The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-10
ssrolng Star ana Catholic Messenger.
H1W oRLEANg, SUNDAY, oCToBKR 10. 1875
ha EaHhol;a conzxa.n - Exoihnro. Radan

This important Congress commenced its
proceedings on the lst Sept, and has
proved great success. A large number OF
distin guished personages had arrived, aud
many eloquent speeches have been denver
ed. Anon get the chief orators were the Bish
Ors OF May ence and Strasburg. All Germany
was represented at the Congress-, from the
country town in the Duchy Of Baden. AT
the opening session there were at least
5000 persons present in the great room of
the Kuntshalle, where the assemblies took
place. The proceedings were opened oy
the Right Rev. DR.. Kubel, Bishop of Frei-
burg.
The following general resolutions were
carried with reclamation.
!. The Church is "a perfect empire, en-
dowed by God with special rights in the
field of teaching, conservation and juris-
diction According to divine and positive
law it does not depend upon the State for
the exercise of its iunctions, and entire
liberty m ust be accorded to the Church for
all it's actions.
2. The State as we'll as the individual is
subject to the law Of God. Unconditional
and unlimited obedience to the laws Of the
State is therefore an offence against the
divine moral law, which stands above the
Constitution and the law of the State.
3. 1t is an attack upon the existence of
the Church to try and limit the Pope, the
supreme Head of the whole Church, in the
execution of his unlimited power as to his
jurisdiction over tho whole Christian
world.
4. This Congress repeats its protest
against the suppression OF the temporal
power of the Pope as o violation Of the
Apostolic See and of Christianity.
S. 1t 10 an offence against the laws of
God aud the rights of the Church for the
State to undertake to decide questions in
regard to the education, appointment, or
removal Of clergymeu, or about the con-
stitution and administration of the Church.
1t is also an offence against the Catholic
faith and against q notorious truth to re-
cognize as Catholic persona who have sep
grated themselves from the authority of the
Church, and who, as a matter of fact, are
simply Protestants.
6. The abolition of congregations and re-
ligious orders is q violation of the rights of
the Church and of personal liberty.
Z. The Catholic Church received from
God pow or and authority to teach its doc
trines. 1t has, therefore, an inviolabfe
right of establishing schoolsin which the
Christian youth shall be taught and educa
ted according to tho principles of religion.
Under no circumstance whatever could the
Church grant to the secular power the
right to make enactments for instruction
in religious matters. Catholic teachers
can give such instruction only by autho
rization from the Church, and Christian pa
rents can confde their children only to
such schools as are approved by the eccle-
siastical authority.
6. All Catholics look with admiration
upon the sublime attitude of the Holy
Father and the dutiful German clergy IN
dergoing now the most cruel sufferings.
Theirs Is q struggle for the existence of
the Catholic Church: for the conservation Of
religion, and the liberty of the Christian
faith. The Catholic Church never oan
or will submit to a system of laws which
is in contradiction to it's constitution
founded By God. Peace can only be re-
stored when the Catholic Church receives
back it's rights and powers, which it claims
by virtue of Divine and public law.