The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-28

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that, as the sin Of heresy lies in conscious
0ppo sition to the doctrine of the Church, |
theJ are not heretics, because their refusal
t. accept the DEGREES of the council 10
Of those DEGREES do not form part of the
revelation which the Apostles transmitted
TO the Church. In other words, they are
judges of what the doctrine of the Church
is a method of defence of which every
body who has ever been condemned for
But their real misfortune probably is, as
the Monde puts it, not 90 much that they
believe too little in the Church, as that
they believe too much in M. Won Bismarck.
RECOMMENDATION and Prussian La,c.-
These accommodations have been used
by the Prussian Government as fresh
pretext for interference. Official letters
logne, and the Bishops of Ermeland and
Breslau. calling upon them to state how
they reconcile the sentence of major ex-
communication with the prescriptions of
Prussian law which prohibits acts deroga-
tory to the public consideration of in
dividuals. The reply of the Bishops, if
they have made any, has not yet been pub
imagine one. First, the Catholic Church
is not an anarchical body, but regular
society, Theoretically constituted, with
the right of expelling unworthy members.
Secondly, all its members are aware that
this right of expulsion exists, and hold
q Catholic, who acts 30 as to provoke his
expulsion or accommodation, is not more
discredited amongst Catholics by the SEN
tence than he already is by his acts; and
it is obviously not from the Catholics with
whom he has quarrelled that he would
Int Goth
whose consideration and respect for him
would not be in the least diminished by
his being declared no longer Catholic.
Lastly, Communication is o deprivation
of purely spiritual rights; no temporal
consequences are necessarily attached to
judge of the propriety of it's application.
The letter pnrporting to be from Herr
Windthorst, which was said to have been
| found at Canon Kozmian's, and was used
by Prince Bismarck in his speech before the
Senate, turns out not to have been written
intends to question the Government about
it on the re opening of the Reichstag.
The Parish of Kayl Placed under Inter-
dict.-From the frontier of Prussia, Kayl,
the Uniuers publishes letter recounting
the fact that the parish of Kayl has been
placed under an interdict. The youths of
this parish taking advantage ;of the Car
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ligion into ridicule. The Papal benedic-
tion urbi ct orb was aped amidst the jeers
and laughter of an appiauding crowd, and
a variety of other acts of religion were
treated in a similar manner. The authori-
ties tacitly approved, and NO protest was
made by the people of the town.. The
Bishop of Luxembourg, in whose diocese
Kayl is situated, demanded a reparation for
these outrages on religion and to Plus TX.
Nothing was done. On Sunday, the 10th
! of March, after Solemn Mass, the Secretary
of the Bishop of Luxembourg, after q
pathetic sermon, read out the sentence Of
interdict which was to prevail in the parish
of Kayl, until the Inhabitants should return
to repentance. Immediately afterwards,
| in the midst of the astOnishment and the
sobs of the parishioners, the sacred species
were consumed, the lamp of the sanctuary
was extinguished, the candles were extin-
guished, the affairs were stripped as on
Good Friday, the holy images were yelled,
the church closed, and the ringing of the
bells prohibited, the celebration of the sa-
cred mysteries was suspended, and the
priest of the place Immediately departed.
A neighboring priest is charged with the
administration of the sacrament in ertrenis
and without ceremony. This blow has
caused an immense sensation in the country.
Nationality in Alsace.-A large proper
tion of the inhabitants of Mulhouse have
decided to elect for French nationality. 1t
was certainly a prevalent impression
some time ago that the wording of the
treaty permitted the Inhabitants to de-
clare themselves Frenchmen, and to re.
main as foreigners in the country, but
the Germans, it seems, do not intend
to admit that Interpretation. Some jury
men have been refusing to serve on the
ground of their being Frenchmen, and were
Immediately ordered across the frontier.
| ITALY.
The Italian Ainistry.-The LAMA Cabinet
which has just succeeded after some diff
Guilty in obtaining vote on the Budget
equivalent to . vote of confidence, has, il
is alleged, in order to obtain a majority,
been obliged to promise several posts in
the Ministry, and being somewhat embar.
rassed to meet it's pledges, has requested
those who hold them to wait until after the
division in the Senate. 1t is rumored, says
the Voce della Verita, that the Government
will then resign en- 'nasse, and reconstitute
itself with four or five new Ministers. A
telegram in the Uniuers asserts that LAMA
Sella, and Visconti will be the only Minis.
ters who will retain their portfolios.
The Erequatur DiGculty.-The question