Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-12-01
From the Cincinnati Times.
schi.m in the Catholic Church.

schism in the Catholic Churcn'
,..s se,ious than that which has
"a 80 rnuch bitterness Of feeling 10 the FRO
...,an, Eo,scooai Church, appears 10 DC On 'he
ar,.L,nc n,ace 10 the Roman Caiho'ic Cnnfch
~" LA States. A large body OF tue Cam
o;c. of New Orleans, concev'og .ha' ''o n'sIop
81 The diocese arsoeates 10 hHnseH 'e"po'0, p
ers inconsistent with inc 'reeuon .,,;,sn. hv on,
.c,;on guaranteed TO American ci',ze"' W o''
ss,:,..1 Institutions, have denounced MS P'ocee-
s,,ooo terms and refused TO submit TO
~. aic,aI;on. We have already Pnbhshed 10 Pat''
,ha views of that portion oil his constituents ""'
.n.,aio Bishop Blame in the Posi'ion no mas asSu
med; we now propose 10 give 'ne o'oe' e''e "
,ba ones,ion. 10 order TO a right understanding
r. ~ sane u ia necessary 10 state that IN The
80, 1897 or 30 the wurdens OF tho parish oil
Nv Orleans pet,,,oned Congress Tor me power
r. ;.,;,, cn,,tes who should be appointed by
the Bishop without their conseh' a"u '''' O inc
lsitv. Joseph Rosati, the then Dishop, commu-
nicated intelligence of this proceeding 10 Leo the
.r,Ih nc a, ,ha, time occupied the Papai
(,ha;, and his Holiness issued OrleI address 10
he Bishop. in effect commanding the wardens TO
weld obed,enco TO Bishop Rosat, IN the matter OF
The appointment Of cu-ates a similar move
men, we should here mention, huo been made
some time before by the wardfns md part OF me
la;ty of the Cathedral Church Of Philadelphia,
which had been arrested by briet Of the same
tenor, issued by Plus the Seventh, the predeces
sor of Leo the Twelfth. Since 1928, the dis
mute between the wardens and The See OF Now
Orleans has given occasion to much coaten'ion
between tho two parties, and the contention has
now led To a schism which II Is very doubtful IT
any brief 'buIi' Of the presen, Pope, Gfege'y
the Sixteenth. (unlcss il should concede the claim
OF the wardeDs,) can heal.
The disseu,ients take bold and general ground
They attack tho principles Of temporal supreme
cy. and refuse 10 recognize il in Pope Bishop.
Il thnyJ Ill gha tirnn N
rash and slavish submission TO the will Of pre-
late who proc.aims in this land of liberty and IN.
dependence, the temporal Jurisdiction Of The Pope
of Rome;' aud lament that there nre men so
blinded by bgotry as not to distinguish between
the true Catholic Religion, between the govern
ment Of the church and its abuse by the priest
hood; and who are ready to sacrifice their right,
as American citizens, not TO please God, but to
please his Holiness the Popen These schisInaiics
as Bishop Blame calls them, insist that 'at lis
foundation the Roman Catholic Church was q
truly Republican ins,iu,ion,' that down TO The
18Th century, the cnra,es and bishops were cleo
ted from the clerical order by the vote OF the
people. and that the Roman Pontifs have unjust-
iy sough, deprive the layiy of this lnes,imable
privilege.
They profess that in resisting the dictation
sought TO be exercised by the bishop, they seek
only 10 restore the ancient usages Of tho church,
and that they will not permit clerical intrigue
civil hatred in order to serve tho purposes IF &C.
c,esiastica! ambition. The d!sseniients say they
nre not surprised. in Wow OF the temporal antho-
ri,y claimed for The Apostolic See, that IN the
Northern States the Catholic Religion is regnr-
ded with distrust: and avow their determination
TO preserve the independence OF tho domestic
church.
Such are the sentiments which the sch sma,ics
$50 cailed) have put forth through the medium ct
The press 10 New Orleans, and ii is easy TO per-
ceve tina, The questions involved will agitate the
entire Roman CATHOLIC community OF the United
States. We have par, nor lot IN the contro'
versy and do not intend to mix IN the discussion
but as ,hero are probably thousands of Roman
Catholics in this city, who Of course t,ke a deep
interest in the matter, we have taken the pains
to lay the facts of The before them in clear
and lntclIigble form.