He declared himself as a supporter of the American positions and developed a pronounced patriotic activity. In that frame he pushed also back the different emigration languages in his diocese (including his own motherlanguage) and allowed only Latin and English as the official prayer-languages.
He openly identified as a proponent of American views and actively promoted patriotic endeavors. Within that context, he also resisted various immigrant languages in his diocese (including his native tongue) and limited official prayer languages to Latin and English only.