Kenrick, Archbishop Francis Patrick, Baltimore, Maryland, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1852 November 18

Official information has reached Kenrick of the approval of the decrees of their National Council . The Holy See objects to the abrogation of the festivals observed in the Eastern dioceses as savoring of a National Church. It declines giving any higher grade to Baltimore. The introduction of the feast of the Circumcision is recommended, also that of the Immaculate Conception. The Catechism is sent back without special approbation. The Society for the conversion of heretics is approved. They seem determined to restrict faculties in regard to mixed marriages . They allow the form of baptizing infants in the baptism of adults for 5 years. The documents have not yet reached Kenrick. It is understood that Natchez will be soon provided. Father James Oliver Vandevelde would suit it or Natchitoches. The health of Father Coskery will scarcely allow him to go to the North, whilst the South might suit him. Father Lewis Regis Deluol communicated to Bishop O'Connor his opposition to the promotion of Father Gilbert Raymond . Kenrick asks Blanc to communicate the intelligence to his suffragans. :: VI-1-d A.L.S. 2pp. 4to.