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Scope and Contents Since it has been customary for ages to conduct all business with the Apostolic See, except with the oriental rites, in Latin or at least Italian, it is thought that there should be no departure at the present time because it is impossible for the officials of the Holy See to understand the large numbers of languages in which business is conducted. The fact that business with the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda has been conducted in these other languages has caused considerable delay....

Scope and Contents There has come to the ears of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office that in the United States of America there is a certain society called Societe des Cardonniers, Shoemakers Union in which there is required secret oath of revealing nothing unless to a Confessor. The object of this society is not a conspiracy against the state or the church but only for mutual protection and aid in their work, especially that masters be forced to pay their workers the just price for their labor. But the...

Scope and Contents Barnabo acknowledges Purcell's letter of November 20, 1869 in which he inquired why the fruit of the legacy of Father Joannes Baptista Joffroy in 1829, which for many years was administered by the Apostolic nuntio to Austria under the direction of the Emperor, according to an agreement between the Sacred Congregation and Joffroy, had not been paid. At the same time Purcell demanded that the fruits again be paid regularly of that $1,000 be paid to him for his right in the matter. Barnabo...

Scope and Contents Barnabo has to tell Purcell of the resignation of Bishop Amadeus Rappe from the see of Cleveland, which the Holy Father has accepted. It is the duty therefore of Purcell to notify the Holy See of a suitable man to take over the administration of the diocese until the Holy See will decree otherwise. Purcell is also to make known to Rappe that he should not return to the diocese, or if he should happen to return, that he is not to enter into the business of the diocese since he lacks all...

Scope and Contents Barnabo says that Purcell knows that complaints have been made concerning the manner of acting of Bishop William McCloskey of Louisville, especially in regards to temporal matters. Purcell also knows that Barnabo presented the matter to McCloskey when he was in Rome for the Council so that McCloskey could explain himself, as he did explain. However, while on the one hand the complaints were explained away, on the other hand new complaints have been received so that Barnabo feels that he must...

Scope and Contents The report has been brought to the Sacred Congregation that the Sisters of Charity,who for some months have conducted a school for boys and girls of tender ages, have sold the home which had been given for a definite purpose by the faithful of the city and the money used for other purposes. From this there have arisen some disputations and quarrels with some danger of scandal to the faithful. Barnabo asks Purcell to advise the Superior of the Sisters to desist from the sale of the property....

Scope and Contents Barnabo acknowledges Purcell's letter in which he gave his judgment of the candidates proposed as coadjutor of Boston. The brief of the Holy Father will announce the one he chooses. In the same letter Purcell proposed two questions. In the first he asks whether the vows of Ursulines, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, and the Mesdames of the Sacred Heart are to be regarded as solemn vows. In the second he asks whether the Ordinary has the power of dispensing from their vows, at least that of...

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By this letter Barnabo notifies Purcell that the rescript from the audience of March 8 grants to Purcell the power of Permitting in the churches of the German congregations missas de requie cum cantu twice each week. Signed by Giovanni Simeoni as secretary. No. 2. :: II-5-d L.S. Latin 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Barnabo has received Purcell's letter of February 24 conveying some information about the successor to the see of Marquette . He sees that there are difficulties and that all the necessary knowledge could not be gathered immediately. If the documents sent by Purcell had been submitted to the Sacred Congregation called for that purpose, Barnabo is certain they would have asked for a new report. Indeed, often and especially in regard to the recent decrees of the Council of Baltimore, both the...

Scope and Contents Barnabo acknowledges Purcell's letter of June 4 and the bank drafts enclosed which he immediately presented to the Holy Father. The Holy Father accepts the money as a new pledge of the veneration of the faithful of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati towards the Holy See and grants his blessing to Purcell and to those who contributed to the offering. It is not without sorrow that Barnabo learns of those things which concern the diocese of Vincennes, and the Sacred Congregation will not delay to...

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Barnabo tells Purcell that since the Sacred Congregation is anxious to take care of the widowed see of Covington and since the bishops of Detroit, Louisville, Vincennes and Marquette have not shown themselves disposed to give recommendations on the proposed candidates for the see, Purcell is urged to write to these bishops and tell them to write without delay to the Sacred Congregation, giving their opinions on the proposed candidates. :: II-5-d A.L.S. Latin 1p. 8vo.

Scope and Contents Barnabo acknowledges Purcell's letter of Dec. 10 and the draft for 10,984 francs which he hastened to carry to the Holy Father, together with the expressions of love and devotion contained in the letter. The Pope has commanded him to express his gratitude and to bestow upon Purcell and to all making this offering the Apostolic Benediction. In regard to the see of Fort Wayne, the statement of the condition of the diocese, especially as regards the finances seems very bad. He will do what he...

Scope and Contents Barnabo acknowledges Blanc's letter of September 27 and gives permission that the question of coadjutor for Blanc be discussed at the Provincial Council soon to be held. He also thanks Blanc for the gift of 18440, 87 francs given to the Association of the Propagation of Paris in the name of Blanc and Bishop William H. Elder of Natchez. This was transferred to North American College in Rome . He also grants permission for the solemn observance of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception....

Scope and Contents The cardinal says that while all holy things are to be treated as such, this is especially true of what is essentially holy, such as the Holy Eucharist. But since a report has been made that some priests carry the Eucharist with them from morning to night in case they should happen upon someone dangerously ill, the Council thought that they should write the Metropolitans that this custom is condemned. Some Archbishops were shocked at the idea, but others admitted the existence of certain...

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No. 3. A certain Gregory Vanni some years ago departed for North America. He went first to New York whence he wrote his mother in November, 1857. His mother has heard nothing further. Blanc is asked to see if he can find any other information and if so, to send it on to him. The address given in 1857 was 320 Royal Street, New Orleans. Archbishop Cajetan Bedini signs as secretary. :: VI-2-a L.S. Latin 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents No. 6. For the Archbishop alone. More than once the Sacred Congregation has defended the system in use by which men suitable for the episcopal dignity are recommended to the Holy See. More than once the Archbishop's advice was sought for this information. But there have been occasions in which candidates lacking in virtue or learning have been proposed or others who are unwilling or unable to accept the episcopal office. Barnabo says that he has heard of these things personally more than...

Scope and Contents No. 7. Since in the month of November the new North American college in Rome for the diocese of the United States is to be opened to students, the Sacred Congregation in full assembly decreed on May 9 that the Archbishops of the United States in council with their suffragans should propose the names of three priests from whom the Sacred Congregation would choose the new rector. While the Sacred Congregation reserves the naming of the rector to itself it is important that the bishops give...

Scope and Contents No.9. As the Congregation announced last August 15 a North American College in Rome for the dioceses of the United States in a house purchased by the Holy Father will be opened in November. Certain difficulties had to be overcome, especially as the house had been occupied formerly by soldiers and the building had to be repaired. Now there remains only the provision of a rector and to fill it with students. In a letter of May 9 the Congregation asked for the election of a rector and the...

Scope and Contents On January 25 Pope Pius IX granted Hughes' request of December 27 for extraordinary faculties. He also grants to Hughes' suffragan the enclosed extraordinary faculties for ten years to which he adds an instruction about mixed marriage and its rite and formula for the papal benediction. Barnabo says that the Pope grants other dispensations beyond the usual number in the enclosed rescript no enclosures. He notes Hughes' care about the circumstances of the other dispensations. H. Capalti,...

Scope and Contents Barnabo has sent Kindekens' letter of Jan. 15, 1858, to the Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, so that he might answer about the subject of the above-mentioned letter. Further, the Superior General of the Redemptorists wonders about the closing of the Monroe Mission and seeks the whole cause. Barnabo thinks that the chief part of the response which Father Nicholas Mauron, Superior General gave him should be given Kindekens so that he can notify the Bishop of...

Scope and Contents Since there has been proposed to the Sacred Congregation a doubt whether Catholics can be magistrates in case by that office they have to witness marriages between persons of color or no color in good conscience, the Fathers of the Council ask Odin to get for them information on the force of the law and especially of the civil laws in each of the States in so far as they bear on Catholic magistrates who by reason of their office have to or do assist at marriages of Catholics, non-Catholics,...

Scope and Contents No. 2. Barnabo has received three letters from Odin, the latest dated February 24. By the pastoral letters in which is included the petition of those priests who are petitioning against the Archbishop's rules on the use and alienation of the funds of the Church, Odin's letter points out that they represent a small number of the priests. This Barnabo has pointed out to Father E.J. Foltier who drew up a petition supporting the claim of those priests. Barnabo hopes that Odin will be freed from...

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No. 3. A certain widow Jane Bounadrata Mareschal has written to Barnabo stating that she needs aid for herself and her son. Their only hope is from the brother of her deceased husband, Father Auguste Mareschal, a missionary in the diocese of Chicago. The priest would be able to help her if he could obtain a parish in Odin's diocese sufficiently prosperous that he could support her and her son. Barnabo wishes to call this matter to Odin's attention. :: VI-2-k L.S. Latin 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Since it is public knowledge that necromancy under the title of spiritism has increased in North America and has been propagated by public experiments and by writings, the Holy Office would like to know about its progress and of the part played in it by Catholics, and also the kind of doctrine that has been out by these spirits. For this purpose the Archbishop should ask his suffragans what they know definitely about these things and report this to the Supreme Council of the Inquisition...

Scope and Contents No. 1. Father Augustine d'Asti, O.F.M. of San Damiano, religious superior of the Franciscans in the diocese of Galveston, wrote about three years ago concerning a marriage case. He assisted at the marriage of two Catholics without making certain of their freedom to marry. One party already had contracted an invalid marriage before another priest missionary who was suspended. Later the priest was restored and the bishop who restored him realized that the marriage was in doubt as well as the...

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Barnabo has learned from Odin's letter of March 1 that he has been able to eject Father Pascal Maistre from the Church of St. Rose of Lima in which despite being censured he dared to exercise his ministry. He hopes that further evil will be avoided. He regrets also the other evils that the diocese suffers especially the war and for the relief of these they offer prayers to God for tranquility. H. Capalti signs as secretary. :: VI-2-h L.S. Latin 1p. 4to.

Scope and Contents Mother St. Ambroise, the superior of the Ursuline Nuns in the city of Liberty has written to the Pope a letter dated January 25 in which she exposes her status and that of her fellow sisters particularly since Odin has been removed to New Orleans. They have suffered unusual and grave matters such as to cause them to take counsel about leaving this house and going to New Orleans. Under these conditions they have written to the Vicar General of the Bishop of Auch and to the Superior General...

Scope and Contents Many things having been reported concerning the Fenians, these were submitted to the Sacred Congregation of the Inquisition. The Holy Father after consulting the Cardinals called attention to the decree of August 5, 1846 which defined those societies which were classed as secret societies. The Holy See desired that in all cases recourse he had to the Holy See if there is difficulty in applying that decree. As to the recent statement of the Connaught Patriot that the Holy See had said that...

Scope and Contents Archbishop Anthony Blanc asks through Bishop Auguste Marie Martin that in marriages already contracted between a Catholic and non-Catholic it be granted to remain in such a marriage and partake of the sacraments, provided that the non-Catholic promises to bring up the offspring in the Catholic faith and that the penitent Catholic does all he can for the conversion of the other party. In an audience with Pope Pius IX on August 6, 1854, Barnabò referred the matter to the Pope who consents to...

Scope and Contents In his letter of April 24, 1855, Blanc submitted the following to the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation of Propaganda Fide. I. During Blanc's absence, requests for dispensations from first degree affinity have been more numerous than usual so that his vicar general has been obliged to refuse some. Blanc asks for a renewal with a greater number of cases, if possible. There are at least 10 such dispensations a year. II. They also need a renewal of faculties for the impediment of second...