The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-01-31

IHE MUnNlNU O1AO .
FOREIGN CATHOLIC MrEIIloKHcE
Car;stmcs in Rome-On Christmas day His
Holiness the Pope oficiated at the high altar
of st. Peters, in the presence OF al the great
dignitaries Of Rome the corps dipiom; aens
concourse of foreigners. After the service ne
proceeded to the chapel of the Holy Sacrament,
where he received from Cardinal t En-, s sns
College. The Holy Father replied to the nd
dress In the following words:
The war against the Church is,oi ola da aI
centre of religion, was the great object OF love
and hatred, the field of battle of the enemies /
of God The Lord willed that this arena which
martyrs Then, as Christian nations in the
following ages concentrated all their efforts for
the deliverance of the sepulchre of Christ, 80 |
it happened that other men, animated by con-
trary sentiments, endeavOred, in their anti.
crusade to seize the sopulchre OF Peter and
Paul; Emperors. kings and people, ; nave nom ON
saults on the Holy See. Many Popcs were per- |
secuted, imprisoned, exiled, but they came ont |
of prison with glory, and returned triumphant
from exile Such are the lessons of history
which our contemporaries seem to have forgot
ten, but which, for al that. are not the less
true. In considering the present atate OF E9-
they believe that the Church also is to fall.
But if even we ereS entirely isolateds Il We
should be deserted by an-xhich DO not be-
of tina Roman Pontifs will always find An echo
| in the world, becauso It is promised that sup
port of which you have full knowledge. But
| it is not sufficient for to invoke that sup
port; we must also merit it by the exercise of
| the Christian virtues and notably of humility
and charity"
| The Pope's Auocation on the Spanish Revolution
ROME, Dec. 25.-Yesterday morning the Pope
| held o secret consstory, in which he Pro-
nounced an allocution rejecting severely on
the Spanish revolution. The Holy Father said
| that this event arose from the turbulence of q
minority, who, led on by conspirators, sup
pressed and cowed the great body of the Span
ish nation, and drove their legitimate sovereign
from the throne. He spoke in the highest
terms of the moderation and love OF order
which characterized the Spanish people, and
denounced the revolutionists as alike abettors
of anarchy and enemies of religion. He bit
terly complained of the insults heaped on
priests and venerable bishops, of the persecu.
tion of the religious orders, who were subjected
to the most cruel exactions and he concluded
by exhorting the Sacred College to raise their
prayers to Heaven to stop this torrent of evil,
, and restore to Spain her sovereign and her re-
ligion.
r Some days ago the Holy Father walked
! through the streets of Rome, and perceived
that some poor men were trying to make their
whas hsS fhss reped
, save them and their families from starvation.
His Holiness directed them to attend next
> morning at the Capitol when they should be
employed, and, returning to the Vatican, he
, sent for the Marquis Cavalletti senator of
3 Rome, and complained that the municipality
did not provide work for the poor. The Mar
l quis declared that the funds of the municipality
T were not adequate to this object, on which the
f Pope told him to expend what was practicable,
privy pu mssl saP Msu Ga Gass.se ' M
. The Roman correspondent of a Paris journal
r reports the death ut Rome of o celebrated
s French priest, the Able Mineux. He was born
K in 177O, and was consequently ninety-eight
years of age. He was ordained at the age OF
, twenty-one specially for the Irish mission, but
8 Wexford for Rome in 1884, where he remained
t up to the time of his decease During his life
/. time the Able was an ardent supporter of the
v adoption of the Immaculate Conception ar
n article of faith.
. Russia and the Holy SEN reply to certain
y Russian proposals, the Pope has declared hii
: | Willingness to admonish the priesthood in Pc
"a land to acknowledge the existing government
tionally, provided the direction of the Catholic
D Church in that country is restored to the Bish
ops and Holy See. The negotiations which
have led to this signal concession are being
l. conducted by NJ. Valuvef, the late Russian
g Minister of Internal Affairs, who has been stay
= ing at Rome the last few weeks; To what ex
n tent Russia will concede the condition will
d which the Papal proposition is clogged remain
r to be seen, but the proposal in itself look
very much like a symptom that the hope o
,e ever witnessing the resurrection of Poland i
N at last abandoned by the Vatican.
t The Marquis of Butte, says the Westminste
d Gazette, has just been formally received int
n the Catholic Church by Mgr. Capel, at Nice.
rs The Scotch Catholic Directory states tina
3 thirteen priests, including the Grey Friars
A have been added to Scotland this last year
~ but allowance must be made for other incidenta
~ changes, which only brings up the total o
~ priests in North Britain to 900.
x. Two English books were, after due examina
ye ton, put upon the Iudex Mt Rome recently
r. One of these is Mr.. RenOuf's Condemnatio
1e of Pope Honorlns;" the other, Mr. Foulke'
le Division of Christendom."
The Rev. Father Brown, of Lancaster, Eng
land, died in that town ON December 29th. II
- | had resided at Lancaster for many years, an
"a wac connected with st. Peters Church there
" BY q very large number of people-people be
IL longing to every section Of society--he was re