The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-11-12

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The French Sees and the Embassy at
Rome.-The return of NJ. d'Harcourt to
France has been interpreted in various
ways. The italian Press eagerly seizes
on it as an indication of a mere hostile at
titude towards the Pope, and OF the aboli-
ton of a separate diplomatic representa-
ton at the Vatican. Some Of the French
papers declare, that it was caused by diff |
ficulty arising out of the form adopted by |
Rome in appointing to French sees since |
the fall of the Empire. 1t is euite true
| objection to the form Of the briefs appoint |
ing the Bishops of Agen and Martinique,
| on the ground that the Governments, tn bis
| opinion, actually nominated the Bishops
| though the Pope's sanction was necessary
| in some other sense, than shat of present
ing them for appointment. 20 a bystand-
er, nominating and presenting for appoint
1 mept, when the authority to whom they
are presented has the right of approsinEori
4 Esiscttng, comes ~ mn 4 t1e same tnas
been smoothed- over, and tue only cause Tor
the delay in the preconizatiOn OF the Arch
bishop Of Paris and other French prelates
has been the fact that several Italian sees
were to be filed up at the same tlme' Inc
Univers declares that the real reason tor
NJ. d'Harcourts return, was simply his de-
sire to be present at the election for the
} Council General in his department, where
he has been n successful candidate; and
the Patrie has very sensible article, dep-
recating the gratuitous concession to the
3 Italian professions which would be in
3 volved in the withdrawal of the French
3 Embassy to the Holy See, measure which
would imply the negation of that indie
t pendent sovereignty of the Pope which
D even Italy, itself, felt obliged to recognize.
: Championships French papers publish
g a curious statement said to have been pre-.
g pared from authentic statistics, showing
), that, during years occupation of Cham
= payne, the German army of occupation
u consumed no less than 2,550,OO0 bottles O.
: of the famous vintage of that country. o
= that quantity Rheims supplied i,StO,oot
bottles ) Epernay, 433, GOO; All, 49, 200.
q y GERMANY.
; Protestant Congresses.--Other Protestan
a Congresses have been held in Germany
That of Darmstadt was attended by Pro
= testants of the rationaiistic or wholly inf
= del type, so prevalent in Germany. 1t al
"A most rivalled the Congresssof Munich in it
~ expressions of hatred to the CathoH
u Church, the Holy See and the Jesuits. On
"A of its deliverances was that theology mus
~ be emancipated from creeds, and that til
-
A' prived of the right of organization.
- short, it is hard to say why the Munich an
", Darmstadt meetings did not coalesce int
w one. The other Protestant gathering too
&c place at Berlin. Curfouslyi enough, TIL
y name of General Won Moltke appears g
- one of its chief promoters. 1t has bee
-, coniectured that the CONGRATULATIONS ow
20 70 religious belief has hitherto been suppose
i., to be of no particular cemplexion-real
-. ~ represented the Emperor of Germany in tt
~ n business. The Berlin Congress consiste
~ of the men who, in Protestant German,
10 occupy the opposite pole of religious opi'
, ion to the Darmstadt plenipotentiaries.
i hs Berlin Evangelical principles are in Il
III ascendant, and are strongly favored by Il
IA Emperor. General Won Moltke did not q
q tend the meetings, but Government fdn
*. tionaries and official persons OF all Sol
eli were very numerous. The chief buslne
III was the suggestion of ideas, one of t
a. brightest being, that of a project Of int
~ communion of Protestants, to be realized
40. the formation of grand ecclesiastical co
IL vocation OF clerical council, to include
Ine its wide embrace all the Protestant SCI
20 and denominations of Germany. 1t is ]
aso mafknble, however, that neither this, Z
.s. any OF the other propositions spoken
.e were formulated into motions or Submit
. ~: to the Assembly. The suggestion, ma
on, by leading Protestant dignitary, Kahn
Do Of separation between the Lutheran 9
ga Calvanistic element in the "Evangelics
Vi Church, violently agitated the meeti
and almost broke IL up. OF course tn
were protests, though not fierce on
the against Rome and infallibility, and {
pro- seemed tho only subject on which anyth
BIN like unsnimity could be elected.