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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 11, 3 July 1885, Page 9

A cable despatch from Paris, of April 1, gives the following which we publish for what it is worth : —The question of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and England, the United Rtates and English-speaking countries generally, is likely to be solved ere long in an unexpected manner by the appointment of Mgr. di Bende, now Papal Nuncio at Paris, to & high post at the Propaganda, with the title of " Cardinal Protector of English Speaking Catholics ." It has been long felt that some change has been desirable in the method of conducting business transactions between Borne on the one hand and England and North America on the other. At one time the Vatican hoped to effect this by the appointment of diplomatic agents, but the American and English Episcopate, and Cardinal Manning notably, so strongly opposed this plan that it was not thought advisable to press it. The rectors of the English and American colleges at Borne have hitherto been the chief agents for an arrangement of business matters with the Holy See ; bat this was regarded as inadequate. The elevation of Mgr. di Bende to a Cardinal Protectorship such as that once exercised by Cardinal York, " the last of the Stuarts," would, it is thought, be agreeable to the British Government and in-ure the appointment of acceptable English prelates to colonial and Irish bishoprics. Mgr. di Bende's training would fit him for his prospective duties. He was long resident in London, and preached in Marylebone. He is also a priest of 1 , the Archdiocese of Westminister.