The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-12
,foREIaN CATHOLIC 1NTEIL1GENcE.

ROME, August 13.-The work in ST. Peters
has greatly advanced sine my last letter, ana
the transept is already closed in ty a high deal
boarding which will be covered with red serge;
Z The seats for the cardinals and the Pontlhcal
throne are already placed, and the carpenters
will soon have finished their share of the busl-
ness, and viii give place to the decorators and
hangers. The third volume of Mgr. Iizzanrs
History of General Councils" has just APP
peared and comprises tho Councils of Vienna,
Constance and Florence, and the schism of the
West So far, only twelve bishops have OK
cused- themselves from attending the Council
on account of their great age and inhrmities,
and these have approved, beforehand, of all
the acts of the assembly. The Portuguese
Bishops will probably attend, and those OF
Mexico start in September. The Spanish Blsh-
ops are certain to come, unless events render
their presence in their own sees urgent IN
any case, a large portion of that Episcopate
will attend and represent the rest An eXhlpl-
ton of Christian art will be opened in Rome
on the LIST of February, and will last till June
Foreign exhibitors of every kind will be inVi-
ted to send their contributions. Ornaments,
statuaEs metal work, tissues and paintings,
stained glass, and every kind of artistic OBJECT
adapted to ecclesiastic purposes Will be admlt-
ted. Our English Catholic manufacturers Will
mt surely be tphipd those of Munich and
Franco in works of Gothic art. The presence
of all the Bishops of Christendom Will be the
greatest encouragement TO their Efforts Inc
Council will, it is said, make some iiuch hccu'
ed regulations relative to Church music. Car
dinal Borromeo, who inhabits the magnlhcenl
apartment of the late Cardinal Altieri, intends
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the Council, so as to afford them an opportunl
" of meeting each other after their daily Ia
bors are over. An ecclesiastical salon wa
much needed since Cardinal AltierTs death
and the want will DO nobly supplied by Cardl
nal Borromeo's hospitable proposal. 1t IS pro
posed to decorate the atrium of st. Peters witt
The portraits, in mosaic, of the ropes who nav
held Councils and Immediately after the clos
of the present one the letters surrounding tn
frieze of the Basilica, and which are now onl
in imitation, will be executed in mosaic IN
words which surround the transept of th
Council, where, perhaps, may be dehned I'd
personal Infallfbility sc the Pope, happen I
he those in which our Lord commands st. T.
Ter to iconfirm his brethren Several Ritua
ists of note have announced their intention
coming to Rome in order to discuss the cond
tions Of submission to the Holy See. The Ca
diual Vicar has Just issued an Inrito sdcro Il
the Assumption, in which he exhorts the IaIt
full to renewed devotion to the Mother OF Gt
ON this glorious feast, and speaks of the nr
versal belief in the Assumption, and the the
logical reasons for it, in terms which seem
lead to the possible definition OF the dogm
IFS defnition seems to be especially desired
the Fastern Churches. Mgr. Pluym replac
MGR, Brunoni at Constantinople, and has
ready arrived. Cardinal Reisachs lime
which has been happily only slight one, =
DELAYED his journey to Germany. SSL. VA
left this week for France, and Mgr. GiiloW
the Fast. After the feast of All Saints I
'cappelle" of the Sixtine will lie held III
Peters, and tho Advent and Lenten serinC
will be preached in Latin.
Recruits for the Zouaves are happly atKiE
daily and also for the Swiss; the 1trengIh
ing OF the Papa1 army before the Couhel1
ing held is quite necessary, as, even shoulu
French remain, Rome must be wei guaEu