The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-01-25
The Cardinal Archbishop Of Dublin and the Ger
man Persecution.

The Cardinal Archbishop Of Dublin and the Ger
man Persecution.
The following Paatoral has been address-
ed by his Eminence the Cardinal Arch
bishop to the Catholic clergy, secular and
regular, Of the diocese of Dublin
every Rev. sir,-Feelings of gratitude
oblige MS, in union with Catholics Of the
ing placed in the chair of St. Peter, in these
times, Pontiff 80 holy and edifying in his
life az Plus k, 80 Jealous for the glory of
God, and 30 firm and courageous in de-
Tending the rights of the Church, Pontiff
who, in most difficult and troubled times,
has won the respect and admiration even |
of his most bitter enemies. During the |
last twenty eight years this great Pope has
been necessarily occupied with the spirit |
uai welfare of the vast fold of Christ, en-
couraging every form Of piety and of good
pestiferous errors, the offspring of indiffer-
ence or impiety and besides, he has ex-
planned and defined Catholic doctrine, aud
crowned all his other great deeds by as
sembling the Vatican Council. But in the
solictude for all the Churches, he has
been principally called on to grapple with
two leading evils of the day, which, though
opposed to each other, unite in assailing
the foundations Of our holy religion, and
in their deeds of darkness harmoniously
act together. In the first place, his Holt
ness has had continually to contend
against o wild revolutionary spirit that
tends to do away with snbjection to every
law, and to undermine the foundations OF
repeated exhortations and admonitions,
checked the growth of this canker, scenes
Of bloodshed, anarchy, and irreligion, such
as were lately enacted by the Communists
in Paris, would, perhaps, have dlsgraced
Whilst resisting this revolutionary tor
rent he has also been obliged to oppose
, himself. like wall of brass, against the
encroschments of despotism and the many
{ attempts daily made to establish Pagan
= spiritual things, and all the concerns of
!. our immortal souls, would be subjected to
the State, and the things belonging to God
given over to Cesar-setting aside the
power of that Church, which has been in
. vested by God Himself with His own auth
n GRITTY, to guide US in spiritual matters In
- !, our pilgrimage through this valley of tears.
y y Within the last few weeks his Holiness has
j, addressed to all the bishops Of the world
D an Encyelical Letter, in which, in the inc
70 against the two prevailing anti-religieus
3 scourges which have mentioned-that 10,
2 the revolutionary and destructive spirit
- of the age, and that tendency to despotism
:. which would destroy all liberty of sonl ano
body, and bring Europe back to paganisn
:. and slavery. This document is of 50 much
:. Importance at the present time, that seno
. copies of q translation of it to each parish
~ begging of you to read it from the pulpit
for the people on a Sunday, or in parts up
on two successive Sundays. In this way
your pious Cocks will receive much in
~ struction and ediication from the word!
1e of Christ's Vicar on earth, and be confirm
of ed in the faith once delivered to the Saints
We and, at the same time, they will obtain al
a. accurate knowledge of the wicked persecu
le tions and dreadful sufferings to which gu
it Catholic brethren are exposed in Switzer
ch land, Germany, Italy, and other countries
at To know the truth is difficult at present
be as it appears that the authorities of tn
lis German Empire have adopted the system
g. of bribing the Press, in order to circulat
g. news favorable to their prosecuting mea
at sures, and to prevent the world from learn
re ing the terrible grievances to which tn
ry Catholic Church has been lately subjected
he Some of the public papers 60 30 far indee'
u as to state that Prussia has established
special department for the bribery of th
Press. and that in the late war with Den
-. mark 10000 kreuzers had boon expende
nj ia subsidies to the Journals that wrote j
ut puties in the Parliament in Berlin, Hell
IIy Windhorst, in recent speech given b.
Nv the Daily No,cs, states that preliminar
ng steps to establish Press lottery fund 8
At the Prussisn Embassy in London had bee
ed taken, and that when that project failed
ae. special corruption office for England
ir- France, and Italy, had been opened g
he Berlin. This statement will serve to ez
os- plain why 30 many lying kilograms an
of correspondence hostile to the Pope and
a. the Catholics of Switzerland, German.
zee and Italy, appear almost every day
3 a some organs of the public Press. TIL
nd way of encouraging persecution and OF
me preston was severely censured by a Frenc
,li- Protestant (Pressense) in these words
"The religious policy of the German En-
are pire receives in England fluctuations whic
get we take leave to regard as scandalous."
ces "Whilst such efforts are made to circala
a falsehood, and to render it popular, it
On, fortunate that we can learn the full ar
he simple truth from the lips of the POI
| himself In his Encyclical he gives q
,it- account of the sacrileges committed
I've Rome, and of the expulsion of religion
ted men and women from their peaceful home
ent and of the many outrages heaped ups
I'M, himself, and on dignitaries of the Church
Al l. hrrhS