The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-16
WsoNLAAEoUs FOREIGN NEws.
Ito October 25th.j

u1sonLAAEoUs YoRxIsH NEvs.
Ito October 2sth.j
IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS OF THE BISHOPS
OF IRELAND.
The following resolutions were adopted
at meeting Of the Archbishops and
Bishops of ireland, held in tho Presbytery,
day, the 18th, and Thursday, the 18th Oc-
tober, 1875
l.. That, with q view to the Improvement OF
Catholic education, and in order to make our
University great centre of Catholie education
throughout Ireland, We win take immediate
steps to affiliate to it tho several colleges,
semiparies, and higher schools of our respec-
tive Diocese; that we approve and adopt the
scheme proposed to our meeting. relative to
examinations for matriculation and degrees in
arts, philosophy, and theology; and that we
sanction the arrangement for the creation of
Bourses and Exhibitions, and authorize the
I,niveEsity Coupci! to compete and carry on
Q. That we pledge ourselves to have the
prescribed collection for the Catholic Univer-
sity made every year on the third Sunday of
Diocese, giving it precedence of ali local
claims.
3. That, whilst earnestly exhorting our
hocks to support the Catholic University by
their generous contributions, and to sustain
by their influence our Catholic educational in
situations, we renew our most solemn admoni-
lions TO Catholic parents to keep their chill
schools.
4. That, whilst we sympathize with our peo-
pie in every legitimate effort to ameliorate
the condition and to promote the temporal well
Iare OF our common country. we, as Bishops
call upon them to use all constitutional means
to uphold the cause of Catholic education, and
we pledge ourselves to support, and exbort
liamentary honors, only those who will, in
Parliament and out Of Parliament, strenuousIy
sustain our educational rights, which are in
separately bound up with the best interests of
s. That the best administration, financial
and disciplinary, of St. Patrick's House of
Residence, stephen's-green, be confined to
6: That the erection of new School Of
Medicine and University Hall, on the Univer-
sity site in st. stePhen's-green, shall be COM
ously approved by the University Council !;
and that Committee be organized by the
Rector to aid in collecting funds for that pur-
pose.
7. That the Rector be authorized to engage
the services Of competent gentlemen as leotur-
ers on tho following subjects for the present
year; eight lectures to be delivered on each
snd postI2 ind sps s,
tiquities, evidences OF the Christian Religion,
Modern Irish history.
9. That we will use our best efforts to estab-
lish and maintain classical schools in the
principal towns of our dioceses.
.. That we earnestly call upon our clergy
throughout ireland to exert all their vigilance
and zeal in REFRESHING drunkenness, which is
one Of the great evils Of the day, demoralizing
and impoverishing the people, and destroying
in Thousands the souls which Christ died to
save Amongst the means which may be use
ton Of prayer" and the establishment in every
parish Of Temperance Societies, based upon tho
PRINCIPLES of the Catholic Religion.
81 10. That we see With deep soTsow the CON
Pope Plus TX, and the persecution to which
Religion is subjected in Rome. the centre and
capital Of the Christian world that we also
Switzerland, Spain, and Italy the Bishops Of
the Chnrch, their clergy, and Religious Orders
are afflicted and, therefore, we exhort our
aoG S to put on the spiritual aTmor Of faith,
prayer, that in His mercy He may look down
upon His children, and restore peace to the
Head of His Holy Church and to its members
Signed on behalf of the meeting,
PAUL CARD. CULLEN.
TIE APOLOGIES OF THE TIMES AND THE
PAIL MALL GAZETTE.
To the letter of Archbishop Manning,
enclosing summary of the Falck laws,
the London Times replies by the argument
that the State contributes to the support of
the clergy, and has therefore right to
such control over them as it pleases to
claim. 1t admits, however, that it "cannot
Ieel any surprise CnaI the h0man CatnOllc
prelates declare such laws" incompatible
with allegiance to the Holy See, and if the
Prussian Government thinks them COM
patible1t is, we fear, under O misconcep-
ton" But in the opinion of the Times it
is % unquestionably justifable =" to force
Catholics to violate this allegiance, that is,
to cease to be Roman Catholics at all. And
the Pail Mall Gazette, in an article evil
IDENTIFY by the pen which has been so often
used to advocate persecution, defends the
laws, as usual, on the broad principle that
the Catholic religion is false, and must be
put down. 1t candidly acknowledges that
" it is quite true, as Archbishop Manning
says, that the measures of the German
Government do touch religion vitality. 1t
it quite true that the German Government
has said very emphatically to the Church of
Rome: You are an enemy, and we will
treat you as an enemy. We will take
measures to prevent you from teaching
people the lies and nonsense which you hug
to your hearts, and which you dignity by
all kinds of sacred names. You have
practically forced US to form an opinion
about you and your ways, and that opinion
T.