The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-08-24
The situation in Italy.

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against the sacrilegious government of the
usurpation in Italy, provoked by the last
law of spoliation which has passed the
italian Parliament, will probably be found
! to mark the crisis of the conflict between
| the Church and Liberalism throughout the
Peninsular. The severity of the sentence
| incurred by the authors and abettors of
the confiscation DEGREES is disguised by no
reservation, as the partIzans OF the usur-
patton asserted would be the case. Plainly
and fearlessly Plus TX. recalls the facts
| that "this law, condemned not only by the
| Church as opposed to her right and to the
| right Divine, but also openly reproved by
legal science, as passed IN contradiction or
ali right natural and human, and conse-
uuentIy null in itself and of no effect, has
nevertheless received the appreciation of
the Legislative Body, and been sanctioned
by the Senate and the Royal Authority );
and having thus Enthusiastically signailed7
out the criminals for universal reproba-
ton, the Supreme Pontif proceeds ex-
pressly to warn " all who have not feared
to propose, approve, and sanction this law,
all who publish it, who favor its execu-
tion," as we'll as all the acquirers of &C.
clesiastical property, that they incur the
penalty of Major Accommodation, and
are in open peril of eternal damnation, (et
in aperto UerSari tIansnGti0nis vternB peri
culo)" There can be no illusion or mis-
apprehension as to the scope of this sen.
| a.
rial Office, and while the Catholic world as
sociates itself with the action of the cour-
ageous Pontiff, the camps of the Church's
enemies are filled with rage and confusion
at the unfinching Judgment which has fall
len upon them.
If we are to believe the Ga=etta dItalia
and the Joarnal des Debats, both the con-
fidential organs of the Italian Revolution,
the MiHghetti Ministry has been SO alarmed
at the possible consequences of the Papal
sentence coming to the ears of the Catho-
lie populations of Italy, that extraordinary
measures have been taken to con6ne the
knowledge of the Allocution as much as
possible within the walls of Rome. In Rome
itself, the usurpers are fully aware that 80
long as the august Pontif remains among
his faithful people, it is impossible to pre-
. vent the true Romans from learning what
l ever it concerns them to know. The rela-
, tions between the vast multitude of the
, Roman population and their imprisoned
Pontiff and King are 50 close and strong,
/ tue action of the various Catholic societies
. is 30 far reaching among all classes, that
whether the Pope proposes particular de-
o votion or renders an infallible judgment,
r the detectives and gendarmes of the intru-
D der are incapable of shutting out Rome
! from it's real Ruler. We are not surprised,
accordingly, to learn that the Catholic
y. journals of Rome have published the Allo-
: cuton without any effective hindrances'
y unable to confne the Papal authority to
'tt the Vatican, it is an old trick of the Revo-
- | luton to utilize what it cannot forbid, and
- we may expect as q consequence to lind
~ the Arbibs and Artems and the other jour
,. nalists of the Ghetto quoting the free cir 81
- Osserratoro Romano in support of the men
- dacous thesis of the spiritual independence
of the Papacy under the protecting shelter
of the Synagogue and the Secret Societies
R. 1t is evident, however, that the revolution
l, ary authorities have better hopes of being
N able to keep the masses throughout the
country from learning the fresh and ap2al-
ling condemnation which their tyrants have
8, incurred, that the Gd@-etta d Italia, re-
~ counts that orders have issued from the
8. Ministry to all the Crown Prosecut9rs
if throughout the provinces to take immediate
to steps to bring the provisions of the crimi'
ii nal law to bear upon all, whether ecclesi'
Id astics or laymen, who, whether by speak
n. ing or writing, from the pulpit or in the
So press, venture to publish the Pontiica
o, Royal Authority" The Journal DIES De
is bats, confirms the statement of the neo-Ita
m lan organs, and the Semi Israelite prin
rd adds, with that touching moderation which
as is so we'll understood, that it must be disa
he greeable to the italian Government to bt
c, obliged to have recourse to such rigorou:
Vn measures in order to ensure respect for the
lis laws of the kingdom, but that an " in
of vincible obstinacy," is the cause of the ne
nd cessity. We may pardon the Journal de-
y. Debdts the use of the term "obstinacy
of inasmuch as it has recognized that the at
'al titude of the Holy Father is " invincible.'
pit In this epithet is heard the cry of despai
a of the Liberalist conspiracy. The ques
a, ton, SO long favorite with the sciolists o
de the day, whether the Pope will reconcil,
nd himself with new ItalyP" has received it
es, definite answer. The Church, which doe
n not retreat, and cannot be destroyed, is in
he deed "invncible."
'u 1t may be doubted, however, whethe
even in the rural districts of Italy, tn
yly would-be suppression of the AllocutioI
de will be carried into effect. The dread o
the Catholic demonstrations, which has led t,
ck. the prohibition of the great pilgrimages il
ure Italy, may indeed impel Prefect here AM
iclo there to make some attempt to fulfill hi
at Instructions with regard to the Allocution
sale We suspect, however, that the certaint,
Co. that its substance will not reach the peopl,
jim. one whit the less speedily in consequence
gon of its public prohibition, will be found ma
,its teriallY to damn the ardOr of rho ravcI,