The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-10-03
Tho Pope and the World.

Tho tendency of modern society IL to remove
tho State from any and every influence oi the
Church, and, If IL were possible 10 Danish . ano
Creator from tho affairs of His Creatures.
Ctesarism subjects tho authorities OF tne
Church To military power; Protcsthhtisih sets
priyate Judgment above Divine revelation
| fiheralis,n makes the will of tho individual |
| snperior TO tho common veal; Rationalisni 10
MES all revealed truth and rejects everything
snperD ntus+sf; Positivism goes further stiIi ana
| declares that men have neither God above
| nor a soul within them. Against this move
snent towards return to Pagnpka9a ssn2 i nte
! ~ aayanes tho Catholic Church stands alone
/ and her earthly head, the Pope, Is the only
| guardian and defender tho world possesses oi
| mans three great treasures, truth, Jnstice anu
/ The Pope is now tho only guardian of truth
| When science was proud of being Cathohc'
: and when power deemed It an hono5 TO PRO PRO
eeed from God, science and power used To eeho
the W ords of Popos, and to h9 JOINT protectors
of truth, Things are changed at present, aua
the Pope alone remains the oracle oLtruth.
So also tho Pope stands alone Us the main
tainor of Justice. True it Isl that Catholic lay
. mem aud priests, and bishops, do their best TO
protest against unjust oppression, But, while
. their voices are stitled amidst the din of their
, enc,nies no power on earth can stihe the Voice
o of the Pope. 1t at ,onen 't~rTANe* unjust Jaw
Il of any hold upon therconsrirnccs- OF tue ialth-
=, nui; IL strikes the hearts of the Churehs enc,
q mics with weakness; and to the Chnrch herseli
i it reserves the future. In all asoSsnaNe wickS'
a. laws been made against the ChnfChi th'
r Ponies protested then as the Holy Father pro
y tests now their protests rNmatn ever IN f"ESe
M while bad laws vanish ana nj TINS ulyi tn'
IA voice OF the Popo reminding Spain and Rnssts
AZ and Italy and Austria ot tho Judgment OF Goa
nj has more power than any armies or codes o
AT laws to keep iustico alive in the world
ih+s4%ls- Hxnn4 think IL 4 para
IA dox to say that ia addition ~ truth and JUS
liberty itself finds its only true prttsctlol
M in the voice of tho Pope, Medern hheEal.s,
Ri Aprnfrxses indeed 20 oAeE freedom to all, but
An a,.int ut fact confers it vile passions alone
n. carefully withholding it from all that Is good
rb 10 take one instance only, the liberty of re
no ugiou the Catholic Church is the only reiigio
es which has received from God It's right 10 eAiSt
~ f7nfTS anu rhIs ses+s' taIlAts Ii
sir only one from which modern liberalism strns
an Giles 10 take away all freedom. The liberty
he EFhe Catholic Church implies tho free praetio
10, of the Canon Law, the free possession and us
es of ecclesiastical property free eeeiesiastiea j.
,m risliction, free performance OF rites ana nun
nm TONS and freeaom"to instruct in sacred Sc
re rnee Liberals would not leave any one
IL these liberties any portion OF them, TO -
ro- tholies, IL the cold man of the Vatican cease
Dol to utter those words of power which give q
On courage of martyrs to the children OF Il
Ia Church. and strike dism&y into the hearts
TN the prosecutors by laying bare their iniquiti
Iea before tho whole w0rld.--k-rcAsRSe-