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Archbishop Harty writes to Secretary of War Taft to inform him of the situation in the Philippines. It is implied that the United States Government should not continue to take over the charitable endeavors that the Catholic Church in Manila has traditionally undertaken. Harty specifically mentions the orphans.
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1906-03-05
General Smith, Secretary of Public Instruction in the Philippines, asks Gabriel A. O’Reilly to investigate claims of immorality in the night schools in Pace. O’Reilly reports that the claims were found to be false.
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1906-03
Secretary of War Taft writes to President Roosevelt to address the matter of claims from the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines for rent and property damage, for which the United States Government is responsible. This is most likely referring to military maneuvers that damaged property during attacks.
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1906-02-28
The Archbishop of Manila writes to Governor Ide in regards to the disagreement over property in the Philippines between the United States Government and the Roman Catholic Church.
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1906-02-27
Maria Longworth Storer continues to advocate and seek support for the elevation of Archbishop John Ireland to the College of Cardinals. She offers to carry a cable directly to Pope Pius X about President Roosevelt’s good opinion of the Archbishop. Her intentions are to bypass the prelates who are not in favor of the Archbishop’s nomination.
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1905-11-20
Thomas A. Hendrick, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cebu, writes to Civil Governor Wright to provide an account of his travels in the Philippines, where he is surprised to find widespread anti-Americanism and a poor reception of Roman Catholicism, especially in areas where the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Aglipayan church) has a strong presence. Services are sparsely attended, parishes lack priests, church buildings are in disrepair, and Catholics are being threatened. Local government officials in several towns are Aglipayan church members, and Hendrick believes they may be intimidating the citizens. Hendrick feels that the Aglipayan effort is actually an attempt to drive out Americans rather than a religious difference and that government intimidation has also slowed economic output of the villages. He suggests an investigation into local government officials.
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1904-09-15
Luke E. Wright responds to the allegations of Bishop Rooker about the violation of rights of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. Rooker claims that the Federal Party is at the root of the Aglipayan movement and that Governor Taft and his colleagues are “merely puppets in the hands of the Federal Party,” with the result that “a large amount of church property has been seized and is now withheld.” Wright disputes these allegations by explaining the origin of the Federal Party and analyzing the relations between different religious and political groups in the Philippines. Wright notes that the continued discussion about independence has made the situation in the Philippines more difficult.
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1904-08-15
John Thomas McDonough relays to President Roosevelt a conversation he had with Father John J. Wynne about progress in the Philippines. McDonough believes that he will support Roosevelt’s campaign. McDonough has also written to Archbishop Harty in Manila and thinks he will be satisfied with the information McDonough gave him.
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1904-06-30
Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt about the political process of completing the contract for the Friars’ land settlement in the Philippines. Ireland states that the only positive report of the process, besides his own, has come from the Apostolic Delegate Giovanni Guidi. The Friars and bishops are conveying contradictory, or negative information to the Vatican’s Secretary of State. Ireland requests that Governor Taft write to the Vatican and discuss how the effort is proceeding to support what the Apostolic Delegate and the Archbishop have reported.
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1904-05-31
Lyman Abbott offers to join Governor Taft and other American officials in Rome to assist in the negotiations with the Vatican regarding the “friar land problem in the Philippines.”
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1902-05-10
Jeremiah J. Harty, the Archbishop of Manila in the Philippines, has asked John Thomas McDonough, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, to speak with Roosevelt concerning the Church’s real estate in the Philippines.
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1904-04-29
Draft of a letter dictated and edited by Theodore Roosevelt for Outlook editor Lyman Abbott. He wishes to address the “Vatican incident” and has the utmost respect for Catholics. A note at the end says this letter was dictated, perhaps while on a steamship from Alexandria to Naples.
1910-04-03
Bishop Hendrick requests that Father Francis B. Doherty, chaplain in the Philippines, be posted as chaplain of Cebu until a replacement can be found. Hendrick asks for an autographed picture of President Roosevelt and of the First Lady and extends holiday greetings.
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1903-12-21
William H. Taft expresses disappointment with Bishop Frederick Zadok Rooker’s management of his diocese in the Philippines. Taft indicates the often conflicting Spanish, foreign, extreme American, and Filipino influences in the area. He hopes that through time the Bishop will change his approach.
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1903-12-08
John Ireland writes of his recent meeting with Monsignor Denis J. O’Connell, who told the Pope “the words you were so kind as to say to him. The results . . . were most favorable.” However, when Loeb denied that O’Connell had been sent by the President, O’Connell was concerned that the Vatican reaction might be to disvalue the O’Connell’s interview. Ireland suggests that President Roosevelt invite O’Connell for lunch as a sign of Roosevelt’s high regard for the prelate. By doing so, the President’s message that O’Connell presented would not be questioned.
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1903-11-24
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis received a message from Cardinal Gibbons thanking President Roosevelt for his sympathy towards Pope Leo XIII. The Pope’s health is declining and his health is “very dangerous.”
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1903-07-19
John McMackin, Commissioner of Labor for New York, reports “universal satisfaction” at the appointment of John Thomas McDonough to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. McMackin respects the treatment of Catholics by President Roosevelt.
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1903-02-03
Amasa Pierce Thornton is organizing an effort to Americanize the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the Philippines that the Vatican will find acceptable. He wants an audience with Secretary of War Root and Archbishop Ireland. He wants an agreement that is acceptable to Root, Governor of the Philippines William H. Taft, the Vatican, and President Roosevelt.
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1902-12-30
J. R. Shoemaker warns President Roosevelt to be cautious when dealing with the Vatican.
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1902-07-19
Archbishop Ireland hopes the “friars matter” can be concluded satisfactorily for both sides.
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1902-07-12