The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-01-25
The Pope's Hull.

The Pope's HULL.
The Holy Father, PiUs Ninth, has re
Gently issued formidable bull or order Il
the Catholic world. We have no space fol
it, but the complaints he makes of new
"heresies" now being introduced by re.
formers may be summed up in few par.
sgraphs. Among other things which he
believes to be wrong, he charges upon in
novaters, in language more severe than
polite, the teaching of the following
doctrines:
That "the perfect right Of public society
and civil progress absolutely require con.
dition of human society constituted and
governed without regard to all considera.
tons Of religion, as il it had no existence,
or at least without making any distinction
between true religion and heresy."
That "the best condition of society is
that in which the power of the laity is
not compelled to inflict the penalties of law
upon violaters of the Catholic religion un.
less required by considerations Of public
safety" ...-....
That "liberty Of conscience and Of wor.
ship is the right Of every man; right
which ought to be proclaimed and estab.
lished by law in every well constituted
state; and that citizens are entitled to make
known and declare with . liberty which
neither the ecclesiastical nor the civil au.
thority can limit, their convictions Of What
ever kind, either by word Of mot1th, or
through the press, or by other MEANS"
That "the will of the people, manifested
by what is called public opinion or by other
means, constitutes q supreme law, superior
to all divine and human rights; and that
accomplished facts in political affairs, by
the mere fact of their having been accom-
plished, have the force of law"
That domestic society, or the entire
family, derives its right Of existence solely
from civil law, whence Is to be concluded
that from civil law descend all the rights
Of parents over their children, and, above
all, the right Of instructing and educating
them" -"-
That "being the enemies of the
useful sciences, of progress, and of civili-
zation, the Clergy ought to be deprived of
the charge Of instructing and educating
youth"
That 1.-THE laws of the church do not bind
the conscience If they are not promulgated
by the civil power; that the act and DEGREES
of the Roman pontiffs concerning religion
and the church require the sanction and
appreciation, or at least the assent Of the
civil power, and that the apostolic consti.
tutions condemning the secret societies,
whether these exact Or do not exact an oath
of secrecy, and branding with anathema
their secretaries and promoters, have no
force in those regions Of the world where
these associations are tolerated by the civil
government" -..
These are the main errors which PITS
says the world is failing into. Tne last
points directly at the Fsnians and was un-
doubtedly mentioned to strengthen the
hands of the Catholic Clergy in their war
with that very formidable order. We are
apprehensive the reading world of the pre-.
sent day will see too much to commend
10 some of the "erroys' We have quoted
to yield upa support Of them even at the
command of so high dignitary as he who
sits on the banks of the Tiber clothed with
age and decrepitude AMI unable even to
maintain his seat except by the consent Of
Austria and France Public Opinion is
travelling very fast now and old notions
must crumble in its march.