Star.
London, England, 1804-11-29 00:00:00

PAPAL ALLOCUTION.
•
Itfis Holiners the Pore, previoully to his departure
from Rome, affembled a Secret Confilloty on the
suth 08ober, to whom be delivered the following
Speech or Allocution in the Latin Language :
" et AAAAA LB aalTMfat W,
4. It was from this place that the Cenearelat was be-
gun by us, his Majetly the Emperor of the French
then Fitt Conful ; and it is from this place that we
have coturnunicated to you that joy with which the
Con of all comfort has caufed our hearts to over-
Bow for the happy change, or convertion to the in.
tereft of the Catholic Religion, which has been pro. '
doccd by that Coacardat in thofe vaft and populous
regions. From that time the Holy Temples have
been again opened and pin ified from the profana-
tion' they had endured ; altars were again built, the
Ikandard of the health-bearing Croft was again railed, •
the true worthip of GOD reamed, tbehugull myfteries
of religion freely and publicly celebrated, lawful par-
tors given to the people, who could labour in feeding
their flock.. The Catholic Religion itfelf moft hap-
pily
emerged from that obfcurity in which it had
bean buried, and placed in emu-day (picador in the
mid& of that renowned nation, Co many fouls recalled
from the pa'hs of error into the Wont of eternity,
and reconciled to thenifelves and to their Goa :thde
coofiderations united, jofily filled our heart with, joy
and eteltation which we poured out to the Loan.
" That great and wonderful to& not only then
edited in our minds the moil lively gratitude to
that powerful Prince, who in etiablithing the Cower-
put forth all his power and authority to accom-
plith . ; but the recolleition mutt always incline our
mind whenever the opportunity (hall offer, to prove
that we are Rill aroogly impretied with thofe feel-
ings towards him.
'" And now the fame mg poterfal !three, err ear-
yft fie in Coarrr, Naroteos, Emperor- of the French,
who has deferred fo well of the Catholic religion for
what be has done, has fignified to as his thong de.
lire to be anointed with the holy undion, and to TA'
eerve the Imperial Crown front us, to the end that
the folemn rites which are to place him is the high-
eft rank, than be firongly hnpreffed with dte•charac-
ter of religiOn, and call down more powerfully the
beeediaion pf H •
" A reqiieft of this nature not only in itfelf affords
the clearefi proof of his religion and filial reverence to
this Holy See, but it has alto been accompanied with
exprefi declarations, by which the Emperor has in-
formed its of his confiant &fire to promme the holy
faith, to repair the isjorifs of wench he haste red
• with fa mach zeal in tbefe Bonsiihiag regi
a You therefore fee, moll Venerable Brothers,
what jolt and momentous casks we have for under-
taking this journey; we are moved tot only by the
%tacit. *f our holy religion, bet b gratitude to that
powerful Emperor, who has put forth all his maim.
aity to caofe the Catholic Religion to be freely ptb-
fitted ; publicly erercifed in Fiance; and whir now
has (hewn his mind Co maims for incteafing the pro-
(puny of that religion.
• .41 We have alto formed great hope, that baying
undertaken this journey by his invitation, when we
Gull (peak to him face to face, Inch things may be
dialed by his wilUom for the gond of the Catholic
Church, which is the only 41,4 of Sidra:iris that we
may be able to congratulate oar (elves on having per-
ferged the work of our moil holy religion. It is not
Ri meth on our weak eloquence that we build that
hope, is on the grace of him wbofe unworthy Vice.
gerent we arc upon Earth, whore graces when in-
voked by holy rites, is poured largely into the beans
of Princes, who are rightly difpofed for receiving the
good eft& of a (acted ceremony, efpecially when
any are the fathers of their people, folicitoos about
their eternal fahrationi and determined to live and
die true Sons of the Catholic Church.
" For theft caulks. Venerable Biethren, following
the example of tome of our predecetiors, who have,
for a certain time, left their own abode to vifit
dif-
tact regions to promote the intereils of religion, and
topatify thole Princes who have deferred well of
the Chutch, we undertake the prefent journey, al-
though the di:lance. the unfavourable feafon of the
year, our advanced age, and the infirm Rate of our
health, would have ntberwife completely deterred us
from (uch a truyoge. Bur. we eacem thee confident-
lions as nothing. if Gov will but giant us the prayers
of our bean.
se Nor have thole things which fhould be before
our eyes, at all efcaped cos mind before we formed
Par (orient ref...46(4m t but we have (ten and confi-
&red every things in which confiaeration many dit-
*able. at of-, and our coqfcience was on come of
them doubtful and uncertain; but fuch anfwers have
been reverned. and loch elarations made by order
tithe Ennui or, drat we d
hacre been pertisaded of the
utility of our journey fur the nod of religion, which
is as objr& Derr it is uhuNtiorto detail in a dif.
fide harangue, there tanks to yotifto whom I have
already enromunicsted them, and wbofe opinions
(before we undertook a Rep of loch moment) we not
only confultcd. but to whom, as it was right, we gave
the greateft weight."
a Not to pats over, however, that which is above
all things necettary in important deliberations, well
knowing! that (accarding to the raying of Divine
Wifdom) the refolutions of mortals are weak and
&mid, and their forefight dotibtfol, even of tbofe men
who excel matt in morals and in piety, and whofc
fpeeches rife like incenfe to the prdence of Can ; we
bare, therefore. taken care or pot up the molt earnett
prayers to the Fara: it of all light, that directed by
him,'we may do that only witch is pleafing in his
eyes, and which may end is the profperity and in
creak of his Church.
6, Coo is our la . is, before whom we have in all
humility poured firth our h. air, to whom we have
often railed our hands in his Holy Temple, bet-etch-
ing him to linen to our prayer and help us, that we
bare propotid to oorfelves nothing cite than what
°nicht alvvart to he "or olijct ; hit y, the tntereas
Orbit Catholic itvligir.n. the S re tiiin of Soul., and
the difcharge of th,4l IN poll • iic Fitile,iolis which
bare been cutruned 1.• t.rtworthy as we are. You
sheave our witnefre-. Venerable Brethren, to whom,
as we Ailed at your Connri't, we waked that every
thing thonl.l be pet fettly t-r,,,un and 'andel (Lind, and
era ohm's we have folly coulrniii.icatcd tic genuine
feelings of our heart. when fo great an
able& is likely, by Divine afritianee, to be completei.
%Wog as a faitleul Vicegerent of Gus our Samos,

:UZtheca,
health
from I
flow
of ow
«r
ow al
par A
dared
them
beat
of <ht
is as
Ads 11
skew
Oaf*
only
the
all th
boo
ICU
mid
who
fpeee
have
pray
him,
eyes,
•
Cie*
it
bun
ing
bar
eta
efii
the
Uri
she
al l
this
to
Sec
obi
ad