The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-19

of the normal school, who Aligned
The notdfious Ratibor address, and persists
70 his adhesion TO 1t. In the Rhine pro-
vinces the persecnting snactments have
hitherto been nearly dead letter, in con-
sequence, 1t is believed, Of the presence of
! moderate and Constitutional, though Pro-
testant, President, HEIR Won Bardleben.
This official haa now been placed on the re-
tired list, and his successor is . Herr Won |
Ende of the Dusseldorf province, who was
once project of police at Breslau. Con-
in the diocese Of Cologne, to the chapel Of St. |
Vincent In that city, and to the parish of
Dureu, have been denounced by the au-
thorities as invalid for want of Government
sanction, the priest nominated to the first |
is threatened with penalties IL he exercises |
his functions, and the parishioners in the
charge committed to the priest Keller is
null and of no effect" In the diocese of
Treves. the Government Commissioners
have visited the establishment for the re-
ception of "demeritent priests, and on
the refusal Of the director to report to
were inmates OF it to be sent away. One of
these went his way, but the other declared
that he could not in conscience profit by
the act of the Government, and held him
aelf at the disposal of his Bishop. The
thirty lone young priests just ordained by
6ukb x1tbhoV uoV0 DE0ocG0ou w ntm Oh ~"
dress, in which they reafarm their
fidelity aud their readiness to obey God
rather than man. AT Limburg, the Bishop
ordained all the; sixteen students in his
Seminary before the laws came into opera
ton, SO that the college is at present
hidden to receive any fresh pupils into his
college for younger students, the Seminary
itaelf ia that city has been deprived, as we
have mentioned before, of its annual State
grant, and the Theodorianum, another in
stitute, has been, docked of part of its
buildings, while the Bishop lie threatened
with o retrospective sentence for the sas--
pension Of q priest several years ago, long
before the recent laws were thought of.
The Archbishop of Posea has notified that
the Seminary of his Diocese, closed BY OF
der of tho Minister Of Public worship, will
not be reopened after the summer recess,
as he will not incur the risk of further vio-
lent measures. In the suit brought against
Mgr. Krementz by the priest Grunert, the
| Bishop has defended himself in sspeech of
an hour and half with great power and
effect.
THE PERSECUTION IN CANTON BERNIE.
In Canton Berne the outrages on the lib.
critics of the Catholic population are becom-
ing worse than ever. AT CouTfaivre there
is charitable foundation of which the
parish priest is the legal administrator.
The project called upon the cure 10 sur
render the funds and title deeds, but the
latter refused to commit o breach OF trust,
and was supported in his refusal by the
municipality. Thereupon the municipal
them that the project would know how to
moderate their zeal in behalf Of the parish
priest; and last week four gendarmes ap-
peared at the presbyter and took the priest
into custody. He remained in prison that
night, and it was only after nenacing
| hat thA
consented to examine him. The priest made
good his case by documentary evidence,
and the excitement Of the people WAS SO
great that the project promised to teie-
graph to Berne, TO obtain authority to re-
lease him, remapding him, in the mean
ever was, it ia asserted, ever sent, and the
cure Of Conrfaivre remains in prison. AL
most at the same time the sixty nine parish
priests of the lara district are expelled
| from their cures by Government Ordi-
i dance, and an agent of the authorities has
| been travelling throughout Belgium and
4 FrsncestO pickup bad priests who will
consent to take their place. This mission,
i h0wever, has been by no means successful,
and even il q handful Of rebelltoas ecclesi-
asties shoald be found to work the schism,
the population is mistaken in its attach
ment to it's lawful pastors. But the Can
tonal authorities, not content with the
sweeping expulsion Of Bishop and parish
priests, have been making use of the an
nual thanksgtVing day TO inhict fresh
outrage on the Catholic citizens. In the
proclamation sent according to usage to be
read in both Catholic and Protestant
churches, and actually read in the latter,
the Government declares war against
4" that Power which has done ne 80 much
harm formerly, and IL now concentrating
It's forces for the destruction of the Inde-
pendence of peoples and States--the Roman
Curia." CATER having mathematical all
that the peoples hold most dear, this truly
noxous power does not fear to attribute to
q man, sinful like ourselves, failibie like
to the Almighty Creator of heaven and
earth, and TO impose, under the name OF
dogma, this blAsphemy On the public con-