The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-12
The Ceremony OF Degrading q Roman Ca
tholic Prieat.

TO TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
annex herewith . trnnslAtion from the Pontt6oals
Romsnu OF tie form and ceremony prescribed for The
degradation Of . Catholic priest fr I'm his ofhoe in the
church. Your readers may judge for themselves Of
the absurdi Of the story of tie asyng Of Uso Bas and
Of the fall shcod naned in the note 10 the address Of
certain Italians, whish appeared in thu Evening Erpr Of
January 81 -
Note in explanation to An eifoans -Disoonseoraton,
tin Italian 'cscrczione siyains skinning those parts
CT th' hants forehasd and crosn OF the head which
were touched in the ceremony Of oonsscrAng Roman
eccehiastio.
The work from which translate what follows Il suti
led "Ponh6cAle Roma mum Csmentis VIII, 20 Urban
vIlI jussu e isum, inde Bsaedisto XIV rssogni
tum, nc. Casts stum cum Addi,onbus . sAcra Ntuum
Congregations approbste." The Roman Pontinaas plb-
shed by orter Of Cemsat VIII. and Urban VIII, and
afterwards revs~e6 and corsc tad by Beaedc. with
adcitions spproveo OF by the " Congregation Of ksa
published At hsohln. by J. H.ncq pnoter TO the So
q the Faith, and tae Arch bishop OF Aechn 1886 VOL
9, page o7a The portion In ados is tue ruorio:-
The attending pri,as ae,.rer fsto The hands Of TIE to b
degraded a ctace Nth ,oine and ucatrr paten and
ead-a Of uhteh The officiating pr,cx takes a,oay a0aiu
from TIE hands II the p iet undergoing degradation, sdy
E9:-
and Of eslshiarg atS 40 well fer the living for the
7ne ne officiating yre9e saspss ghy (,bradit levitsr)
uuh hnifs faece u gla4 u thumbs AID frefngers OF
moicts y zach hand II Tie piet to te degdded iayp9:-
We lake aEay from Nhce ~ t sorspns the OF OF.
tacrihce, OF and bic whioh thou
dast To- eiye II the annoan OF thy hands and thumbs
Whid hatiag be>s ,ad, the officiating prei11 gr1spi the
choIDbe b. he back part Of Hs hood avd iapyke he priest
q BE- dtGuaded soytng -
We derive tbte ceservedly CT the ssoereoth yestent
wtieb b.hens chs: i because thou hast dvesed hysek
q IL veil as OF ell inrocenc1n
Tsen d> tfGcting fueaie takes II from ne priat 10 b
d,Gr6d,d hi tole saying
'Thtu tss bssy away the iifn Of I'll Lord which
Wis stsie tgurate We, ther fofs, this stole
Thea render ,hso unh1 saceriotsl ooe
AZ tSge GO 20 b- fo1cd ne foIm uei for deg aiding
bishop and page eT3 that used FOL dss rading adeaoon
aud subGescop, all 81 watch differ elt.y from the
preceding. ia worthy Of remark, bscssss shows the
grcss fs -hcod ~ the ,knnins story rat IN the pro-
Iimirary Instruction on d~srsdatiop ~ pigs &C., the
pirg expressly stated 20 be 'pbitce dLrdd1
tiro rel io ri niio h. rsdi ietr sine sdngnis sf
JuStore lea mama nii, qua coNdiose ordtn<
Jurpi t on,Tdn pcin y HE blioIy scrA pse
with ghss or tpfs with any thag of the kind
gently without eGa5n OF blood, (blusb 70 Italians
FOR Jour calurny those psts OF the hands which were
snpontsd who, orders conisro and even the ton
sure, II bs chooses 10 co So"
Sm, Of your rsscera may recolect that when the
Curae Merino. who made attempt the life Of the
Queen OF Span, executed he under the cers-
mony OF eegfacaton and rscoect well to have In
the account, vhsh vas given la the papers, that he
u anh tied no emotion until his fingers we're acrapsd,
vixen he seemed to give say TO fes0gs OF great grief and
sorrow. Sincerely yours, vRsITA3