The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-23

aud couciliatory course than that of a2
pointing Vicar Apostolic as the tempo
without any spiritual head. Not even in
the times which preceded Catholic emanci
patton in England did the State in this coun
Try OBJECT to the presence of Wears pos
eoiic. Such arbitrary violence is reserved
for Switzerland, which instead of being free
or enlightened country can now, az far as
Catholics are concerned, be only compared
to Russia, and to the Russia of some years
ago. The case, moreover, when looked
into Is worse than it at first appears. Ii
seems that the brief appointing the Vicar
Apostolic was founded on an understand
ing between Mgr. Agnozzi, the Pontifical
Charge d'Afaires, and Nj. Welt, the Presi
dent OF the Swiss Confederation for 1872.
That high official was of opinion that there
could DO no possible objection to the nom
ination of q Vicar Apostolic, and offered to
arrange an interview between MgI. Ag-
| nozzi and the representative of the Canton
| OF Geneva. NJ. Carteret, however, and NJ.
Cambassedes would not hear of any ar
rangement, their object being to push mat
tiers to rupture at any cost and the new
President, M. Ceresole, who owes his posi-
ton to the Catholic deputation in the Fed
eral Assembly, has given them an entire
support.
ALTITUDE and Duties Of the Catholics
The State, therefore, as represented by a
Radical Government and Radical M ajority
both in the Canton and in the centre of the
Federation, has declared war against the
whole Catholic population. Every single
member of the clergy Ia faithful to the VII
car Apostolic aud the Holy See, and it is
satisfactory to see that the laity also have
formed general committee, and opened
subscription to supply the wants of the
prosecuted clergy and of their chief pas
tor. All the parish priests of the Canton
have been mulcted in three months reve
nue. for having published the Pastoral of
tho Vicar Apostolic; and many more
measures of like character are sure to
follow, as the Bishop of Hebron will con-
tinue to govern his vicariate from Ferney,
at a few miles distance. The result which
we hope for and look for from his persecu-
ton IS, that the Catholics, who are at least
one-half of the population, will combine so
as to resist intimidation, and will not for
the future allow their voting papers to be
torn up, and themselves to DO driven away
with bludgeons from the polling place, as
has been their regular fate hitherto.
The Bishop Of Bale and the Fire Cantons. !
In the diocese of Bale, the five Radical |
Cantons are about to confiscate the reve-
nues OF the Chapter, because it will not be-
come party to the schism, and to nego-
tiate with the Cantons of Geneva and Tic
mo with view to setting up, if possible, a
Dolilngerist Bishop, who would seek for
conservation at Utrecht. However, of the
$780, 600 Catholics in Switzerland there are
ouly 2U,ooO, and among them only three
priests, who are inclined to be rebellous to
me church, and, as a correspondent of the
Gien Public observes this week, "people
10 not leave the Catholic Church in order
% adopt fancy religion" What is lost
oy the church will be gained by inGdelity,
30 that the attempt to create q new hereti-
'al communion will be most certainly a
allure. Tie Catholic Cartons of Lucerne
Ind lug will, it is believed, declare, in a
iocument addressed to the whole diocese
u Bale, their opposition to the other five
;antons ; and tue Bishop of Bale has him. {
eli pointed out, in his admirable letter
ddressed to the government of the five
that these two Cantons of Lu. {
erne and lug contain Catholic popula.
Ion OF 100000 souls, and that they protest :
theoretically against the act of the other !
we IN pretending to depose the Bishop.
RUSSIA.
Failing Supply Of Priests-The Russian
;hurch Is soon likely to be short of Priests
. return just published shows that whereas
he nu nbers of students in the seminaries
'as IN 1868, AZ 900, it is now diminished
y q. O98. The cause assigned for this !
itilng Off is that it is no longer com pulsory 1
d the sons of priests to follow their faith
rs profession. Formerly the son of a
rest, mrst be priest now, he NAV be
nyth'ng he chooses. Nay, even the priests
lemselev.s are by the synod freed of
leir sacerdotal character with an incre- I
Die facility. AS in the matter of divorce !,
is only an affair of money. This is c,
hat they call progress.
Proctor ~ CANDLES EXTRA OLIVE Soar T
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