The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-21
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BEATIFI-
CATION
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PREPARING TO GLoRIFY
THE DIsCoyERER OF AMERICA-rHE AAIBAs-
eADoR OF GOD AND OF Plus X

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PREPARING TO GIoRIFY
THE D1scoyERER OF AMERIcA-THE AdDAs-
sADoR OF GOD AND OF Plus TX.
ROME, July 8, 1878.
The time Is not yet fixed on Tor the assemblage
of the ConsstorY, at which the Qualification OF
Christopher Columbus is to be promulgated. The
following details, taken from the URita CaHolica
VIII be interesting tc the readers fthe HERALD:-
Among the satisfactory results of the travels IN
South America OF Plus TX. we may safely reckon
Inc vindication of the memory OF Christopher
Columbus, man hitherto 80 entirely msreure-
senteu and uncomprshenIed by Protestant his
torlans. The history written under the auspices
oil His Holiness, by count R0Sseiiy de LOrgues,
publishes The heroic virtue aud religious motives
OF the immor tai dlscoverer, vino had been treated
As an adventures, showing that he was even
more oil good Christian than a great navigator.
in 1866 Cardinal Bonnet, Archbishop OF Bsr-
ueauX. PROPOSED 10 me Hoy fathef me beatlnca-
and the Cardinal Archbishop Of burgos ana many
otner members OF the Hierarchy expressed them
selves ANXIOUS that this distinction should ne
awarded hlm. In 1870, during the sittlngs OF the
Ecdmenical Council, the topic was frequently dis
cussed, and us final cOnsidera ton was postponed
until after the taxing Of the votes on the nlaib-
itY question. All was, however, put o stop to
when the invasion OF Rome rendered reunion OF
the Vatican Council impossible.
The following year. at Cardinal Donnets re-
quest, Count Roselly DE- Lorgues fulfilled his tasE
and the history OF Christopher Columbus as pub
nshed under the little Of
THE AMBASSADOR OF GOD AND OF Plus Ix.n
The profound arguments tuat preccde this COM
pendulum OF a great career are OF sufficient impOr-
tance to prove that even wiGnout entering inio
the examination oil the principal acts OF his llie
this reveaer OF new world must necessarily be-
long to the communion OF saints The author de-
cides that the vocation OF Columbus was truly
marvellous; that his mission had been frequently
forctold; that ne was looked upon by the Holy
See as lis natural Legate TO this new world, where
he became lis nrst missionary, was the FIRST TO
plant the cross, 20 proclaim The Divine Word to
MAKE known the Roman Liturgy aud teach the
natives the names OF Jesus aud Mary the Lord's
Prayer, the yeneraton OF the sign OF the CROSS and
10 lead them To become the true sons OF God and
His Church.
count de Lorgues shows that the real aim OF
Sepulcnre by means Of the riches 10 be found IA
the new region; that his heart burned with apOs-
toic zeal, and tnat while holding tue ofhccs OF adj
mlral ana yicerOV his lie rather that OF a
monk tnan Of "a man oil the world; that ne ordained
tue foundation Of college Or foreign missions l25
years before the Propaganda was Instituted and
openly pro essed the dogma of the Immaculate
Conception be ore lJ3 definition.
Fac author likewise POINTS out a mysterious
connection between the nrst Christian that car
red the cross INTO the New World and tie GrsJ
Pope (Plus IX) tnat ever visited the land OF the
future lie oders proofs OF the fact mat Columbus
practsed 90 special degree, every theological
aud cardinal virtue.
He afirms that he did not owe his great CO..
le0rty to his genius or science but only 10 MS
vocation, 10 his alh, ana 10 The divine n ace IS
sailor he was IN Dowise superior to others or IS
own tlme; in fact, the professors OF Berlin and
Paris laug led at mis- ignorance OF geography and
astronomy Eotwltns anding when this ignorant
man, The chosen OF GOd, discovered besides the
New World, seven principal laws OF the glOoe,
aud was, notwItnstan the progress made by
science, unriYaIled ia cosmography.