The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-02-05
sen.-1t belongs . sAs c.shalie World

The great Catholic meeting u aooount Of TIL
.ntv of LimeIick-an account exI
al. u.s civen in our last issue" pa
..,,sans the most important Oh a"y .to,,a Ca
perhaps =. ia essential that all snou,N til,
iio aa-.t. nd that Rome belongs, not'o s.o ha
nor To the Italians, but 70 e'o'' In
catholic. and not only to kno" ' vbv ur
~. st;,l more to know the reason W
: 10 ~ ~ the title, in word, upon WI hs
80 ~. inalienable possession 10 io". q
u.s. W.. I'D R;shop of Limerick set form ."oe n,
NO ,.;.b +ransparent lucidity ana ioi'o' b
His Lo a, up Of anguish and indignatlSn
Hu S VIZ VIZ send forth to-day 10 hoo n0 \
the plaint Of dutifni chllu Father; +
ono the sorrows of their comne e ,,am who
it is also the protest roeesSl interests, great and
hav .o5 lights of their own at s'aAo, " a.
1~So feel that these interests n nv, H;olated
o;.d that these rights have oeen sroatra-
nv the atrocities that nave T R"ma does not
ny VA nm mon the Holy Father. honio w. II ia
te1 upon xclusiyely to the Romans. 80.
nsao ,g,;taoe of the Vicar of Christ; ii tha
:. ."hotever land he may come Iyho ia it
\ mronerty of the Catholic woriu cre;"nty Is
that elects the 81 fG RP"m 70 No, it is the CON
Q 1t tue Sptarflinals. And who are the Ea
G loI,9 Are they all Romans OF aA - The
;ansf. No, they are the eminen i.;msaif from
h Church, chosen by me , I'D apS acting for the
IL eVeiy p; in the selection that tney n %
ChGrS IL ia this and why has IL Teen ~ eo'
lp zn;thont question, for centuries, fsaI and
Or cause the Roman people kn" fseis that Rome
aI o m 1Sbr;stendom knows and 1eeis Cn" LIEN
OF an ~ the property of any race OF na u;tu
OF Is ny Iot e il the centre of Cathohc unS NY
O. pu. an;tal of the Christian worlds Ine nS
i a Of Cod, and that it belongs ~ atIeiic peo-
MS by Divine ot .ha earth. And what, let me
III, pie az H., o, Sustained Rome through the ss1s
ase ASK, nn e mast. and what still snstains Nv w.
no ond keeps it what it is, the Won sr and St
q a world9 Who reoa ahs m nSo Of all
we 70 chnrches, the splendor OF l.s pn ua; r.
lio- lts ,,antsYof its seats of learning anu ~
homes Of charity Whence &c e sns art tha
our Of all the rarest ti Tea alsP Who has don
are SUD- 10 ~ the people of Rome, or o. -,
F.. pns,an States, or of Italy No,n was 1 tn ~
ponas History, even as wri1'en LII, oy i'm
deadliest enemies of the Cn .ands po.day,
the fact that Rome me , as ~ s They rescued.
ber the crea.,or raised it up as it we're fromAo
cave ron i;fa and by their magnifcsnsnnIv !,
er to piet s and charity, by taaShs have mad
ers q indomitable zeal ior %HdfSages the fttinI
" un %. religion OF World. When, more
ich l ~, of 1872" ey e"S of Rome
tn a
' es- than g to save a pershing Seople
,ras- lhkSev assumed reins of governmen'NWalca,
tep~fhsd fallen from every other Nad
they took hold of helm which enS ev .hs cis s
tner else had abandoned. ihey Iouuu tattare
pro- almost heap of ruins-its walls oatteI =
any dawn" it's strane-ssasIes levelled with tn
% in as.si. barbaric incursieg, ana sry
H thing waste, and broul asS@s &feteh
of .'They shutand opened their gates" says til
and historian GibbOn, with o trembling hand
IN they beheld from the walls the flames Q
IN their houses, and heard the Lamentations O
oil their brethren who were coupled togethe
4 or like dogs, and dragged away into distan
ass slavery beyond the sea and mountains
foe And they cried, he says, to their rulers VIII
he'd had abandoned them If you cannot saw
as us from the swords of the Lombards, say
nnO us, at least, from the calamaties of famine.
hnII Such was Rome when the Popes assume
mo-. its sovereignty, desolate, down-trodder
ant ground to the earth, famine killing wha
nIv the sword had spared-a place of mournin
tice without hope, and of ruin without parallel
,to Like Thebes, or Palmyra, or Carthage,
The | says GibbOn, I" the very name of Rom
any would have been erased from the earth,
sniI the city had not been animated by vita
ssai principle which again restored her t
A vital principle The Popes-yes, tn
son Popes "in whose Breasts" as Gibbon wa
tom forced to admit, Hresided, with Twins
the energy, the power as we'll as the virtue c
eX- r, vs. ~ "tAS ~ oPeS " "o
lily. ssa.nins .he sovereignty Oh ,nit "lecke
GER on" "%s'eo Ny..h"o eieJ '.ihiosI VI III
both -oi cav mo IL again inc breath
ore e, an" i','eo IL up irom oeinS tne RUNE
the capital ofthe petty and perishing States tina
Is of ',oJonSu ~, W NC INC Sapitah Oh ChIlsleh
our uon, INC Aouu'hin heao Oh eaf'i VI inc &c
,ur- lgion of Christ, the living centre AM
tive venerable sanctuary of the Catholic world
With And how did the Popes accomplish this
hese "nehce ing resources thae ehaoieu them Z
ain, .ilal. anu aeep houne the wondrous cit
l.. that this was etfected7 Was it by impost
or taxes wrung from the industry of til
,st;- Roman OF 1.alan people. No, it was tn
's' gifts ample, spontaneous, Overlooking gift
otal OF the children of the Church, rich an
eni- poor, all over the earth, laid down in jo
,icb aud tlial devotion at the feet of the Vica
of Christ. No, there is not a stone in til