The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-11
The German Catholic. and the Pope.

The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes the
following address from Catholics of Ger
many to the Pope, which, it says, is being
numerousy signed in every diocese, parish,
and village in the country. 1t is proposed
! that the address, which emanates from
May ence, shall be presented to the Pope by
| as numerous deputation as possible, vino
will constitute the vanguard of the pilgrims
to Rome for the Papal Jubilee. In fact, the
Catholics, says the Frankfurther Zeisung,
are planning grand demonstration
| Most Holy Father-Already several
| times during \ nur glorious Pontifcate have
! the Catholics of Germany, in union with
the other members of the great Christian
| family of nations, whose guidance Christ
has committed to you, laid at your feet the
assurance of their flial devotion towards
the Holy Church and each time you have
accepted our declarations with that fatherly
love with which your heart encompasses
all nations aud all Christians of the uni
verse. Fresh events, which still more in
crease the pain of the measures already
adopted by our Civil Government towards
Holy Church, bring us once more before
You. Circular has recently been pub
| lshed which the Chancellor of the German
| Empire addressed to the European Powers
|
! election of the next Pope. Like our
Bishops, we protest against the false repre-
| sensations of the doctrines of our religion
contained in that document. Bat it is
before all things necessary for us to lay
before you, Most Holy Father, the assurance
! that, bearing in mind the truth that il is
necessary to salvation to be subject to the
| Roman Pontiff, no civil interference will
be able to separate Us from the lawful
Pope. We will ever recognize lawful
Pope him, and him only, who shall have
been raised to the holy chair of Peter in
accordance with canonicai prescriptions.
Later still, Oh the 4th of Decem Der of the
past year, the government of the German
Empire, with the consent of the majority
of the Reichstag, aud in spite of the de-
termlDed and eloquent opposition of our
representatives, abolished the embassy
which represented Germany at the Holy
See. Enlightened by the experience of
recent times, we see for the moment in this
measure less disadvantage to the pro
lection of your rights and those of the
Church, and to our own position, than an
open want of consideration for the fifteen
millions Catholics Of the German Empire
and further step upon the fatal path oil
separating the State from the one firm
; foundation of pslitical aud social order
We, the Catholics of Germany, will remait
! immovable upon that foundation. The ole
: Us shall only be drawn the tighter. AL
Q attempts to separate US from the centre O
the Church and to shake us in the observ
. ance of her precepts shall only render L!
4 the more determined to remain true Il
!. the duties which conscience enlightened
n by Divine faith and guided by the in
g fallible teachings of the Church impose
o upon Us. In this determination, Mos
o Holy Father, you have greatly strength
ened us by the sublime words of your En-
j. cyclcal Vt November "a, 1873; AID tn
martyrdom which so many of our bishop
and priests hooking upon your sublime *
, ample, have since suffered affords test
- mony that the grace of God has manifesto,
~ itself strong in our weakness. 1t does no
Is lie in our power, Most Holy Father, t
n maiutain at your side the Ambassador O
Of the Government of the German Empire
~ but his place shall not remain empty
Therefore, we send you from the Father
" land our ambassadors, the ambassadors O
the Catholic people. They will. in thi
o. address, lay our views at your feet the,
n will tell you that We stand at Your side
is that, above all, we will be bound to you b,
IN that embassy whose bearers are the angels
that our prayers shall be ever for your vel
y fare that our faith shall ever follow YOU
'r teaching that our obedience shall AWAY,
y wait upon your commands. We know
r. moreover, that still harder struggles ar,
il before US; and 50 we approach the NOR,
"a joyfully the sources of grace which you
y, Most Holy Father, through the proclama
d ton Of the Jubilee. have opened to us an,
the whole of Christendom. From praye
and penitential exercises We also hope 70
90 the appeasement of the Divine anger an.
"a for the end OF the affirctious which til
% slns OF the age have brought upon all ma
10 tons Would that We were ali able to b
20 pilgrims To the tomb Of the Apostles! Blu
. We Know that you bless us from tue dis
lance, and that we are always embrace
within your heart. Therefore, deign I
send us through our am bassadors YOU
holy blessing, and to OBTAIN for Ms tn
grace OF perseverance, through the DIviu
% heart of jesus and through His Mothe
- conceived without stain. Meanwhii,
- PROSTATE at your feet, and humbiy pray
ne ing, we are and remain, Most Holy FatheI
of your obedient children in GERMANY"
or ln the hospitals of Paris there are two hur
bred Sisters OF St. Vincent de Paul, one hut
;" dred Sisters of Merc5 and several hundre
nuns belonging to other Orders Ipsnectr