Good News.—The Pope, says “The Protestant” (Washington, D.C.), shows he is worried over the Italian situation. Things are not going his way. In France his standing is bad. He has lost his grip on the government. The Papal hold on the Balkan States is gone, and even Poland shows scant respect for the wishes of the Vatican. The Pope made a dash for control of the Council of the League of Nations, and was surprised to be worsted in the game. The Holy Year scheme was disappointing, and also the recent Eucharistic Congress. Worst of all, Peter’s Pence, mostly from the United States, has fallen off, and the hierarchy has actually resorted to borrowing money. Now comes the affair in Mexico, which is making the Vatican the laughing stock of the world and shattering all traditions about the power of the Roman Church over the world. On the top of it all, the President of the United States has flatly turned down the request of the Knights of St Columbus to intervene in behalf of the failing cause in Mexico.
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