The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-28
The concordat in Austria.

Inc Emperor of Austria seems dete,
!, mined to exhaust all the resources of de
, graduation. Extruded by Prussia out G
Germany, where his ancestors swayed :,
paramount power for oenturies, the pros
trate Hapsburg has endeavored to prove t,
the world that he was not altogether ex
tlpgulshed at Sadowa, by showing his
spirit In what he conceived a manly way-
TO please infdels-and kick against the
rope. The whole world are aware that at
the lnstigation of Count Won Beust, his
Protestant Chancellor, and of some schis-
matte and turbulent Magyars, and, more
shameful than all, of some half dozen
recalcitrant bishops, who were in miser
able minority in the Vatican Council upon
the Pope's infallibility, when deciding as
the successor of st. Peter upon matters
pertaining to faith and morals, the Emperor
OF Austria has rescinded the Concordat
with the Holy See. The Tcumenical Conn
Gil has declared the Pope incapable of fall
ing into error when discharging his duties
as supreme pastor and doctor of the Church,
ana for this The Imperial, Royal and Apos-
selsss s-ssifeae asfeepb sppuls BY. his. fat
feiiglous agreement formally entered into
oy MIN, of Ills own free will, with the HOLY |
see FOR the regulation of ecclesiastical af-
airs In his dominiOns. That Concordat
vas not worth preserving after the mutila-
ION committed upon it in SO base and cow
'rdly manner by the Austrian Govern
nent two years ago, and the realization of
he desplcable menace caused no regret
'eyond that felt at the further degradation
1 the Hapsburg dynasty. That dynasty ,
as suffered heavily already as manifest &
unIstment for the denominations of the I
,hdel Joseph. And we are sorry to be '
bliged to add that the first Francis of l.
ustria and last Francis of Germany was a
great tyrant over the Church as the a
lstory of any Catholic State can furnish. n
is grandson began his career well. In /,
10 early life there was promise of true al
Tristan life and Catholic career. The ri
fusion has been for some years dispelled, al
I'd many recent incidents in the history of 81,
e Austrian Government have banished o.,
ON our minds all regret at the prostra- n,
On OF Austria at Sadowa, and all painful p
'prehension of the Emperor's further
by Prussia. The only regret
G Holy Father can feel at the Emperor's
nduct will be inspired by those paternal :"
siings which afffict his heart when he VI
es his children wandering from the right III
W and going to destruction. Piux IN. IL. IL,
tered into the Concordat for no personal
but solely for the good of
igion and the sovereign and people of W.
stria, to whom alone its abrogation. in ~
scandalous a fashion and through so mi
itous motive, can do harm. Before
} Hapsburgs emerged from their obscu- 49,
Y in the Swiss mountains, and were in -.
oted for their future eminence to the
pc, according to the memorable legend ~
their house" Deus Petro dedit-Pet,us wa
EN- Rudolpho''-the Church fourished
der the guidance of the Popes in Ger I
ny, and in Hungary, Syria, Croatia, 'on 9
ravia, Bohemia and the Tyrol; and e o'.
en- the Hapsburgs will be mere historical 20" n
nes-their empire and power and gran lett
r gone-the Church will flourish In the the
le territories under the guidance of in pea
IDLE ropes. Uni
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