The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-08-03
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
nEw ORLEANS SUNDAY. AUGUST 3, 1878.
LETTER FRoN ROME
THE PRESS OF ITALY.

JOURNALS OF Italy 90 unite In common pro
test against the insults and calumnies that
are daily offered by the vile revolutionary
papers Of Italy against the Catholic Churcf
and its August Head, the Vicar of God or
earth. The protest was to take the form
Of an address to the Holy Father to bs
italian Catholic press. The response which
this appeal of the Voce has called forth has
brought out the fact that not only every i'm.
portant city in Italy but many town Of
Lesser note, possesses it's Catholic newspa.
per. In about ten days, from the 26th Of
the names of sixty local. newspapers
that had sent in their adhesion to the ad-
dress above mentioned.
THE GUARANTEES.
IF the Sovereign Pontiff is exempted by
the "Guarantees from the payment OF
taxes to the usurping Government, the
doctrine is not allowed to carry its logical
consequences. Income-tax is charged to
the Bishops throughout Italy on the scanty
allowance which they receive from the Va
tican for their material support, while de-
prived of the revenues of their Sees by the
sacrilege Of Victor Emmanuel. Thus the
Bishop of Feltre and Belluno has to pay q
percentage ON the monthly remittance of
500 lire ($I00) sent him from Rome. This
money is the Pope's money, and If the
"Guarantizie were reality it would not
be subject to impost.
aARIBALDI.
The "Hermit of Capreran has not 40
isolated himself from mundane affairs but
that the advent of q Conservative Govern
mont to power in France would seem to
have driven him to frenzy. In a long
raves in his usual style against Kings and
Clericals. adding blasphemies which can
not be repeated. He says that it is the
Clericals who are secretly aiding the cause
Of the anarchists by stimulating the prole-
tartan cry for the !" abolition Of authority,
Social Enthusiastically word which so
terrifes the bourgeoisie." "The priests are
more insolent now than they were in the
days of Torquemada." In his concluding
sentence he says:-" AM international, 1
say It proudly if society of the Devil
tyranny Of the priests would enrol my
self on it's list" All this sound and fury
has meaning. 1t is that Italy is found to
be still Catholic at heart, and that the Con-
servative reaction is gaining ground.
THE PILGRIMAGE IN LoMBARDY.
The Osservatore Cattolico of Milan prints
the text of the Address lately sent by the
Lombard Bishops to. the Holy Father. 1t
was signed by them at an episcopal meet
ing held at Caravsggio on the Feast of the
Patronage of st. Joseph. The Holy Father
replied in brief. The following is a trans
lation of the Address .
Beatissinse Paser,-We have repaired to this
spot for the purpose of united prayer to the
tude and of the safety of the whole Church.
and, before we go hence, we have resolved to
express once moro to you our heartfelt feelings
of faith and devotion, SO that your Holiness
may be assured that the wishes which you ex-
pressed in your most kind letters of the Goth of
Last March, have already begun to be in part
accomplished. For although the pious
aKATEan th0maalvpa IN ha tnn To
the faithf9l from going on the pilgrimage to
this most famous sanctuary, yet there has an
peared there such concourse of people of
every rank, of either SEX and of all ages, from
childhood to decripitude-as the most ssnguine
could hardly have anticipated. And in all there
assembled one mind appeared, solemn pro-
gressive infdelity of perverted men. More |
over, after returning unnumbered thanks to
Almighty God for this unexpected mercy, we
besought His Divine Majesty, through the IT,
tercession of the Immaculate Virgin, that He !
would perfect the good work SO happily be-
gun. and would preserve you, Most Holy Fa-
safeguard of the Church, and suffer Won no
moro to be smitten by the dire tempest of |
bel, but make you powerful over all things, |
divine and human, to the glory of the Most |
High and to the prosperity of the whole |
Church. Those our prayers, we are confident |
that our Mother and Lady has presented to |
itude we tell these things, most fervently beg
ging for ourselves and for the flocks commit !
ted to our charge, your Apostolic blessing"
The address is signed by the Bishops of
Borgamo, Papea i. p, Mantua, Como, Gre
mona, Bergo, Crema, and Lodi.
THE EARTHQUAKE.
The Provincia of Bellauo gives terrible
description of the earthquake. 1t COM
menced at A. NJ, when most people were
still asleep. .'Subterranean sounds of an |
awful nature were heard, which grew loud
or and louder, and was soon followed by
an undulating motion of the ground n. E. |
to s. W., which brought down houses and
churches in all directions. At the cathe-
dral portion of the balustrade of the
tower fell and killed instantly. poor old
woman who happened to be passing. A
congregation was hearing early Mass in the
nave, when the terremoto began; they all
rushed to the doors, and being but few in
number, effected their exit without any
tragical consequences. Arrived in tue
sC!eets the scene baffied description. The
cries of the women and the groans of the
wounded were heartrending. In many
cases the disturbance of the foundations
mo 10 I 10 60 Al.