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President Roosevelt would like to put a Catholic on the board of Gallaudet University at the next vacancy.
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1902-10-18
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sends a copy of one of his letters rebuking Claudius Buchanan Spencer for inquiring about the veracity of a rumor claiming President Roosevelt asked Pope Leo XIII to make Bishop John Ireland a cardinal. In his defense, Spencer did not believe the rumor.
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1902-10-19
Father Van Antwerp of The Angelus asks President Roosevelt to lend his name to a list for a Jubilee tribute to be presented to Pope Leo XIII.
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1902-09-20
Archbishop Guidi has been appointed Delegate Apostolic to the Philippine Islands.
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1902-09-26
Archbishop Ireland would like to be informed when more teachers are to be selected for the Philippines. He is pleased that Catholic agitation against the Roosevelt administration is “quelled for good.” The new Apostolic delegate to the Philippines, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Guidi, is an old friends of Ireland’s and is an excellent choice.
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1902-09-03
Governor Taft reviews a variety of Philippine issues; including the friars controversy, the public school system, reforming the civil administration, and the military situation of the islands. Generally, he believes that the condition of the Philippines is good and likely to get better.
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1902-09-13
Robert E. Ford encloses a report on a convention of Catholic societies.
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1902-08-11
Felix Alexander Reeve does not recommend confronting the Roosevelt administration over the friar controversy in the Philippines. The main opposition to the friars comes from the Filipinos and under such circumstances the friars can achieve little good.
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1902-08-11
Francis C. Travers reports that the Vatican is willing to appoint an American prelate to the position in the Philippines and recommends Father Belford.
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1902-08-02
Archbishop Ireland has been working to inform and influence American Catholic opinion concerning the Roosevelt administration’s handling of the friars matter in the Philippines.
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1902-08-05
J. R. Shoemaker warns President Roosevelt to be cautious when dealing with the Vatican.
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1902-07-19
John H. Magruder is pleased that President Roosevelt agrees that Archbishop Ireland and Cardinal Gibbons should handle the friar question.
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1902-07-21
Discussions are ongoing with the Catholic Church for settling various disagreements in the Philippines, including the withdrawal of religious orders and the sale of church land.
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1902-07-10
Secretary of War Root denies that official educators in the Philippines are proselytizing for Protestant denominations and notes that such activity is against Filipino law.
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1902-07-10
Governor Taft is working on an agreement with the Vatican so that Filipino land currently held by religious orders can be sold.
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1902-07-10
Elbert Wakeman has a low opinion of the Catholic Church and advises President Roosevelt and Governor Taft to “keep a stiff back-bone.”
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1902-07-11
Archbishop Ireland hopes the “friars matter” can be concluded satisfactorily for both sides.
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1902-07-12
The Catholics of Grand Rapids are upset over the treatment of their fellow Catholics in the Philippines.
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1902-07-13
Secretary of War Root writes to Governor General of the Philippines Taft, who is in Rome. Root acknowledges the Vatican’s willingness to withdraw the friars currently in the Islands and replace them with religious of other nationalities who will be devoted to spiritual ministry and will refrain from involvement in matters pertaining to civil authority. This voluntary withdrawal is a good outcome, and Root thanks Taft for helping to bring it about. He also discusses the timing and terms of the sale of the lands owned by the friars, as well as the payment of rent or damages related to properties that have been occupied by American troops.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-14
William Comerford believes that, if Governor Taft insists on the expulsion of the friars from the Philippines, every American Catholic will oppose the Roosevelt administration.
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1902-07-15