CARDINAL VANNUTELLI ON IRELAND'S SUFFERINGS.

New Zealand Tablet, 12 August 1920, Page 28

CARDINAL VANNUTELLI ON IRELAND'S SUFFERINGS.

"The Irish nation suffered when Plunket was martyred, .and is still suffering, but I hope her sufferings will soon be ended '."■ ■ This declaration was made by Cardinal Vannutelli in a speech which he delivered .at a banquet in the Irish College in Rome in connection with the festivities relating to the Beatification of Oliver Plunket. Cardinal Logue, in proposing the toast of ""The Pope," said that the Popes had always been friends of Ireland, while Ireland was steadfastly loyal to the Popes. During the worst times that Ireland experienced the. only friend left to Ireland had been the Pope. Pie alluded to the Irishmen who had fought and fallen for the Pope in Italy, especially those who fell at Castel Fidardo. The Pope and the War. "During the late war," added his Eminence, "everythine possible had been done to induce the Pope to side with one or other of the belligerents, instead of which, however, the Pope went as straight as an arrow. There is not one of President Wilson's points which were not included in the Pope's conditions for peace." Referring to all the Pope had done in the war, Cardinal Logue concluded: "The Pope will make justice and right triumph over oppression." Most Rev. Dr. O'Doherty then sang "The Song of the Pope," all present joining in-the chorus. Monsignor Sbarretti, in proposing the toast of Cardinal Vannutelli, expressed the appreciation of all present for the work he had done in connection with the Beatification of Oliver Plunket. He implored the protection of Almighty God for the Irish people, whose attachment to the Catholic Faith was illustrated by Daniel O'Connell, whose heart was buried there. Rev. Father O'Gorman supported the toast, and Cardinal Vannutelli, in reply, recalled the work of the late Monsignor O'Riordan, Rector of the Irish College in Rome, in connection with the Beatification of Oliver Plunket, adding "the Irish nation suffered when Plunket was martyred, and it is still suffering; but, I hope, her sufferings will soon be ended." The Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell and the Most Rev. Dr. McKenna and Monsignor Hagan also spoke. In the afternoon a large reception was held. There were 65 guests, and they included: Cardinal Logue, Archbishop Spence, O.P. (Adelaide), Archbishop Redwood (Wellington), Archbishop Spratt (Kingston, Canada), Most Rev. Dr. Harty (Cashed, Most Rev. Dr. O'Connor (Armidale), Most Rev. Dr. Hayden (Wilcannia), Most Rev. Dr. Martin (Argyll)', Most Rev. Dr. Burton (Clifton). Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Most Rev. Dr. Mulhern. Most Rev. Dr. "Macßory, Most Rev. Dr. Fogarty. Most Rev. Dr. Morrisroe, Most Rev. Dr. McKenna, Most Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan, Most Rev. Dr. Hallinan, Most Rev. Dr. Codcf, Most Rev. Dr. O'Doherty, Most Rev. Dr. Hackett. Most Rev. Dr. Barry (Coadjutor to the Archbishop of Hobart), Very Rev. Dean Quinn, Dungannon : Canon Lee, Clifton. Mr. T. J. Ryan (Thurles), Sir T. Esinonde, Sean O'Ceallaigh (Envoy Extraordinary of the Irish Republic), Count Plunkett, and Professor Stockley (Cork University). >