The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-29
CHRONICLE OF THE COUNCIL.

81 CHRONICLE OF THE COUNCIL.
, The Free Nations and Infnllibizitv.-Tb
. Roman correspondent of the Pail Mall Ga
, Sette sometimes makes :judicious observa
ton, perhaps only to regret it afterwards
On the 18th of April he notices, with appro
pirate comments, fact which appears t.
as he calls it,, "of Mgr. Spalding, Arch
bishop of Baltimore, in favor of Pontifica
lnfalllbility, has drawn attention to the
fact that the three champions of the dogma
Dr. Manning, Mgr. Spalding and Mgr. De-
cnamps, come from the three freest countries
Ct tie acorld-England, North America and
Belglum-cOuntries which do not recognize
the Roman Catholic Church, and in which
the Church possesses little property The
people of these free countries, we NAV in
form this correspondent, are sufficiently
lnteiilgent to understand the truth lately
proclaimed in the Cathedral of Notre Dame
by Pere Felix, that it is dependence upon
an infauible and divine authority which
alone rescues us from the peril of eyerv
form Of human servitude." The writer in
the Pail Nall Gazette will do well to medi-
opponents Of the DOGMA" he continues,
"are from States which have concluded
ooncordats with the Holy See, which recop-
NE the Catholic religion as that of the
nation, and either directly pay its clergy,
as In France, or maintain it, as in Austria,
S".S "uu NerHany, In possession of
vast estates. This fact is much talked on
He might have added-but even newspaper
writer's do not think of everything at once
that Mgr. Mermillod, of Geneva, and all
the Dutch Bishops, without exception, are
also champions of the dogma" Holland
anu switzerland take, therefore, the same
view of the subject as England, Belgium
and the United States. We are not sur
prised that this verdict of all the free ma
tons in favor of POntiical Inf,llibiIity
should be "much talked off,
~, me Letter Of the archbishop of Baltimore.
INSCRIPTIONS of the liberal Catholic ionr-
nais, publishes letter said to have been |
addressed by the Bishop of St. Louis and |
the Archbishop of Cincinnati to Nor. On
panloup. According to this document, of
"nich we have no reason to doubt the
are far from desiring to condemn or censure
cue motives which induced the worthy and
learned Archbishop to publish his Lett
ter" and they add, We willingly confess
that among the prelates of the new Church
:, the United states the great majority ad-
proceed to argue against the definition.
1ur readers may judge of the nature of
heir arguments from the fact that thew
seriously ask how the Irish, who form {
he mass and support of the Catholic
in the United States" will be per-
vas an Englishman, "was infallible in Civ
ng Ireland to Henry IIY' They do not r
ay which dogma of the faith was defined
y that act, probably because the question
lid not occur to them. But the omission q
o be regretted. Perhaps we NAV ado.
WITH due respect for these excellent pre-
ates, that the exultation with which all
UGH arguments are received by the lawless
nd impious can hardly recommend them !
Christians. One of their venerable COL
aagues has we'll observed, with allusion 10 ,
II Who write against the .prerogatives of
he Roman PonNf, and his words cannot
% too often recalled: "What kind Of
postles are those who come to us vith an a
scort Of all the enemies Of the name of Jesus
The Holy Father on Jou,nalism.-The Os
'rudtore Cattolico of Milan, of the 23d If 7
.pril, relates the incidents of an audience i
ranted by Plus TX. to certain Venetians.
he words of the Holy Father were first
ublished in the Venito Cdttolico, and in
crest all Catholic journalists. They arc =
nus reported: may say that the Coun-
IL supplies the newspapers with their ma
'rials and, after good or evil fashion, fills
lelr columns; falsehoods, exaggerations,
nd know rot what else, nothing comes
miss to them. Happily in Italy we have
lso good journals, which counterfeit the
VII wrought by the bad ones. 1 would
ven say, taking into account the propor-
on of numbers, that there is no country
which there are so many good journals
) in Italy. You also at Venice possess
pod journal. l read it sometimes, and it
really good. Yes, tell you, 1 declare
lat it is good. And yet, forsooth, there
g people who would like to silence the
atholic press. 1 could name to you, but
i'll not, certain personages who, not only
this moment, but for more than ten years
lst, have presented themselves before me,
I'd begged me to use my authority to silence ]
9 Catholic press, which, according to q
EN-, is the cause of all the evils in the a. A.
lurch of Jesus Christ. Doyou know how -
them very willingly, gentle-
en-, but on condition that you will pledge
your word FOR it that henceforth there
all not be single anti Catholic Journal
hat, indeed, do they wantf These gen
men would like to shut the mouths of
hers that they may keep all the CONVERSE
n to themselves. do not say that a
tholic journal can never go little astray.
liged TO write every day, it is no marvel
taken unawares, these writer's do not ut
cry moment preserve moderation of m
10. But in our age such journals are T
lily necessary, aud do great good."- II
ticaR.
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