The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-30

, lustice. Every day some new act of vic
fence comes to lacerate the heart of Ia,
hoIy rather. Now it is convent closed
no doubt by virtue of the la,rs of ounyan
tees!. now it is Mother House which is
suppressed In manifest violation of the
same law. If the defenders of miscon.
celVed rights protest against the illegality
tney are unhesitatingy told that the Pope
noI having adhered to the law of guarantees,
the State can at will release itself from
them. A''o'' 'h'i'
Nearly all the religious houses of men
aau women are already occupied for public
omces: Houses of retreat and of PRAYER
must furnish Roma Capitale with the build
.ngs IL requires for the accommodation Of
its Ministers and their Bureaus. or have
them turned into barracks for the troons.
men IN religious orders, virgins consecrated
| 10 God are turned out into the street com
PEELED to return into that world which
they had left forever, and condemned in
solitude to eat the bread of bitterpe ss.
which is doled out to them with a nicpard ,
ly hand. he=prspefty-ef-eh aptrrs. Of
churches and charitable institutions, Is
| put up for sale and replaced by rents AL
| together Inadequate, which places these
establishments in the hands of the State
| and makes them depend not only on ,ts
goodwill but upon the solidity of it's flo
ances.
We wonder what, in the perhaps not far
distant future, will become of the MINER
Gus sancturies which contain the master.
pieces OF Christian art and the most pre-
cious relics of antiquity, when, attended
py poor and incompetent body, they must
depend for their support upon a public
treasury whose bankruptcy is known to
every one.
The Invasion extends to the apostolic
palaces, which were used for the different
departments of the administration of the
Church: At the very gates of the Vatican,
and under the walls of the Basilica of ST.
Peter. we have seen soldiers occupying a
part OF the buildings of the Holy Office.
The palace of the Consulta, a part of the
palace of the DatGriG, have been taken
from the members of the congregations,
who have been crammed into the single
building of the Cancelaria Apostolica.
Thus, after the forcible invasion of var
ious Pontifical States, came the sacrilegious
occupation of holy retreats of piety, and
OF places belonging to the spiritual govern
ment of the church. The law of quaran.
tees which recognizes two governments in
Rome, was destined by the force of events
to be false to itself, because the spiritual
sovereignty of the Pope is obliged to en-.
dure everything, and would, if Providence
did not watch over it, sooH be auuihilated.
Bnt there is something more painful to
the heart of Plus TX. than the invasion of
palaces; it is the Invasion of souls BY the
movements directed against Christian edu
Ceie-
brated University of Sapienea should be-
come She official university of the new
State those magnificent educational ca
adjustments, famous throughout the world,
the Roman College, the Minerva, notwith.
stand their character as private establish
ments, could not survive the suppression
of the religious orders which had conduct.
ed them. One OF these institutions has
been abolished, the other has given place
to college of secondary character, the |
direction of which promises nothing to
pacify the conscience of Christian families.
IA meantime, in all quarters of the
city, active efforts are being made to
remove all vestge of religion from the
education of the people. The impious and
pertidious meaning of the word Ian, as
applied to education, is in great favor with
governments lay schools Of this character
are becoming very numerous in Rome.
The heart bleeds with sorrow, when we re.
dect upon the future which is being pre-
pared for the Italian people, and especially
ne people of Rome, by those who labor to
iespoil her of the best of the blessings that
emaln to her, her faith and her profound
attachment To religion.
The special evils of this Rome, which we
annot help loving, are grieving all noble ,
md Christian souls but when our thoughts j
well upon the general interests of the {
jhurch, our grief becomes still more poig- f
ant. Where shall we find, in the future.
o many men eminent for learning and vir,
ne, aud whose cooperation aided the
,ope In the government of the whole world2 6
hey were trained in the studious and +
ertile peacefnlness of the cloister, and in 3
ne traditions of their religious ancestors. 8
IL this is gone, and the Pope, sustained !
My by his courage, is reduced to a de- C
endent position, before power that oc- +
1ples his palace, before Europe through q
ut which his sorowful eye zee only open p
ostllity, the completely of indifference, or d
le i'm potence of unarmed friendship r.
Thus it is that all We have foretold dur I'll
g the many years that we have battled ta
r Pontiticat Sovereignty has come to to
lss. In this age, every one must under of
and that the Church, in it's immense ex- al
Mt, must be governed by Pope, who h.
ust be Independent of all temporal con %
81. The italian Revolution, in taking tn
secession of Rome, not only violated the pc
euLESntS OF justice, but has proposed er
the world q fearful problem the snlntinn op