The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-01-16
Chronicle of the Council.

Chronicle of the Council.
The Holy Father lately gave audience in the
evening to Mgr Raphael and about fifteen
Bishops from China. Turkey, Oceanica. Hun.
gary, Albania, etc. After Il few words il
Italian, the Pope said TO them witlsshis gra-
eioHs smile, - will speak TO yon in French j
you prefer it," a Hungarian Bishop eutreatcd
him rather to speak Latin, and the conveTsa-
ton continued in that language. Good has
| worked many miracles" said Pins IN, " but
/ perhaps the greatest of all is this Council, to
| which the Bishops have come in peace md
security from every part of the world. While
Europe is seated on a volcano, Rome is1he city
| of peace and faith" Having as od news of
his Sovereign from a Hungaripn Bishop, the
/ latter replied, s. He has Il good heart and good
Intentions" AS the Pope retired to his own
apartment he was heard 10 say, " In such times
as these it is not enough for a King to have
| only good intentions"
At the solemn Benedcti0n given in the
! Church of ths>Twelve Apostles, on the Sunday
! before the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed
Sacrament was carried in procession by the
HolX>>FatheT, and the canopy borne by eight
ArehbishoPs. At the Papal Allocution, delivered
arrlay of the Church had knelt before the Pope
| to receive his blessing" and resumed their
seats, IA single layman found admission into
the august assembly. Prince Orsini conducted
by Master of the Ceremonies, was led to the
steps Of the throne, where he remained stand
ing during the rest of the Allocution. Prince
Colonna, so long the chief of Il rival house,
dian of the Council" and Assistant of the
Pontifcal Throne"
The Bishop of Orleans is said to be prepar-
ing an indignant disavowal of the sentiments
attributed to him by the Protestant and Revo-
lutionary press. In Italy they have gone
far as to dedicate intidel works to him, as if
sure of his approval When we call to mind
the many noble ntterances of this Jealous and
eloquent prelate, we have good reason to hope
that he-wln confess, his friend the Arch
bishop of Maines advises him, that - he has
made mistake.n He does not require to be
told how to repair it, and to acquire by so do
ing fresh titles to the sympathy and respect of
Christians.
We are assured that the Pope has expressed
his desire that the Bishop of Orleans should
be elected a member of some of the more i'm
portant commissions. Plus IN, says the au-
! thority whom we quote, does not wish that the
Liberal and Gallican school should be able to
complain that they found themselves restricted
in the discussion and defence of their opinions.
Such is always the difference between Liberty
and Liberalism.
In a recent interview with the Bishops of
| Belgium, the Holy Father spoke of the import
| ant mission of the religious press in our day,
and deigned to acknowledge the services which
| it renders to the cause of Christian truth and
| liberty. Turning to the Bishop of Client, his
| Holiness expressed his particular approval of
| the Bien Public published in that city, and
sent his benedictiOn to the editors All who
| are engaged in the same work win find in this
:. incident new encouragement, a new motive
! to labor, each in his own sphere, with zeal and
! prudence. 1t is the Vicar of Christ who tells
as what's mission and in what spirit of
| courage and moderation we should continue to
| discharge it.
Is The German prelatcs, in whom the disciples
| of Liberalism hope to find opponents to what
| they call Ultramontane, that is Catholic, doc
! trine, have given no sign of encouragement to
| such expectations. On the 10th, Mgr Ketteler,
I who has been represented as the most ''liberal'
! of the Fulda Bishops, preached in the Austrian
| church of S. Maria delP Anima to Il German
| audience, land expressed himself" says the
TRirers, g in such terms as to give perfect sat
isfaction to the convictions of the faithful on
| the question of Infallibility."
| 1t is reported that many persons who arrived
in Rome the morning of the 9Th by eXcur-
sion trains from Naples, Milan and Florence,
! never succeeded in getting Inside the Basilica,
! which had been thronged from o'clock in the
morning Some waited till late in the after
noon to obtain n view of the Council Hall.
In special audience granted to the chief
! editor of the Unjr6rs, NJ, Veuillot presented to
the Holy Father as, 900 fraues, a portion of the
offerings collected by that journal towards the
I Holy Father" says NJ Veuiilot, " tor nearly
! two years. Icould not detect, though OBJ
| served him carefully, the least sign of change
| in his personal appearance. In spite OF the
| immense labors which he imposes upon him
| SELF and the inuumerable audiences which he
grants to people from every part of the world,
/ his health has not been affected in the small
est degree. Heis full of vigor and serenity
/ 1t is supposed that the question of civil mar
rage will be likely to occupy the early atten-
! ton of the Congregation of Discipline, its
settlement in Germany, Italy and Denmark has
become Indispensable, and the cases sent to
Rome for consideration are continually in
creasing in number,
A curious meeting took place on Saturday,
the 4th, in the Confession" of St. Peter. N.
/ Louis Veuillot, who had just arrived, was
] PRAYING before the shrine, when the rustic of a
J Bishops tariola, as the prelate knelt down be-
side him. made him look up. 1t was Mgr. Du-
! paDloup, paying his first visit dd limiaa 4Apos-
! tOloTlrR.
Many an adversary, we may hope, viii be
touched by grace in this critical hour, and owe
| to the Conncil his reconciliation to God and
i the Church. g stood in the crowd" says n
| writer in the journal de BTaIeites, :" by the side
of one who was lately 8 member of the Florence
/ Government. He ceased not to repeat to him
self Ii is overw helming, it is Incredible And
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