The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-10-01

But. from the moment that DR.. Dollinger
and his partixsus declared their opinions
openly. the situatiod changed comPleteiy.
Dollinger himself was misled ~ 70 tne
opinions of Catholics In Germany he mao
asserted that priests In great numbers' ,oy
thousands" and even bishops, would JON
his party. The very opposite has , tax1I
In all the dioceses Of Germany, for demon
Council and the Holy See. We shall not
have schism we shall only have few
dozen apostates. All our Bishops are
unanimous in their acceptance OF the oos-
ma, and during last May anu ouno ;, i"o
whole of the clergy in their respectves CO r
ceses made their solemn profession OF "a
tholic faith. The festival of Pope Plus ~
has afforded the laity good opPortunSy
of initiating the example OF their pastors,
and our populations have mannesteu ~
much enthusiasm for the Holy Father tnn'
even Protestants no longer believe IN
numerous secession. Still, however, the
trouble is not yet over, there is still some
danger and it arises from the three follow
ing sources: ]. The Freemasone, who are
we'll organized, and are showing immense
activity. cannot say for certain whetner
what the papers have lately 5een as S.a ha
come u member Of the lodge 1t Carlsruhe
but it is the fact that the lodges show great
sympathy with the movement, because
their principles are antagonistic to Catho-
licism. 9. The German Governments,
which, in their incredible blindness, are
destroying the foundations Of Law and Or
der when they perseeute true Catholics
and the Church. 3. The German Univer-
sites, in which, together with the higher
schools, q large number of the Professors
have become rationalistsi and unbelievere
through false philosophy, intellectual
pride, and the intluenceNof Government
Capitalization. The Congress Of Dollin-
aerists, which was held at Heidelberg q
few weeks ago, was not Of great import
ance. The number of partizans who at
tended was small, and the speeches were
not marked by any religious spirit or intel
lectual, ability. Another Congress is, how
ever, to assemble at Munich in October,
and another in Switzerland, and the mould
ering embers may possibly tiare up once
more. Even 30, however, do not believe
that the apostates can succeed; but, If 1t
please God to permit it, we may perhaps
have hard struggle, not so much against
this contemplate party as against their
numerous and powerful supporters of all
and no creeds. Such, Sir, is the situation
SELF You will observe that it gives US no
cause to despair, but great reason to nsk
your prayers in our behalf"
SWITZERLAND.
Our foreign intelligence has kept our
readers alive to the fact that throughout the
whole of the attempted agitations against
the Papal Infallibility dogma, the Catholics
of Switzerland remained staunch and true.
The Correspondence de Genere informs us
that pamphlet has been issued by the
Catholic BishOps in Switzerland upon the
dogma of Papal Infallibility. The Bishops
insist upon the validity of the decisions
adopted by the Gcumenical Council, and
upon the infallibility of the Pope as Su
preme Head of the Church. .,
The people of Geneva beset an unlucky
Belgian, who recently visited Switzerland
under the idea that he was the ex-Emperol
Napoleon, to whom lie bore a resemblance
in facial expression, mOustache and lmpe-
rial. The unfortunate man was nearly
killed in the melee, and the Geneva jour.
nails now apologize for the affront to the
stranger, who turns oct to be the Mayor o.
Brussels.
BELGIUM.
a very touching ceremony took place re-
Gently in the church of Wervicq (Beleium)
A worthy couple celebrated the jubilee o
their marriage. The Mass of thank sgivinl
was said by their youngest son, priest a
the cnll-." of Ypres, and CASTOR Leroux
one of their grandchildren, made his frs
| Communion on the same occasion. Numer
GUS congratulations and presents were of
| fered to the happy pair on their leavin!
the church for home.
The photography of the Flemish Language
has lately been modified by a royal decree
and printer demands of the king an in
demnity of ninety thousand francs, on tn
| ground that the decree prevents his sellin
his stock of dictionaries.
GrSrporrs Grrr-As will he seen Inv