Mexico and Rome Relations
CONTRARY to previous reports it seems that diplomatic relations between Mexico and Rome are not to be resumed at present. A recent dispatch from Rome states that “the Vatican authorities have been informed that the appointment of Mgr. Serafini, Archbishop of Spoleto, as apostolic delegate to Mexico can not lead to the resumption of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Mexico, where, since the death of Maximilian, there has existed a complete separation of church and state. Pope Leo made several attempts to obtain for the Catholic religion official recognition in Mexico, but President Díaz constantly and consistently refused to comply with his wishes, although not opposed to Catholicism, which prospers in Mexico more than it does in any of the other Latin-American republics where it is the state religion. The new apostolic delegation to Mexico will have exactly the same powers and limitations as that of the apostolic delegation at Washington.”