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President Roosevelt thanks Archbishop Ireland for the kind message he conveyed from Cardinal Rampolla. He extends his thanks and regard through Rampolla to Pope Leo XIII.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-15
The Catholic World Magazine will be publishing brief appreciations of Pope Leo XIII from prominent non-Catholics in recognition of the Pope’s upcoming Silver Jubilee. Father Doyle requests that President Roosevelt contribute.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-12
The Angelus is seeking contributions and assistance in presenting a gift to Pope Leo XIII in honor of the jubilee of his pontificate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-07
Alfonso XIII, the young King of Spain, holds on to the robe of Pope Leo XIII. His mother, María Cristina, stands next to him on the viewing stand as young women are presented to him as potential brides. Caption: Little Alfonso is next in line to have a wife picked out for him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-09-10
George B, Cortelyou informs Secretary of State Hay that President Roosevelt would like to have Hay draft a note of congratulations to Pope Leo XIII. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thanks the Pope for the medallion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-31
President Roosevelt privately asks Judge Brentano for advice on whether to issue a public statement of condolence upon the death of Pope Leo XIII after several other groups of Christians opposed his doing so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-01
President Roosevelt thanks Bishop O’Gorman for his letter and requests that his warm regards be extended to the Pope, as well as Roosevelt’s appreciation of the Pope’s courteous message. Roosevelt believes that Bishop Spalding’s choice was correct and is sure that O’Gorman is pleased with Judge Smith’s appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-21
As a follow-up to their recent conversation, William Roscoe Thayer sends Theodore Roosevelt a book, instructing him to read the section on Cardinal Gustav Adolf von Hohenlohe and his letter to Pope Leo XIII. He comments on the press criticizing Catholics. Thayer hopes Roosevelt will soon “lift your powerful voice” against the tariff pension.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-29
Postmaster General Cortelyou wishes to set the record straight regarding any supposed endorsements President McKinley made of religious officials. Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt that the statements made by Bellamy Storer in a recent pamphlet are distortions of the truth, as McKinley was careful never to influence a religious organization.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-01
Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-18
A full-page newspaper article about the “church problem” in the Philippines. The problem of anti-church sentiment among Flipinos, particularly against friars, was already existing and inherited by the United States government. Secretary of War William H. Taft, formerly Governor-General of the Philippines, takes a commission to The Holy See to seek solutions to these problems in common interest. Issues of land ownership and the establishment of a school system are negotiated successfully by Taft’s commission in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-22
Pope Leo XIII holds out his robe labeled “Catholicism” and bows to Columbia who politely returns the bow and declines the offer to shelter under his robe. Behind Leo XIII is “St. Peters” at the “Vatican” and behind Columbia are buildings labeled “Public School” and “School.” Caption: His Holiness–Dear Miss Columbia, won’t you come under my robe? – you’ll be so much more comfortable! – for further particulars, see my late encyclical. / Miss Columbia–Much obliged, Pop; but I’m doing very well as I am!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-02-13
Cardinal “Satolli,” holding a crosier, sits atop an enormous dome labeled “American Headquarters,” and casts a large shadow in the shape of Pope Leo XIII across the landscape of the United States, from New York City south through Washington, D.C., to the Gulf of Mexico and west to San Francisco. Several cities, some with buildings labeled “Public Schools,” are encompassed by the shadow of the Pope, including New York City, the U.S. Capitol building, “Memphis, New Orleans, El Paso, Denver, [and] San Francisco.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-09-05
German emperor William II, wearing a two-tiered tiara, is welcomed by throngs of Arab Muslims who carry a banner that proclaims “Allah is Great, and William His Prophet.” Across a narrow body of water, Pope Leo XIII, wearing the papal tiara, sits on St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-16
Pope Leo XIII sits between bust sculptures of William E. Gladstone labeled “Gladstone, the Great Commoner, 1809-1898,” and Otto von Bismarck labeled “Bismarck, The Man of Blood and Iron, 1815-1898.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-08-24
Pope Pius X and Cardinal Merry del Val attempt to put out a fire labeled “Revolt Against the Vatican throughout Southern Europe” with bellows labeled “Intolerance” and “Infallibility.” Rain clouds labeled “The Diplomacy of Leo” approach from the right, beneath the spirit of Pope Leo XIII. Caption: They can’t put out a fire with things that won’t put a fire out.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-09-21
Print shows Pope Leo XIII climbing the dome of the U.S. Capitol, carrying a cross. Uncle Sam tells him to come down. Caption: Uncle Sam–What are you going to do up there? / The Pope–I thought it was time to nail this cross over the dome. / Uncle Sam–Well, you come down! We’ve got a figure up there that will last for some time yet!
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-03-29
Charles Parnell wears a tiara and sits on a throne, with many Irishmen bowing before him and placing bags of money into a container labeled “Parnell Fund.” On a table next to him are papers labeled “Remission of Rents” and “Assassination Absolution.” Sitting on a throne on the left, unattended by anyone, is Pope Leo XIII wearing the papal tiara and looking on with dismay. At his feet, on the left, is a basket of papers labeled “Indulgence” and “Absolution,” and, on the right, a container labeled “Peter’s Pence” that appears to have been broken into and emptied.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-06-06
Graetz, F. (Friedrich), approximately 1840-approximately 1913
A large group of politicians and others stand in a cemetery on Memorial Day. Each seems to be grieving at gravestones that bear special messages. Pope Leo XIII stands in front of a stone that states “Here lies my Irish Influence.” Ulysses S. Grant places a wreath labeled “Tho’ Gone Not Forgotten” at a monument that states “Here Lies the Third Term 1880.” Stephen Dorsey and Thomas Brady, arm in arm, stand in front of a stone that states “[Star] Route Here Lies Our Hope of Acquittal.” James G. Blaine places a wreath on a stone that states “[He]re Lies My South American Policy.” Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana stand in front of a stone that states “Tilden Boom 1876 Rest in Peace.” Clustered around Grant are Roscoe Conkling holding a tattered military standard labeled “Stalwart Battle Flag 1880,” J. D. Cameron on crutches labeled “1882,” John A. Logan as a drummer with number “306” on his drum strap, and Thomas Collier Platt as a little girl. Also grouped before a stone that states “Here Lies Democratic Consistency on the Tariff” are Benjamin F. Butler, Winfield Scott Hancock, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Stephen B. Elkins. Others depicted are Simon Cameron, John Kelly, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, George M. Robeson, David Davis, Robert Ingersoll, Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, and a man identified as “Campbell.” Caption: They deck with flowers, this Day of Decoration, full many a blighted hope and reputation.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-05-30
Father Time presents the new year labeled “1886” to Puck standing in the foreground, holding his lithographic pencil. Behind him are scenes of events from 1885, such as President Cleveland’s inauguration on March 4, Fredinand Ward’s conviction and William Mahone’s defeat, publication of Pope Leo XIII’s “Encyclical” Immortale Dei, Louis Pasteur’s anti-rabies vaccine, Chinese attacked in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Tacoma, Washington Territory, and the Grim Reaper strikes down Ulysses S. Grant, Alfonso XII of Spain, William H. Vanderbilt, composer Leopold Damrosch, Cardinal McCloskey, Thomas Hendricks, and Victor Hugo. Fighting continues in Bulgaria, Sudan, Tonquin, and Spain.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-12-30