The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-07-18
e.eeca q Pias X. g the IssA Il Jsna-

Holy Father, in reply to the congrAtaiAfioos
of the Sacred College, on the twensy-ninth an
niversary of his accession TO the PontiheAte
The correct text is given in the OtseTuatore
RoRano:
ALREADY Eve Jears have passed. during
which this city bas been occupied, not oy
farrien TROOPS rs 10 former ti@es IL has, on
seyefsI occasions been her lot, bot by Italian
armies rho have come, not TO protect ana DC
feud her, bot to oppress and outrage nel, ~
,aroishing the pure gold, and transforming the
high reoown. which she Owed to her P1sin1n
"a ca pi,al Of the Catholic world. into the oo-
score and troubled character OF an eArthiy
Linpdon-ope euinsniiy earthly This does
rot. boHever, preveOt tie fact thar rom
thousand points in the Catboiic World atten-
tiou is aorued, more a'den'iy tnAn ever, 70
wards this centre .f truth Ii Is . great con-
sol asiou 10 recognize how, al the very momeot |
in which SO many fribulAtlons ana 90 many |
assaoi,s bsf.n the ea h s,1ssvssSso. and Bow the
hearts Of ali, with greater eagernss snan ever,
| press closer together around the Holy See Let
as observe FOX q moment ths sun sg.e e1terea
and that of truth. VOC viii perceive on the
oue band q great number Of houses, above
which is unfuIled the banner OF sin; and on
| the other hand you win see boases of refuge,
in which Christian charity receives those souls
| who wish 70 eorsecrate themselves 30 Peoi-
tenee- You will perceive on the one s'Se .oe
publications of Press vholly without shame,
/ false and blasphemous, hat protee' ed, and
often supported, by the ve'S, Persocs whose
| duty il 10 10 repress il; aod, on the other
hand, you will see the associ atoms oil good AND
Ieaious Catholics entirely devoted 10 he pap
LEGATION of works of 8 wholesome morality, OF
edifying writings, of journals which Partake,
mi ght almost say, OF the character OF cate
ehisms and consecrate . part of their Contents
TO the refatation of the errors and the expooi,
tion Of the frauds of the reEoiu'iooisss AID
sectAriss- On the one side VOC VIII see we
. ! apoata,es ard the increduious who. because
| they have taken their part Win fhe De" ofoer
of things, obtain as their Tecompense ne
pri TiIese Of taking their seat in the professors
chair, IN order that they may he enabled TO
corrupt the young. This fact, however hor-
BILE il may be, is unhappily on3y too true. In
the hope OF opposing an obstacle to tins de-
. | Xastatin1 torrent a great num5er of persons
| have consecrated and devoted themselves,
With an admirable courage, to the instruction
of youth, either by keeping a gooo pora on
= away from those poisonous pasturages, or by
, leading them back to the night way after they
have inhaled the corrupted atmosphere which
surrounds thoee seats OF Pesnienee' II, on tne
one side yoc behold the churches which for
, marly re- echoed with the praises of the Lord
ehaunted by so many religieuses and virgins,
: His spouses-to-day neglected, mute and de-
serted, and reduced to that profound silence
which Indicates q total abandonment, you see
, | on the other hand churches which remain to the
faith thronged with worshipers- Aud TO the
confusion Of those who declared with SO much
3 effrontery that the 10Th of JnLe would pass
upnotieed by the Romans, may tell yoo for a
n certain fact that at this moment In which
:. speak TO YOU the churches arc all crowded with
the faithful, aud are for the most part adorned
to an unusual degree in order TO celebrate
u with due pomp the Feast of the Sacred Heart.
e without doubt from that celestial sanctuary
y the Divine Redeemer watches us with a loving
g regard and listens with paternal tenderness TO
q our applications, which He treasures up in
/, that ark of eternal salvation in order to grant
:, them at the fifth time Aud as we know vel
- that that Divine Heart burns with an intens.
= charity for men, We should rest we'll assured
70 that our prayers will not remain unanswered
re In the meantime / rejoice with you who, il
W spite of SO much and such great opposition
N and will add, also, in the midst of snch grea
uncertainty about the future-have always re
ia NAMED in your office of first senators of thu
20 Catholic Church our Jealous co-operators in tn
direction of this great edi6ce of the Divin
N ReaeereE-His Church And could IL DE osneE
~ wisef Three centuries of a sanguinary perse
en- cutiop, aiming at the destruction of Christian
Of ity only tended to the multiplication of Chris
I'd tisDs, and to the enlargement OF the Church
n of few years. phariseical, sectarian, In
ed pious persAcution-have the power TO shak
CO our strength. and that Of 90 many millions
70 fervent Catholiesf No! Constancy is virtu
nc which cannot be acquired in time of pesc
10 And it is precisely tnis virtue which, in tn
present struggle. is shadowed forth n all ii
viRor and in all it's beauty. Jesus Christ Hin
self declared to MS the necessity for the combs
As' when He said, Behold send ye forth lii
sheep in the midst of wolves Our Divir
,u- Saviour did not say, ! send 5ou against tt
~ wolves but in the midst of wolves alwa!
IA. ex posed to the voracious teeth of those ms
.es table beasts which, after having torn and d
ed q
air other cruel Eepast. May We, not be witnesse
om we also, of this miserable spectacle Neverth
ta less, let render thanks TO God, recognize
ZEN that from time to time some of these wolv
,ce become converted and jun the sheep. Son
nd souls, illumined by grace, have made, and 81
md daily making, a solemn retraction of the
iii errors repairing the great scandal which the
We have for merly occssioned by the public q
the knowledRment OF their happy change of hear
NJ IL the midst of much affection there are &c
md sources OF consolation; the one is the retul
At of those who have gone astray, and the 9th
NV is the constSncy of those excellent CStholi
r" who have not only remained firm in their on
good principles, bot who have, by their Prsye
re- and by wise counsels, ADD by every meAl
&c that charity could suggest co-oPersted,
L~o others have done by their example, in reclair
can ing those wEo were l0st- Lest it should hS
un pen that the fatigue of long sustained bait
OH should troUble diminish the consfaDcy
TIE the coubaI ants let rs not fail to ask of God
S @9 heavenly decoTstiob-thAt very one which,
the pray foT Ihis day dedicA;ed TO St Franc
= 10 Regis), the Church places before our eyes,
Us sAyIuZ TO the Lord, who had adorned to