From the New York Times, January 22, 1914:
TANGO SHAME OF OUR DAYS.
Patriarch of Venice Issues Energetic Denunciation of It.
VENICE, Jan. 21.—Cardinal Cavallari, the successor of the present Pope as Patriarch of Venice, has issued an episcopal letter which is the most energetic of all those so far published with reference to the tango, and acquires even greater importance, as it is reported to have been inspired by the Pontiff.
The letter condemns the tango in the strongest terms, referring to it as moral turpitude, and adding:
"It is everything that can be imagined. It is revolting and disgusting. Only those persons who have lost all moral sense can endure it. It is the shame of our days. Whoever persists in it commits a sin."
The Cardinal orders all ecclesiastics to deny absolution to those who, having danced the tango, do not promise to discontinue the practice.
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Source: http://www.traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/Snap/A518-Tango_3.pdf
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