Mr. Fairbanks and the Pope
Mr. Fairbanks and the Pope.—There is still more or less discussion over the pope's refusal to receive Mr. Fairbanks after he had spoken to the Methodists in Rome. According to some of the papers that reach us, Mr. Fairbanks approved of the action of the pope, and thought that the pope acted properly in not receiving him. Mr. Fairbanks's friendliness to the Papacy seems to be more than mere courtesy. The Burning Bush of March 10, for instance, points out that "the celebrated Methodist vice-president, Charles W. Fairbanks, assisted the Catholic archbishop Quigley in dedicating the new parochial building in connection with the St. Stanislaus Polish Catholic Church of Chicago." The worst feature of the case, after all, is Mr. Fairbanks's reported attitude.