Letter from PF to Patrick Coneo, 1659-09-23, Rome

Letter from PF to Patrick Coneo, 1659-09-23, Rome

Scotland

Petitions for faculties

Scottish Catholics abroad

Copy of a letter from PF to Patrick Coneo. The letter responds to a list of complaints that Coneo made on behalf of the Scottish missionaries. The answers are as follows: a) the missionaries should not complain when their faculties and provisions arrive too late; they should send their requests sooner; b) they should not complain that they lack certain things that other members of religious orders enjoy, because they knew the situation when they decided to become secular priests (besides, being a secular priest also brings some advantages); c) about the delay in the arrival of the requested objects for mass, the letter reports that PF had ordered the nuncio to send these to the mission one year ago, but he never received those letters, which explains the delay; and d) about the complaint that Walker's book was not appreciated by PF, the answer is that PF had forbidden all its missionaries to publish any books without Rome's consent, as they might be detrimental to the mission in which they are working; Walker did not comply with this order.

Additional comments

PF

APF LETTERE 38, 86r-89v

1659-09-23

Addressed to Patrick Coneo

Italian

Letter

568

Origin: Rome

Destination: Scotland