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President Roosevelt tells Cardinal Gibbons that he is not aware of a current vacancy in the Catholic chaplains. He will give Father Doran careful consideration, but he also likes a Boston priest that has been recommended and would like Gibbons’s opinion on two or three candidates when a vacancy occurs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-23
President Roosevelt would like to know about the priest as he needs to make the appointment soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-16
Theodore Roosevelt is shocked and grieved to hear of the death of Father Doyle. Roosevelt has known Doyle since he was Police Commissioner seventeen years ago, when he worked closely with Doyle, Father Casley, and other Paulist Fathers. Roosevelt first discussed the topic of “race suicide” with Doyle, who also felt strongly on the issue. Roosevelt greatly admired Doyle’s work for the betterment of mankind.
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1912-08-13
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his support for members of the Catholic church being allowed to serve in leadership positions in the Y.M.C.A. Roosevelt asks Cleveland H. Dodge to forward his letter to the proper governing board of the Y.M.C.A.
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1911-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Father Shannon for his statements, which show what the Mexicans, helped to power by President Woodrow Wilson, have done “in the way of inexcusable persecution of ecclesiastics.”
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1914-11-07
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Cardinal James Gibbons supporting Commander Robert S. Griffin, who would like to replace Rear Admiral Charles W. Rae as Chief Engineer of the Navy. While Roosevelt thinks well of Griffin, he does not appreciate his applying ecclesiastical pressure in an attempt to get the position.
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1908-05-25
President Roosevelt encloses a request from Father Edward J. Vattmann for sick leave in order to travel to Puerto Rico. Roosevelt asks if this is possible and believes it to be important.
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1903-12-02
Raffaele De Pierro writes to Theodore Roosevelt about a recent interview Roosevelt had with Peppino Garibaldi. While some Italian Catholic priests have sought to use this interview to present the view that all of them are good, De Pierro, as a pastor of Italian Protestants, provides some examples of priests working for their own benefit and not necessarily that of their communities.
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1911-08-05
Jacob A. Riis sends President Roosevelt an article about playgrounds in Washington. He also writes that a priest has been after him, and that he intends to take the matter to the archbishop. He then updates Roosevelt on his travel plans; he intends on “taking the heart care” in Neuheim, Germany, before going on to Denmark.
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1908-04-20
Captain Williard writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp about an issue that came to his attention recently. Father Anselm Weber notified him that the Indian Rights Association was protesting about Leupp and Superintendent William T. Shelton about their actions against Navajos that resulted in several being killed. Williard explains that he has become involved because he believes that he is responsible for the matter, and he defends the choices he made that resulted in the deaths.
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1907-11-29
Francis Lee Higginson wishes for Henry Cabot Lodge to give his note to President Roosevelt, to prove that priests are following his advice.
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1907-06-05
Puck’s Independent Party figure sits on the left next to Puck beneath a sign that states “Independent Road to the White House.” At center, A. M. Clapp, with a cash box labeled “Republican Campaign Fund” and a sheet of paper that states “Permission to Remain in Office,” appears with Green B. Raum, who is holding a box labeled “Absolution” containing papers that state “Indispensable Dispensation,” selling indulgences for absolutions and dispensations to an old woman with a broom labeled “U. S.,” a “U. S. Scrub-Woman,” a “Page,” a “Treasy. Clerk,” and a “U. S. Postman” holding a paper that is a “Guarantee against Decapitation.” In the background, Whitelaw Reid carries a banner that states “The Republican Party is the Party of Salvation,” Thomas Jefferson Brady and Stephen Dorsey carry banners that state “The Republican Party Must Stay No Matter How” and “This is Our Last Chance,” and Powell Clayton drives a wagon carrying a safe labeled “Funds for an Aggressive Campaign.” Also depicted are William Walter Phelps with a paper that states “Its Only a Matter of Money” and Robert Ingersoll holding a paper labeled “Sweet C. O. D.” Caption: In the sixteenth century, Tetzel and his corrupt fellow-priests openly sold absolutions and dispensations, and played upon the fears of the people to fill their coffers, and keep themselves in power and place and shameful luxury. A little later, they were swept under in the cleansing flood of the great reformation. Will the star-route money-leeches please take notice that history repeats itself?
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-08-12
A preacher in the pulpit harangues his congregation with a speech that begins “Noise or Nothing!” Two police officers with large billy-clubs, in the pulpit with him, exchange glances. Caption: Let them be put under the same restrictions as other Sabbath-breakers.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-02-13
Bishop of Jaro in the Philippines Frederick Zadok Rooker discusses the Government in Manlia, Attorney Smith, and the Aglipayan Movement in Philippines. Rooker writes of local resentment of American rule and about the corrupt practices of Cardinal Rampola, and bishops and priests of the area. Rooker sends regards to Mrs. Taft.
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1903-11-22
Summaries of 105 incidents related to religious controversies throughout the Philippines. The incident and the action taken by the government is described for each event.
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1903-09-22
Eugene A. Philbin writes to President Roosevelt to discuss several concerns related to the Catholic Church in the Philippines, including the loyalty of American and Filipino bishops. Philbin thanks Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for their hospitality last Saturday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-14