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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 26, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 42.

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After Cardinal Satolli returned to Rome from his recent visit to the United States, the pope was very anxious to hear of his reception here, and of the condition of the church in this country. A Catholic organ says:—
Cardinal Satolli presented to the Pontiff the homage and devotion of the American bishops and clergy, and an expression of the affection of American Catholics for the pope, and told of the feeling of deference shown by the non-Catholic.
The Holy Father was greatly moved by what the cardinal told him, and expressed great satisfaction with the reception given His Eminence, which he considers as having been given to himself, adding: "It is a consolation at this moment, when others are causing so much grief."
In reply to a question by his holiness regarding the condition of Catholicity in America, the cardinal explained that the Catholic Church in America has not any official relations with the state but is in such a condition that it does not envy the position of the church in the countries where official relations exist.
The cardinal's idea that the relations between the Vatican and this government are so satisfactory, is probably based on the banquet tendered him in Washington by a member of the President's cabinet.