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Papal Conciliation Mission to the Philippines

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 19, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 12.

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Papal Conciliation Mission to the Philippines

A REPORT from Rome states that the pope has instructed Monsignor Sbarretti, when he reaches the Philippines, to work with and seek to conciliate the Americans. This instruction is significant in view of the fact that many petitions have recently been received by the pope from the friars urging him to maintain their moral and material supremacy in the islands and prevent their removal. Several cardinals are said to consider that if Washington insists, the friars must ultimately be withdrawn.