Pacelli writes to Faulhaber approving his position as to the schools issue and commending his zeal in defending the interests of the Church - June 18, 1919
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June 18, 1919 Pacelli writes to Faulhaber approving his position as to the schools issue and commending his zeal in defending the interests of the Church. English translation
June 18, 1919 Pacelli to Faulhaber:
Your Excellency!
Most Reverend Lord Archbishop!
I just received your treasured letter of the 13th of this month and sincerely thank you for such important news.
From it I see all the more with what zeal Your Excellency is promoting and defending the interests of Holy Church in dear Bavaria. I read with particular joy the memorandum of the Archbishops and Bishops of Bavaria about the schools issue. I hope that the Bavarian Catholics, thanks to the indefatigable care of Your Excellency and the other Most Reverend Bishops of Bavaria, and according to their tradition in full adherence to our Holy Church, will faithfully defend its rights and never forget that indeed there is a Concordat between Bavaria and the Holy See.
Concerning the presentation of parishes, I have as yet received no definitive decision, but I know that the question is currently being studied in Rome.
I read with great regret that the annual, beautiful Corpus Christi procession, the imposing public proclamation of the faith of the Catholics of Munich, shall not take place this year. Hopefully this year’s falling away of the procession will not be used as a precedent for later years.
From my heart I wish Your Excellency the special protection and grace of God in these so difficult and sad times, and I remain with continual upright gratitude in deepest respect
Your Excellency’s most devoted
+Eugen Pacelli, Archbishop of Sardis
Apostolic Nuncio
Source: L. Volk, ed., vol. 1, p. 83.