The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-06-08

Oh 4<Iouuon COuRI1suk8Gou ulm06l1 upon uoNLul
stopped it in 'institutions fer fallen women
and In "sisterhoods," by threatening to with
draw bis colntenanee from tho establishments
At last the b Bishop Of GiSIoesser e moved for
knowledged evil" and the Bishop of Ely il
seconding him said he 'should be sorry tc
have it thonght that nothing could 10 done
eognizant," naively expressing his belief that
no other communion in this country twas &c
much at sea upon the matter of confession az
munion would it be possible for man to set
himself up as the general confsssor' of dis
trict without any other authority than his
own;" We should think not, indeed, certainly
We fear the Ritualistic 'confessors" are in an
uncomfortable position. The Bishops are
unanimous. The Archbishop indeed was not
meant; whether it meant confession before
the administration Of the Holy Communion.
S.; o. whether The term was applied to tho con
IN spite Of this h, slight
would suppose from his position to have re-
eeived . slight smattering of theology, there
was perfect consensus that ''saeramental
one to be unsparingiy suppressed together
Nth "Prayers fog (.ie) the Blessed Virgin
Masy, ," Holy Co%m1nion at Burials." 'Cons-
vices for baptized Children" The petitioners
therefore in asking for icenses-we suppose
the idea was to get some show of faculties
have only obtained an unqualified disavowsl
and threato Of suppression. But We fancy
this will press less hardly upon them than it
would upon people to whom episcopal govern
mens was a reaiity; Their theory, We be-
tical, every. ".priest" has a right to be his own
Bishop-a view not without its advantages.
as you got the credit of being under episcopal
government, without any personal ipconveni-
ences.
FRANCE.
L.
France matters are coming to q crisis. The
elections hive all gone for the Radicals except
in the Charente Infereure, where II. Bofanton,
. Bonapartist, has been elected over o moder-
trade opinion. At Lyons NJ. Ranc, the men,
ber of tho Paris Commune, and M. Guyot have
polled considerably more than double the
votes recorded for their opponents; in the
beaten N. B. Saint Marc Girardin; and in the
Loir-et-Cher, n. Lesgui1lion, Radical, has
been returned by overwhelming majoity.
SS NJ n;s
form has thus been served upon the Assembly;
and other Radical organs are clamorng for q
coap Getat The President, as it would appear,
does not quite know what to do. 1t has been
alleged that he has come to the determination
formally to proclaim the Republic, but we do
not believe IL, for he would be Immediately
can no longer obtain support from both sides
of the Assembly; the best circus rider in the
wsrld cannot bestride two horses which are
galloping in opposite directions. 1t Is accord
resign; but as he cannot well do before
the compilation of the liberation of the
territory, which it is expected will take place
oy
are ready and the Ministers are said
TO be opposed to any postponement Of them
We are, therefore, disposed to think that N.
Theirs will be persuaded without much diff
Guilty 60 make the best of his poeition and re-
main in power for the present. But he carnot
last forever, and there seems every reason to
10, therefore, only natural that Catholics
should look to prayers as their only resource,
and should be organizing pngrin,ages on
Ghsrtres @ % and to Paray.ie.Mona the the conVonto % % Of
devotion to the Sacred Heart The Beigians are
about to take q part in the pilgrimage to the
last-named Shrine, and the prof ect has received
the warm appreciation of their Bishops and also
Of the Holy Father, through the Nuncio at
Paris His Holiness has also specially approved
of the proposal to petition the Assembly to
consecrate France to the Sacred Heart.
SWITZERLAND.
The CksrcA in S,0itserland-The Swiss Plus
Verein has been holding an important meet
at Gruyeres, in Canton Fribourg, under the
presidency of the Bishop of Lausanne, and
werm protesting. against the iniquities now
being accomplished. and in Canton Uri the
Cantonal Council, has taken place in q meadow
near Altorf, when, after prayer according to
our ancient ennsnmsir tho Landsynnaann call
cd the attention Of she Governmsns and as
were calculated sto snRgsst grave reaeetione.
People talk of t6leEanee, bnt who cam repEoach
the Catholica fog intolerance When vsnera-
BILE BishOR dos liz anAx he ia violently dopos-
cd and dravs9 feom bis Tesidenoe BY force. An
the priests who oO0tiape TO obey him and their
condolences are per8eented T6inES are driven
to suoh point that these whe prove their At
tachnent 10 their spiritual bead are prUveAted
from celebrating the divine Office. Whist sort OF
confederates are those who act thus The mo-
nnent has arrived when we must know how to
affirm our faith. 1t is high time that the CathO-
lilo people should show that it will not permit
itself to be driven INCREASINGLY. These at
tacks are directed not against Catholics alone,
but against Christianity in general. They
have begun with us, and IL they succeed will
60 further, according to o logical sequence.
Firm union is therefore necessary if we do not
mean to submit tyranny" These are noble
words, worthy of the head of the ancient, free,
and Catholic Canton of Uri. 1t is believed
that the sentiments of the Government of Lu- |
cerne are not very different, and that tho tenn |
pori2ing policy expressed in their recent letter
has been forced upon them. Mgr Lachat has |
arrived at Friboarg for the meeting of the |