The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-23
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Fke Pope a Prisoner.

The Pope a Prisoner.
Ws>have NO reliable particulars Of TIN
exact position of His Holiness, siuce the
shameless invasion OF Rome by the Itaiian
troops. Efforts have been made to 7mpssas
on the pubkc mind that the Pope has given
some kind of sanction to the present steaes
of things in the capital of Chrissa9f
In this state Of uncertainty we3Sa b
fall back on the reflections and surmiam
Of those nearer the scene Of action. The
Unita Cattolica furnishes us with sone
thoughts to the effect that IL the Pauti6ed
soldiers were made prisoners by the cons-
bined armies Of Bixio and Cadorna, it fol-
lows as a necessary consequence that esr
Holy Father, Plus the Ninth, is also &
prisoner of Bixio and Cadorna! yinoe1t'
Gioberta called Pho Mono a prisoner wheC
he was in Gaeta, the guest of the King IT.
Naples, who treated him with all the affec-
ton of devoted son. Now, if tue Pope
was declared prisoner because guesbGt
the King of Naples, who can imagine for 8
moment that he enjoys liberty, to-day, or
independence Of any sort under thereon
these two gentlemen are masters of 2onse,
and consequently of Pho None- che
Pope should wish to speak or write. Bikis
might threaten to "pitch him iats The
| Tiber," as he already threatened to dc with
the Cardinals. This threat he uttered In
the Parliament of Florence. As to Ca
dorna, all renders Of the day will remen-
Dor how he publicly insnised the Apch-
bishop Of Palermo in 1867. VIII he tssaAf
the Bishop of Rome any better Wehans
reason; therefore, to believe that Plus Ia.
is prisoner, as st. Peter was in the ttane
of Herod, and on the same account ua-
tional aspirations"-" because it pleased
the jews" If the Holy Father Is 0st
speaking, we have every reason TO Sear
that the Apostolic utteranees are strangisE
on bis lips; and if lie does speak, We i,aze
every reasonA Ito doubt II his eentiaseBte
reach us unadulterated, or that the four
divisions of soldiers who surrounded PinS
TX, as St. Peter was guarded, may n2
have mutilated his words. And cver
though his .jailors swear that such and auck
is the protest or allocution of the PoI@,
how can we believe themf Did they net
say that they had no intention OF enteripg
Rome by force and yet they entessd With
100 pieces of cannon and four hours' bou-
bardment. eff" continues the CdffoHoGs
eve had no other reason for fear IN the
Pope's imprisonment, the Gdsette O0feidas
del Reouo d'ItaHa would furnish most
nowerfuI one, in it's issue of the 18TH az
September, where we read: There beanS
no longer any doubt that the Pontahcal
authority is actually under pressure of the
foreign troops in Rome, Cadorna has no
other alternative but force Therefore, DC
Italian ministers threw out the suspicion
that Plus the Ninth was not free when he
ruled in his own house, must we not be-
lieve him to be prisoner now, surrounded
by the bayonets of Bixio md Cadernaa
We know too well how all the conquests 81
the Italian States commenced with tho an
prisonment Of the Bishops. In Tuscany
they imprisoned Cardinal Corss AEeh-
bishop of Piso in Bologna, Mgr CazaEsg
Vicar Capitular; in Imola, Cardinal BaiuM;
in Fermo, Cardinal Filippo de Apgenss ~
JEST, Cardinal Monchini; at Milan = g
Caccia ut Piacenza, Mgr. RAMA; at he'as-
vento they maltreated Cardinal Riarsc
sforza; at Avellino they arrested Ggr.
Gallo; at VALID, Mgr. SiciliaDt-; at fozgtas
Mgr. Frascolla, and SO ON. Who can biaaae
u.s. then, for being in the greatest auxlSay
about our Holy Father, Pins the AesseA
Are not the fears of good people justified
| when the Bishop of Rome, the Bishop u
Bishops, is prisoners So much the more
so that for the last two days we have Csc
no intelligence of the Holy Father Cam.
asked the Lord, 'what have you done WrtA
| your brother Dogs say We to The
ministers of Italy, what have you done
| with your Father and ours Z