The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-16
.nern.ng Star and Catholic Messenger.
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Rome and Education.

ohLkAES. SUNDAY. oCrOaKR e 49,
Rome and Education.
Now that the Pope ia .pparent,v :, =,
.o,'s Of his enemies, the English press. ant
~ slav'sh followers in the United States
Unrest the stale charge that the Church il
genefal and the Pontins in pa,tioular ar,
aesfs tesseducation. Reliable stati.ti,c,
! thes Salse charges. Rome itself i,
"a eety ~ education, for It il full Of
- II has noble universities, and the
seest boy has . career before him. he
y be can pass throusSh infant schools
eehools or night schools, and the pub
schools, tosthe aniversitiss, for, in some
literally, nothiDg but his keep, yet
cases lees than poor boy can be ed
- for any where else. Il sas numbers
tional colleges, to which the most
tsing pupils at home are drafted off
lucation under the nrst professors that
e had and by means of the Propa
which furnishes students speaking
n fewer than fifty different languages,
hrs education ont to very remote quar-
But instead Of going further into de-
we give the following Protestant tes-
my. William Roscoe, in his uLife and
- of Pope Leo x" says:
II individuals have ascended the Pom
throne without possessing more than
nmon share Of intellectual endow-
=. Hence the Roman Pontiffs have
9entiy displayed examples highly |
my of imitation, and have signaiized |
pselyes 10 an nminent degree as pa
Of science, ~ letters, and of art,
philosopher may contemplate with APP
efi0n the eioquence and courage of
~, who preserved tile city Of Rome
the ravages of the barbarian Attila:
enehcence, candor and pastoral atten-
~ Gregory I3sunjustly charged with
4g the adversasINf liberal studies; the
pms requirements of Sylvester H.; the
letry, acuteDess aud learning of limo
Ill, of Gregory TX, Of Innocent ".
kof Plus H., and the munifcence and
OF literature 80 strikingly displayed
he character Of Nicholas v. The NUM-
Pt encouragement afforded by Leo x.
very department. Of polite literature
fCf elegant art has given him a reputa-
which, Notwithstanding the diversity
political, religious and even literary
(ions, has been acknowledged in all
ized countries and by every succeed
Rge.
krd Macaulay thus writes:
% often hear it said that the world ia
fning more and more enlightened, and
this enlightened must be favorable to
estantism and uHfavorable to Catholi-
We wish we could think SO but we
reat reason to doubt whether this is q {
founded expectation. During the last i
Fears Professionalism has made no con-
p worth speaking off nay, we believe
Pc far as there has been change, that Z
Be has, on the whole, been in favor of t
hurch OF Rome. We cannot, therefore, n
&ontdent that the progress of know
will necessarily be fatal to a system
has, to say the least, stood it's ground
te of tue immense progress made by b
umaa race in knowledge since the f;
Eof Queen Elizabeth.
btinOny to this effect might be multi al
ito any extent from Protestant authors. r
3 would only serve to cucumber the l.
er. They may, as the Universe truly
i by Gods will be allowed certain =,
" triumphs for season; they rob b,
ply Father of his lawful inheritance q,
4nay even drive him again into exile
bay again scatter the College of Car =,
and may. again, as in ls4s, lay I'M 8,
Bands on Gods temple, and blasphe- d,
y insult divine ordinances. These
. they may do, but they cannot de- Ia
History, and therefore they cannot ri,
lnt the glorious truth that for nearly &c,
aousand years the Church has been,
jim worldly matters, light and a tb
to mankind; that when Europe 1e
|bned to sink into darkness she stead ee
|held the lamp of learning, and that,
an ungrateful world may desire to NJ.
p her fair fame, it is forced to admit -,
I'd it not been for the Catholic Church 90
Emework of society would in perilous
have been broken asunder, and under g.,
erwhelming food of barbarian, all No
Edge would have been extinguished. . .
aistory is 50 replete with startling events that r.
or 10 that it has mot been more frequently used
artists. Perhaps tho difficulty Of deliueatinG Tor
racters without giving offence in England, has TIL
png the causes AZ present. however, ireland Ia q
tho London play.goors in all parts Of the me-
4 At the Princess's Theatre . drama, Tho
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