Frankfurt: Lord Cowley's Inquiries on the Concordat and Tribute to Beda Weber
Lord Cowley requests access from the Frankfurt Senate to negotiation records between the Upper Rhine ecclesiastical province and the Vatican. Meanwhile, Rome's rejection is highlighted and the pastoral work of Beda Weber in Frankfurt is commended.
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Frankfurt, 11 July. Presumably as a result of the English Titles Bill, Lord Cowley, currently envoy of Great Britain to the German Confederation and to this city, has requested from the Senate the communication of all negotiations conducted by Frankfurt and the other states of the Upper Rhine ecclesiastical province with the Holy See regarding the conclusion of a concordat. The Senate entrusted the Catholic church and school commission with this, and it willingly complied; however, the parish priest Beda Weber, who is also a member of that commission, enclosed an explicit statement that the Holy Father had rejected the agreement of the Upper Rhine states by a brief of 30 June 1830 and that it was therefore not to be regarded as legally valid. England can take an example from these states and petty states as to how to subjugate and patronise the Church. Frankfurt will doubtless be proud that mighty England seeks counsel from it. — At this moment, an address of thanks to our worthy Spiritual Councillor and parish priest Beda Weber is being prepared here. As is well known, he declined a very honourable call to Gratz in order to continue working here. Rarely does a man enjoy more widespread esteem, yet rarely does anyone display equal activity. Beda Weber's work is truly to be called blessed, and the fruits are already visible now. What won him the bourgeoisie in particular is his plain and straightforward nature, which knows no difference between rich and poor.
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"Frankfurt: Lord Cowley's Inquiries on the Concordat and Tribute to Beda Weber." Tiroler Zeitung - Wochenblatt für Katholiken, 18 July 1851. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/21006/1/18.07.1851/211041/2. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1851-07-18-frankfurt-lord-cowleys-erkundigungen-zum-konkordat-und-wuerdigung-beda-webers