indubium est, partes dioecesum ut supra, quibus peculiaris rector pro animarum cura sit adsignatus, uti paroecias in posterum haberi atque eo nomine appellari debere; reservata appellatione quasi-paroeciarum vel missionum partibus in quas, pro cura animarum, dividuntur Vicariatus apostolici et apostolicae Praefecturae.

II. Ad constituendas paroecias requiritur quidem Ordinarii decretum, per quod territorii fines, sedes paroecialis et dos tam pro cultu quam pro sacerdotis sustentatione determinentur ; necesse tamen non est inamovibilitatem rectori assignari; quin imo, si iustae adsunt causae, amovibilitas in ipso creationis decreto declarari potest, iuxta canones 1411, § 4, 454, § 3, et 1438.

III. Quod si exiguus aut fluctuans fidelium numerus, vel absoluta congruae dotis carentia erectionem quarundam ecclesiarum in paroecias. minime suadeant; huiusmodi ecclesiae uti subsidiariae vel capellaniae habeantur intra fines alicuius paroeciae, cuius in ditione ac dependentia manebunt, donec paroecialitatem propriam assequi poterunt.

IV. In constituenda erigendarum paroeciarum dote prae oculis habeantur quae in Codice statuuntur, cann. 1409, 1410 et 1415, § 3.

V. Erectione porro, uti supra, canonice peracta, rector paroeciae, sive parochus, sive vicarius oeconomus obligatione tenentur applicandae Missae pro populo; a qua eximuntur rectores ecclesiae subsidiariae vel capellaniae. Quod quidem onus si nimis grave reperiatur, ad Sanctam Sedem recurrendum erit pro opportuna reductione.

Romae, ex aedibus S. C. Consistorialis, die 1 augusti 1919.

C. CARD. DE LAI, Ep. Sabinen. Secretarius.

V. SARDI, Archiep. Caesarien., Adsessor.

L. S.

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