The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-07-09
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IRON ROME.
ROME, June 9th.-The Holy Father con-
tinues in excellent health, and this week
administered the Bread of Life to a num-
ber of young men. uo,:..
had by special command and at his own ex.
pense. q grand Requiem Mass, at which All
| his household attended. performed In the
Church of Santa Maria in TRANSPORTING,
I for the souls of the Archbishop anu tne
/ of France and Austria, with their secre-
taries and attaches, were present, also sew
+ eral other diplomatic personages, Prelates,
! and most of the generals of the Religious
orders here, many of whom had hao menu
: bers brutality murdered there. !t was
! liar circumstances under which it took
place, as few among that audience could
answer that q similar fate did not await
them. and that at no distant day. Indeed,
we already look on the Holy Father -
more than q voluntary prisoner. ~
stantly BY day and night patrolling al! the
walls around the Vatican. No d0nbt the
Italian Government wish to retain HIS sa-
! cred person as q hostage, and as little
: need be entertained that they would have
any scruple at deserving Him to the mercJ
: of the Reds If it suited their convenience,
or if any warlike danger threatened them.
Consequently, Catholics should be on their
guard. and not allow the order, and, per-
4 haps quiet Of next week, when Rome
promises to have o number OF strangers
within her walls, or their having unimPed-
{ ed access to the Holy Father, to blind their
1 eyes to what is really the case.
i A fearful act Of sacrilege took place some
i time during the afternoon or the evening OF
1 the 9TH In the basilica of Santa Maria di
: Cosmedin. The consecrated particles, and
also the large Host in the remonstrance
were carried of, leaving the remonstrance,
the pyx, and the chalices Of silver and OF
value intact. AS such o thing has not oc-
Cured here since the time of Mazzini and
4 the Republic In 1s49, there can be little
doubt that they have been carried on TOT
use in what the Sect designate as the
= DEVILS Mass" when they are placed be-
tween black wax candles, and 3 travesty of
4 the Mass goes on, each person as he enters
the assembly stabs the Host exposed with
dagger, and very often they are after
= wards iguominiously scattered on the
ground, trampled under foot, and even
i worse.
On the Eve of Corpus Christi. at O'Clock
+ in the morning, the parish priest OF San
Salvatore in Lauro took the Holy Com
munion in solemn state to his sick parish
toner's. Three men stood with their hats
gesticulating; no one said word to them,
and the parish priest gave them look full
s of compassion, which he had 20 sooner
= done than they gave vent to the most hor-
4 rible blasphemies against the priest, the
a procession, and the Sacred Host, in accents
= which proved that they belonged to the
party of order who had entered Rome by
the breach of the Porta Pia. In spite OF
this we are gravely asked why the Holy
l. Father did not do His duty and carry the
Blessed Sacrament in public on the Corpus
Domini, " And be assured, oh let Him
try, nothing would happen to Him.
Another act of persecution against the
Church is being perpetrated by the Flor
entine Chambers. The committee lately
appointed to consider the reforms in the
army as discussed in the Senate, has decid-
cd that ecclesiastical students are no longer
paying a substitute, or passing TO Tue
second class, in which case they were
j obliged in time of war to act as chaplains
if priests, or as infirmarians if not yet in
holy orders. The Feast of the Statute wat
marked throughout all Italy by such heavy
rains that any rejoicings over it were rem
dered impossible.
On the first evening that the Novena il
honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus wal
being celebrated in the Church of st. Johr
the Evangelist, in Parma, a band OF distur
bers entered the church, where they made
great deal of noise, interrupting the ser
mon with groans, Kisses, and cries, and a
last obliging the preacher to descend from
tue pulpit, and the women and young
children TO fly from the church in terror
Those who had the courage to stand thei
ground drew up a protest against thest
heroes of the Freethinkers, and thi
modern civilization" whilst the latter
Issuing from the church. commenced will
cries Of "Down with the Cross 81 /" Dow
with the priests !" drew mp before tn
house of some priests, where they re
lopb1ed their zeal and nrooaodiun olon