The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-13

" the object of religious instruction. he
has therefore, after many Intellectual remon-
ate order to the teachers Of religion. The
younger children up to the second class e1-
clusiveiy are to receive religious instruc- |
tion in Polish, the only language they un-
derstaud, but when there 10 minority OF
.German-speakipg children they are 20 Se
Instructed separately in German. In the
higher classes-as by that time the chill.
dren will have acquired q knowledge OF
Recommendations, as we'll az other insgsuc-
ton, may be given in German. The 69ns-
okratische Zeitung says that the Arch osnop
is perfectly right. but the senai-othciat
press ia wild in it's attacks on bim,. the
Posem Courier, which published his circu-
lar, has been seized, and the teachers VINO
obey it are threatened with dismissal.
SWITZERLAND.
Persecution in Canton Bernc.-The Gov
ernment of the Canton of Berpe has "sus-
pended" all tho cures-ninety-seven In
number-who have refused to obey It's de-
cree for carrying out the decision OF the
Diocesan Conference or, In less euphe-
mistic language, who have declined to ac-
knowledge the right of the State arbltrarl-
| ~ to depose Bishop ana have announcer
elected in his place. They are all to ne
prosecuted before competent" tribunal,
and removed from their cures; but it is
when they have been removed that the
practical difficulty will begin. The do
| cese of Bale comprises seven Cantons: In
all these Cantons there are. we believe,
only three priests who are unfaithfal to
their Bishop, being already apostates from
the Faith and if in one Canton only nine
ty-seven parishes ere deprived of their in
| cumbents, we can conceive that there may
be some difficulty in making the three re
bellious clergymen stretch sufficiently to
| fill up the gaps which the forcible action
fof the Government would create through
out the diocese. The matter must end
1 with the deprivation of the Catholic pas
tors as far as their temporalities are con-
cerned, or perhaps with their forciole re
movable appointment of others In their
place is out of the question, for there are
no priests to be accomplices in such an
act.
A New Form Of Church Gouernment.-lt
is in Soeure that the pretensions Of the
s'Libera" party are most developed. Not
Only is the Government prosecuting the
Bishop for not acknowledging his ewn de-
position by handing over the diocesan
! funds in his charge, but the School Com
} mittee of that place has issued two circu-
lars, one addressed to the teachers, and
the other to the clergy. In the one, the
teachers are forbidden to use any school
: books containing the doctrine of Papal
; Availability or any deductions from it, or
teach it or to expound it orally. They are
further forbidden to make use of any book
] of religious instruction whatever which is
t not authorized by the School Committee
4 In the other, the clergy are informed that
J! they are forbidden to use, either in school
J or 10 church, any catechism, book, or Other
t means of teaching this doctrine or any de
It auctions from it; that no book of religioui
t instruction is to be used either in thu
n church or in the school without the con
q sent of the Committee, and that NO docu
d ment from the Pope, the Bishop, or othe
e ecclesiastical authority containing TIL
r dogma, is to be read in the churches OF til
)" city. If We were to say that the Schoo
l. Committee of the town of Soleure consid
cred itself equal to a General Council W
s. should probably be held by it to have IN
y derstated its powers. This is also,
le believe, the first time that School Com
l. mittee has assumed episcopal jurisdictio
ie over the clergy.
* "Liberal Catholics" at Geneva.-At Ger
in eva the x-Pere Hyacinthe has delivere
j. his first lecture in the Hall of the Reforms
W ton, building for meetings and concer
On something like Exeter Hall. A Berne tel.
g. gram states that upwards of 5000 Peep
en- were present, from which, as a previol
ut telegram informed us that the buildir
le. would hold $500, some deduction is pr
as badly to be made. The number of I'll
sss moment. There can be little doubt tb
he all the violent anti Catholics, free thinker
lat and Communists exiles in Geneva we
he present, together with fair sprinkliDg
ro- curious spectators from among the mo
sly respectable Professionals. But as this a
to semblage will probably be adduced as eI
it'll deuce Of the existence and strength of
hat sold Catholic party at Geneva, We cam
an do better than refer to testimony viii
nee will be suspected of Catholic bias-tt
TIL of the correspondent of the journal
in Debats. The Liberal Catholics, he writ
7on will not hear of o separation of Chur
hat and State any more than the Liberal Pl
en- testants. "Here you will stop me, and q
hop me whether there exists q Liberal Catho
,th party at Geneva. 1 will answer with CO
the plete fraukness that this party does not {
RED list, but that it may come into existen
Pere Hyacinthe may perhaps contrib
The to it's formation, and in this respect
cen mission is very important one" AT
rus. this we may leave those who are curious
ar statistics to enquire into the compon
the elements of Pere Hyacinthe's congregat
has at Geneva.
it'll Altitude of the GeReUese Catholics
by Geneva, the popular vote on the Bill
one submitting the appointment of pari
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