In Father Van der Eerden's letter to Archbishop Francis Janssens of New Orleans, requesting him to write to James Cardinal Gibbons about the Catholic Congress, he suggested that the temporal power of the Pope and the education question might be good subjects. In reply the Archbishop opposes a protest against the spoliation of Rome and discussion of the public school question, but approves the idea of a Catholic Congress if a program is selected to discuss the burning questions with moderation and prudence. Father van der Eerden thinks this answer very encouraging, and will try to speak to William J. Onahan on the subject before he leaves Chicago. :: III-3-c A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.