The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-07-25

ops manfully defend tho Catholic canse, and
strive 10 keep, entire the principlca of our most
holy faith, and to preserve the unity 81 tSe
forts with which impious mon endeayor TO pro-
paoate their errors. And for the future we [
trust that the whole Catholic clergy Will en- |
might the illustrious examples of their bishops
In the meantime, we again and again admon-
Church seriously TO consider how terrible God
is in chastising His enemies, and those of His
Church For ourselves, venerable brethren, let I
not cease with most teryent and most mum ~
bio petitions to pray and to beseech the Father |
of nierces to bring back all miserable wander |
ers from the way of perdition to the right path
of truth, justice and salvation. ana daily mere
Church every where in the world with now ana
more splendid triumphs.
The rector of the Polish Seminary, tho Abbe
Raisiewicz, has addressed n letter to the 10.
man Journals to deny q most calumnious report
circulated in the Mazzinian Press by two reyo-- \
lntionary Polish priests, named Mikoscewsky
and Volinsky, who have recently been eXpe,ii ,d
visited the Grand Duke Vladimir on his pas
sage through Rome. The Able is the rector OF
the Polish Seminary, end his sole oisense was ~
revolutionary conspiraeies, which, under the
veil of religion aud nationality, have dragged
Poland into worse misery tnaa a; sne ever YEN on
| the connection of the priesthood with move
ment sustained, at least in part, by the Mazzi-
nj
vice Of the Polish Church il the mission of the
| clerks of the Resurrection of which ne is gu
| perior, and his resistance to all Russian lnnn-
| cnces is as well known as his prudence IN an
\ staining from political action. l need not say
| that the story of his visit to the Grand Duke
was q pure invention. -,
| The Catholic Church ia Poland-Io anmhiiate
| Catholcity in PolDnd, the Russian government
are not satisfied with deportinS hcr oishol's'
Tho katolic, of Mayence, gives the foiii9qWing
details of prosecutions to Whleh the Ahusoo
IA very great number of priests" says that
| journal, ''are either exiied or incarcera5edc
The Muscovite government have taken hoiI oh
all parochial properties anu reduceu INC III
| gys salary to q derisory figure. he
whole clergy is placed under police inspection,
and the Governor of Yolhynia has expressly
| ordered the authorities not to allow any ser
mon to be delivered in churches before IT'S
| manuscript has been approved OF ny 1hen
eud when such.approbation Is not ehtireis de-
! MED, two or three months elapse before ~ Is
granted Church singing is equally suninitten
to the control of the police. Every eertlhcate
of either baptism, marriage, or burial must pe
drawn up in the Russian tongue"
| These arc not the only facts revealed by the
| Katofic. Gen. Potapon, Governor General OF
Lithuania, had Professionally tolerated among
Catholics the use of prayer-booKs IN hhe FoIi Is
language; a recent ukase has wlthdraWn inns
authorization. To this imperial decree VAS
annexed catalogue of prohibited salnts INC
Catholic clergy are ordered neither TO nonof
nor even to name them in the service OF the
j Church. The relics of the blessed Josaphat
| Kupezuyies were laid in the parocnial chuIch
7 of Blala in Podolia, and the recent canohiza-
ton of this holy prelate had naturally IN
creased the veneraton OF Ills remains. Ihe
Administration took suspicion at the eagerness
of the faithful who visited his tomb, and or
dered q detachment of soldiers TO carry away
the relics of the saint. This command was ex-
ecuted to the letter, and blessed Josaphats
coffin was sent to st. Petersburg.
Gen Potapon ordered the suppression Oh the
most ancient congregations, rs also the closln {
of a great number of churches and chapels; q
; single one of his orders deprived the Cathoncs
! of thirty-one churches and chapeis. EVsrs
Catholic baptism is an offence, for which nne
of ten roubles Ell los. is inflicted II the chilo
. is a male and five roubies II 1t Is q 1eniaie
But if parents should consent to nave tneh
p. children baptized by Pope, they receive fouI
pounds for every child thus baptized Such Il
Muscovite apostleship! No wonder If it effects
that the great bulk of Poles are still resisting
apostacy.
9 The Catholic Church IN Chind.-Our reader
4 will not have forgotten the accounts we gave
short time ago of the fierce prosecutions raIs a
L tie renort that the persecution has ceased, AM
that it's salutary effects are, already beglnnln
: to be felt. The soil watered three years u;
> with the blood of that heroic missionary. ~
Mabileau, and quite recently with thar Oh ~
:, Rigaud and of the forty or ntIy GhrisI ,a
Z massacred with him, will not fail TO yleia
Il rich harvest of conversions to our holy reh
y zion In the district of Yeou-yang especiaii!
Where NJ. Rigaud obtained his crown OF ma
tyrilom, vast numbers are salu TO oe Eesuy
embrace the faith. A reinforcement OF apps
toiic Iaborers is all that Mgr. Desfieches T,
qures Writing under date Of February Suy u III
W the directors of the Seminary OF Foreign Ms
Ie sions at Paris. the Bishop says: I'VE cheris
d the tirn hope that NM. 6iabileau and Rigau
IS will avenge their death as the saints know no
l. they will obtain of God the grace Oh COZ
II version those unfortunate people WI
% have treated them so barbarousIy they WI
a. aid us with their prayers to establish onrseivs
IL permanently in this country, where, II COD "
50 secures to us freedom and tranquility, IL
ID prcEching of the gospel will certainiy prod1f.
3 abundance Of fruits unto salvation. 80 II
To serve only to strengthen our hopes by tt
&c thought that if FeouYang were really oa
is rem field, front which we could reap nothln
III t6e devil would not make such unremittII
st efforts to shut us out from it," The Bishop CO
~ cludes his letter with asking for ten mission
en- ries We have doubt they are already vi
d him.-Bonbay Catholic Examiner.
ne CARDINAL CULLEN on THE FREEMAsoNs::