, 1873-03-16

Sunday Morning, March 10. 1873.

CiAuT HG 1QSUIfEu Al %AAo RNAAAA6 ~'@
tween the Church Ronan catholc) and stato'
IRE beginning to assume extraordinary impor-
tauce. lie havo already seen their effect in Eng
land. where alr. Gladstone's Irish University
bill, which Was in reality only compromise Of
Tered to settle this ve1ed question, has resulted
in defeat OF the Liberal party, and probably
also in dissolution Of Parliament. In Switzer-
land the struggle is rnging with extreme
bitterness, and has resulted in the banishmcnt
Of Monseigncur Mermillod, the violently Ultra
montane Bishop of Genorn, we'll as in e
furioua controversy between rival parties Of
Catholics in Dasle. The Geneva difficulty is IN
interesting one. During the annexation OF
Geneva to Trance, under Napoleon l., it formed
part Of the French diocese OF Chambery, but, on
its restoration to Switzerland, it was transferred
to the Swiss diocese Of Lausanne and FreiburE.
few months ago, evidently With tho purpose
Of rewErding Mgr. Mermillod, who is an
u,t:a infalHbilist, the Pope made Geneva
separate Tieariate, without consulting
the civil authorities, thus separating it
from tho episcopal jurisdiction Of the Bishop OF
Lausanne Tho Council of State refused to
recognize Mgr. .1er1niliod in his new capacity OF
Vicar Apostolic, while tho Bishop OF Lausanne
was compelled BY orders from Rome to decline
to exercise episcopal functions in Geneva. The
Council of State reta1iatcd With q bill, which
eracts that no episcopal or parochal Jurisdiction
ehall be- allowed in the Canton, without the ar
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parish priests shall be elected by the
Catholic inhabitants, and shall. be removed
by the State for sufficient cause. On
tho 18th Of January, 1875: Papal
brief WAS read in the Catholic churches an-
nouncipg the appointment Of Mgr. Mermillod.
When this brief was announced by the Papal
Nuncio at Berne to the Federal Council, they
declined to acknowledge it, or the right OF the
HOLY See to disnember Swiss diocese, without
the agreement OF the civil power according to
the Concordat of 1919. Mgr. Mermil1od Tns In
formed of this decision, and vas also told that
he must either resign his new appointment or
leave the country. Saturday, Feb Is, vas
fixed as the time by which he must quit
the exercise of his Office. On the Sun
day after, however, he preached at Geneva,
and On the next day was arrested by the police
and conveyed beyond the frontiers OF switzer-
land to Ferney, where he is now staying. In the
diocese of Basic, the quarrel is between the
Ultramontanes and Old Catholcn, the former:
represented by Mgr. Luchat His flock has pro-
tested against the publication Of the DEGREES OF
the Vatican Council, and the civil authorities
supported them in their resistance The Bishop
ut once commenced suspending anti-in-
1allibilist priests by wholesale, and thus
brought matters to crisis. On Nov.
19, 1872, the Diocesan Conference Of the
seven Cantons condemned his arbitrary
proceedings, and On Jan. %, following, they an
nounced the deposition OF the Bishop. The
Federal Council WIS requested. in connection
with the Holy See, to take steps to fill the va
cancy, and their decision was also communicated
to the Chapter OF the diocese at so1eure, re-
questlng them to name temporary administra-
tor Of the diocese, which they declined to do,
the ground that the See was not vacant. The
Bishop has made protest, which, with the COM
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fore the Diocesan Conference on Feb. II, the
i results Of which hare not yet transpired.
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seencyif the copjuror Of tho vatican could let av
the little stone that would s1nnsh the coossus-the
oppressed chosen "oa!a enanse 1lsen into sr'-
hav. more obfnrc,ttons f,1rn from n, linz If nnx
Pope thsn from those Of Plus TX. There is state
VIE *ntsn ne nas no. 3.nen oue. ne nas solemns
Of Italy he has commenced open war WITH switzer,
1an.; he consrirea against the constitution ut
t.voa ts4 ou'1ms Luz. :" tl1n s naencnh nne
bare elapsed since he expelled the Russian Envoy viii
violence from his Court such matters, even in Papal
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