Cardinals and Governments
By Editor
It is reported from Rome that "Argentine bishops who are in that city trying to obtain the creation of a cardinal for Argentina are negotiating a concordat between Argentina and the Holy See. The Vatican is ready to make concessions to the Buenos Ayres Government as compensation for the delayed nomination of an Argentine cardinal." What right have Argentine bishops to represent the Argentine Government, and what right has the Argentine Government to be concerned with the creation of a cardinal for Argentina? But perhaps we ought not to be too critical, for there has been talk in recent years of the United States Government, or the chief executive, becoming active in the matter of the creation of another American cardinal.