The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-10


tians. They enter the fold by fraud, they
employ in their aid the violence Of men in
high stations and use every means to de-
stroy the Faith. True apostles Of Satan,
they join the train of certain powerful and
overbearing magnates like Sejanus of old,
and persuade themselves that menaces,
exile and Imprisonment will be able to
prepare the way for what is utterly impos-
sible, namely for the destruction of Catho-
licism. Do you, however, trusting in
Divine help, redouble your exertions and
remember that human nature tends always
of itself towards weakness and decay, and
needs Divine grace to sustain it. Remem-
Der also that it becomes not him to with
draw who has once put his hand to the
plough. The triumph of Gods people is
not always that sort of triumph which the
world looks for. The Church, which be-
gan in darkness at the Cruci6xioD, and has
since experienced many prosecutions, may
not hope for other triumph than that which
God in his own way will vouchsafe. Your
part is to pray, to teach the young, to OPP
pose vicious press, to use all legal ways
to help the Church, which never has been
and never will be the slave of kings, be-
cause she is the Spouse OF God. These are
that under the guidance of your Bishops
you may obtain that tranquility Of mind
the return of such peace as it is possible to
enjoy in this valley of exile and the sus-
pension, if not the termination, of the
persecution of the Church of Christ"
The Holy Father then proceeded to give
the benedc.ion in such affecting terms as
to move to tears many of his auditors. Nor
was His Holiness himself altogether free
from emotion in several parts of his dis
course.
PROTEST AGAINST THE NEW MARRIAGE BILL
The Archbishop of Turin and sixteen
sutfragan prelates have sent a protest to
tie Italian Parliament against the pro
posed law, which imposes penalties on any
priest who shall celebrate the sacrament of
matrmony before the civil ceremony. This
protest exposes the absurdity of imposing
punishment upon the administration of
sacraments, and points out the inconsis-
tency of maintaining the Catholic religion
as the religion of the State, and at the
same time inhibiting the performance of
the rites of religion. Il claims divine
institution for marriage, and asserts the
priority of the family ties before those of
civil society. God ordained the union of
man and wife before civil government was
thought of, and Christ declared the indis-
soluble nature of the marriage bond before
Christian Kingdoms were formed. The
Bishops declare that the proposed bill will
only encourage immortality, and they also
assert that the clergy in Italy have always
striven to make the people comply, as far
as practicable, with the requirements of
the law concerning marriage. They appeal
to history and the example of Franco for
proofs of the mischief arising from attempts
to degrade the sacrament of marriage into
a merely civil contract.
TIE NEW DIocEsEs IN AUSTRALIA.
| The See of Melbourne, furmerly Suffra-
gan to Sydney. has been made Metropo!i-
tan and the Right. Rev. James A. G0ald,
o. S. A, now residing in Rome in the Irish
Augustonian prory of ST. Maria il Pus-
terula, has been created Archbishop. His
Grace will have five Sutragan Sees in his
province-those, namely, of Adelaide,
Perth, and Tasmania or Hobart Town, and
Sandhurst. Arch bishop Gould will re-
ceive the pals NEST probably in Easter
week, when the new Bishops for Balarat
and Sandhurst will be appointed.
OFFERING TO THE POPE.
Lady Herbert Of Lea was admittcd on
Thursday, the 9th OF April, to audience by
| His Holiness, To whom she presented
sl,Sl4 francs, the gift of poor Catholic
girls in England, Scotland and Ireland. On
this occasion the Very Rev. DIR. O'Cal
laghan, the Very Rev. DR.. Graut, and Mgr.
Kirby, Rectors respectfully of the English,
Scotch, and Irish Colleges in Rome, were
present. Lady Herbert read the address
of the donors to which His Holiness re-
sporded in fitting terms. The address
itself was beautifully ornamented with
Christian and national devices.
THE sCuIsM IN MANTUA.
The Bishop of Mantua has formally and
by name communicated those two or
three priest who suffered themselves to be
uncannonically elected by certain laymen
to parishes in the diocese of Mantua. The
Bishop has also communicated those
priests who assisted the schismatical priests
in their unlawful course. New incumbents
have been nominated to the vacant parishes
by the Bishop, who makes appeal to the
civil authorities to maintain the laws of
the Church according to the Constitution.
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