The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-16
LETTER FROM ROME.

LETTER FROM ROME.
sg AUDIENCES.
Il ROME, Feb. His Holiness continues
i to hold almost daily audiences more or less
numerous, besides those that are Off
cial or granted to particular individuals.
On Saturday last, list Of February, there
h was general audience, at which about a
hundred ladies and gentlemen-English,
American, French, German, and Italian
were present. An, English lady, on this
On Sunday, the ID, Feast of the Puridca-
ton, the Holy Father blessed the candles
in his private chapel, and afterwards re-
ceived offerings of candles from about 100
corporations. The Bishops of Stafford, Ar
ras, Carcassonne, Montauban. and Concor-
received frous the Holy Father large and
beautifully painted candle. There were
several Cardinals and large court present.
On the same day the Marchioness Serlupi
and the Countess of Salm HqogstrDten
presented to HIS Holiness an album which
had been forwarded to them by tho Ouch
ess Adelaide of Braganza, containing 49,
600 signatures collected by her Royal
Highness, accompanied by an Offering in
money. On Wednesday the Duke of Rat
ibore prince Hohenlohe) was received in
private audience, and on Wednesday Count
dress from numerous body of German
Catholics. The Holy Fathers health con-
tinues excellent, and he has taken his usu-
al mid day walks iu the galleries, or
weather permitting) in the gardens.
THE CARDINAL Wears LETTER TO THE
ROYAL PRoCURAToR.
Great and painful sensation has been
aroused this week in Rome by the reply of
the Procuratore del Re-an officer having
Al
General-to q letter addressed to him by
the Cardinal Vicar. An Infamous journal,
infidel and Red Republican in principles,
has been publishing in it's columns "Life
of Christ" which for furpitude throws
Strauss and Renan completely into the
the suppression of this tissue of blasphe
mics. AS it proceeded, however, to the
fourth number with impunity the Cardinal
Vicar thought it his duty to try and put an
end to this scandal by the following letter:
"The journal II Capitale in four numbers
the last of which is dated Jan. 81, con-
tains an article entitled Life of Jesus
Christ in which the impious writer pours
forth such and SO many blasphemies ana
heresies against the august person of the
Man-God as would disgrace Arius and Re-
nan, and which inspire horror and disgust
in whoever retains in his heart any senti-
ment of religion. The faithful and good
hoped, that, as it is incumbent upon your
office, sir, to announce the sequestration of
journals guilty of offences Of the press and
that you could not have failed to read
these impious articles, that you would have
named numbers of the Capitolc as guilty
of violation of religion but having
waited in vain for several daye, they have
addressed to the under signed Cardinal
Vicar the strongest remonstrances and pro-
test against 80 grave scandal to which no
hos vat nt N hn
any excuse for not proceeding against these
impieties, according law, for they are in
open opposition-to the statute. In fact, if
it has not become a dead letter, the first
article recognizes the Catholic Apostolic
and Roman religion as the sole religion of
the State But how can that be true if it
be permitted in the public daily papers to
insult its Divine Author on whom rests
its whole foundation Besides that, this
impiety not only Offcnds those who profess
the Catholic religion but also all those
Christians throughout the world who,
though outside the Church and belonging
to hetereodox communions still acknow-
ledge and worship Jesus Christ as the Son
of God. Thus, not only Government
that calls itself Christian, but any that
processes liberty of worship would feel it
a matter of duty to sequestrate journals so
wicked; for if it has the duty to guard the
rights of its subjects SO that they shall not
be violated, it certainly cannot permit
that anyone's religion should be publicly
offended. If the laws of State oblige
the magistrate to protect the property aud
life of the citizens, know, Signor Procura-
tore, that to Catholics their religion is
dearer than property or life. Neverthe-
less among the various representations that
you, sir, have frequently ordered when
have we ever seen one inflicted on the i'm
pious journals (of which there are so many
for offences against the Catholic religion
and its august head the Sovereign POntiff?
If the. smallest offence in tue journals
against the King is vigorously punished,
certainly the injuries vomitted by the Cap
itGle ought not to be unheeded against
King Of Hinge Who jealous of His honor,
will sooner or later justly avenge Himself
on those who outrage him, and not less on
those who, bound by their Office to prevent
those ontrages, permit that His most holy
life, spent for the salvation of men, now
described by an Internal pen, should be
thrown into the dirt. After this the Car
dinal now writing, hopes that his just re-
monstrances will induce you, air, to pre-
vent further scandal, by forbidding the di-
rector of the above named Journal to con.
tinue the Life of Jesus Christ" or else