The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-19
THE SUFFERING CHURCH IN GERM1NY
RESULTS OF THE PERSECUTION.

| THE SUFFERING CH NCA 1-S uEh H-i ~ :
RESULTS OF THE PERSECUTION.
The Bishop of Salford, England, in Pas
toral letter dated Maestricht, Jan. 3oth,
says
"It is sought to weary out the constancy
of the clergy and people by munger laws
and by persistence In other legal enact
/ ments. For instance. the income tax is
still collected upon the income which has
| been confscated, from the clergy, by the
State. Ii they plead that, not having the
enjoyment of the income, they have not
the means to pay the tax on it, they are as
sured that the fault is their own, that upon
submission to the State they would receive
the income. Ifthey persist and cannot pay
their furniture aud effects are sold, as in
the case of the Archb bishops of Posen and
of Cologne, and if this is insufficient they
are cast into prison.
The law preecribes that the clergy
should take an oath of obedience to the
new laws. In several dioceses this oath is
no longer required. The clergy are in.
| yited to call for their scanty income and
it will be paid. The act of accepting ii
will be interpreted as legal submission
To such mean shifts is the Government re-
duced in their efforts to shake the fidelity
of the Catholic clergy but in vain. In
one diocese; that of Paderborn, out Of
about 200 priests only one has taken th'
bait.
"In some dioceses public collections
among the laity were begun for the sup
port of the impoverished S~Chough its peri
fEfatoft are, doubtless, haPGesstt haaG esstttfsring cleI
ed se4ssst tO5n OG5ney e we're speedily forbidden by tn
/ Government and declared illegal. Tn
Aim of the State ia by means OF hunger
starye the Church into submission. ot
these faithful people are not daunLe'
They have formed PG"tus pere'nLInt,
= is Society of st. Paul-ior Cne plsTa oIaro
n collection Of aims for the suffering clerg
y These aims are apportioned and distri,
d nted by certain meane, which need not
N nnblis6ed. Unfortunately In several OIL
ID ceses. such is the poverty ana oistie
a. among the people that either this soeie :
u does not exist or it cannot DO lts WorH
rs wants of funds. After time the prizes
and neople, it is feared, may have
starve together, unless help comes III
4. abroad. or a change of time mitigates t
nd position.
4. "It snot. however, 80 much for the 8
Iv farinos of the clergy that we should lam'
IA they euff.r with joy for the name
o. Christ-as for the spiritual destltutlon
no the people, which increases every aU "
r2 the persecution continues Where are q
w the hundreds of flourisbing Schools ioi
.se erly taught by Religious, in which scie
S Fa;t6 walked hand in hand, and
o .on.b of both sexes were prepared for II
I'VE ven. while they were also prepared ioF
in duties of lite Z Where are now tne
cir phanages where bereaved chlIaren W ~
the Father and mother again in loving nea
do vhich yearned towards them in their
on fortuneP Where are now the asylum
orc wbich the fallen were reclaimed from
ON. and taught that there was still nope
that salvation, when men had saio Gna'
and we're lost Where are the tenoer NJ
and that love alone rpromPteG 10 sWTo!u tI;u
niIlow of the sick and dying In their
moor and humble homes, or in pubic
nitals and kindred private instltntl
10y They are all condemned or banlsheo-
idle ished for their faith and for their
, ouI with the See of Peter.
, one att has availed nothing that munlc
're y, 10 tiles like that of Aix-ia' Chapelle
OIL IN ioined their petitions to the prayers o.
less; neople, and begged the GovernmeI
until spare the city the cruel loss and ltsel
su III dishonor of banishing women whose
ser are absorbed in works of charity.
take having been able to undermine
cnoo6 cnToo change the Catholic religion Prince
l%o marck has set himself to root lS
select Nothing may stand in the way of tn
wereu solve but the providence of God, In
nosals wisdom and mercy we conide.
ers OF "Of the Religious houses suppresst
'huEcu we're devoted to teaching aud to the
ct..;e,, cu the sick, while 2S9 other commu9lI'e
assis- Onro;ng D1riE1 the Franco. G erm
lecture = o0o Rs,igiona were occupied in 4
irs, as t6o sicE and wounded, 81 ,255 8
il than nosseJ nnder their care. At the end
Is, the war they received q medal for th'
.oi, the vices. All this is forgotten: Th
ions on .T Tba rnai snfFsrers. then, are the
Ihere lie people. They suffer the loss c
pastors, their preachers, and their
Mt LAM sors in many places they are entiI
prived of Mass and the Sacrament
ich are only schools they contided in are
vas sur the nurses they IoVeo TO see Os
ne. that sides in sickness are In e1he al
he, shetS fRsttftatiSns Of charity have been
zed and lte9aalSs Al't ~ 10. - . a, ~
B order y 9at5ISSR tis help the Catholic pc
- J6s kGIfhnEAyy BY fene6uFSglng and
bhFy f4ktaH 60 SniafatSln their 6WA AacleRBSl
- ~ Of Of the States We shah render tae!L !
orlfsirg AhNE n 70 saER ot2 uRawfqd nau9lSnt