Barnabo, Cardinal Alexpander, Rome, Italy, to Father John DeNeve, Louvain, Belgium, 1863 September 14
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Barnabo refers to DeNeve's difficulties as regards dimissorial letters for his students, as expressed in his letter of June 15. Barnabo took the matter to the Holy Father in his audience of August 9; the Pope graciously assented that the students of the American College with DeNeve's dimissorial letters could be promoted to Orders outside of canonical time and without observing the interstices, and at the same time also grant the aforesaid students faculties, by which they can be admitted to Sacred Orders under the title of the Missions; also that he has power for the priests who prepare in the said College for Missions, to substitute the title of the Missions since they cannot retain the title of Benefice or "Cappellaniae" or Patrimony attention should be paid to all that is contained in the Rescript which Barnabo transmitted to DeNeve. As to the rest, the Holy See thinks he should follow what is observed in all colleges, that in every case recourse should be had to the Holy See for reading forbidden books. As to a youth born of heretical parents, a dispensation from irregularity is needed before being raised to ecclesiastical status; Barnabo sees nothing to prevent it unless DeNeve wishes in his letters to ask the Holy See. ` A.L.S. Latin 1p. 8vo. :: III-2-j A.L.S. French, Latin 9pp. 12mo. and 8vo.
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- Creation: 1863 September 14
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