The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-29
Persecution at home.

, late had their sympathies greatly topche
by the snferings of the Church in portion
of Europe. Italy has raised her matrici
dal hand and struck blow after blow c
deadly aggression Prussia has acted i
fuii harmony with the Italian renegades
and even Spain, Catholic as she is to tn
CORE has fallen temporarily a prey to th
Vaccination of Free. Masons and Infidels
But may we not cherish the hope tha
the movement will confine itself to on
continent7
1t may be 80. but already we see tn
symptoms of its vitality, even here il
New Orleans. There are parties in oul
midst who, apparently, would gladly in
troduce into this community the seeds o
this moral pestilence which is now epideu
ic in Europe.
The chief organ in our English language
of this foul spirit of evil and malice ia the
London Times, and one of our moss ipfiu.
entail dailies retails to its readers, second
hand, the poison distilled by that bitter
sectarian journal. The Picayune in it's issue
OF Sunday, the 18th inst, and Tuesday the
24th inst, contains TIVE reprints of most
venomous articles from the London Times.
Ihe former of these is headed Father
Hyacinthe at Geneva" and purports to be
correspondence from that point. Take
the concluding paragraph as a specimen
of its animus.
:. Acting in perfect harmony with DR.. Dol
i ing on general principles Pere Haycintbe
goes even further for while the Doctor stops
at the Council of Trent, the Pere relies ratber
on the Primitive Councils. I do not enter
however, on nice theological tinctions-tbe
catholics desire to maintain their re-
possible. As you have already heard, a law
has been passed giving the people the right of
eiecting their cures and nothing could be
more signihcant of the general sentiment that
While ou!y Isl votes were opposed to it, 9Osl
were in its favor. Could such q measure be
introduced into Italy, the work of Reformation
woa 1 De- half completed, and the minor clergy,
ing acquired their liberty. As it is. the nriest
OF Italy is the slave of his bishop aud the tyr.
ant of his parish.
Now we have had in this Diocese the
scandal of seeing several priests fall from
their vocation, and in one instance, at least.
get married, but they never had the insol
'nce to carry on their priestly functions
afterwards. and why9 Because their |
vas nc Government with power to urge
hem to such course and no government
money to sustain them in it. In Europe
he inhdel Governments are always on the
watch to hire such degraded allies az fallen
priests and unfrocked monks. Thew will
Jay literally for the insolent apostasy of a
nan like Loyson.
but that decent correspondent should
ay the liberal Catholics desire to main.
AIN their relation with the Catholic Cbprcb
much as possible'' is incomprehensible.
tier putting married apostate at the head
those liberal Catholics What relation 1
IN their be between Michael and Lucifer
Then observe the sweeping, insulting
!isehood of the last clause, "7Ae priest Of
aty IS the Stare of his Bishop and the IT, 6
mt Of his parish" :,
1et tue Htcay"ne prints all this for its
lthollc readers, without comment.
HE article of last Tuesday is headed "
Italy and the Jesuits," "The movement p
expel the Jesuits from the Roman F
ates.' tt
Take the following as specimen of the p
endacity Of that article: W
indeed, it is proverbial in this countrv +bo+ =,
pupils OF the Jesnits, unless they enter the =.
ler' almost invariably leave their establish. Oh
nus as their lmplacable enemies. The detes- al
ION OF those youths for their masters finds III
esponse In the heart of every Italian of the ~
rest classes, among whom the name of Ia 10
I Is used as the most intolerable word of TO
ui1 wnen the common vocabulary of abuse FIR
* austed, and conveys the idea Of consum. w.
to hypocrisy. oA'un'- re
We know that these things are barefaced 49, 49,
schools, because boys are made of the
ne stuff in Italy as here, and the Order
re ID the same as in this country. We ia ha
70 never been in Italy, but, there is no err
OF teachers on this earth so popular me me
b their alumni as the Jesuits, Judging on
N facts as existing in America. tn
he lie Of the above paragraph is more SCI
palpable on it's own face. How can Int
re be SO extremely sharp line of de- moi
'cation as that some students are quite me
rmed with the holiness of their profess rec
and even join their company, while J
the rest can clearly perceive them of
be devils. And then, how comes it 99a alI
in spite of all this hatred IN tho Ere