The New York herald., 1876-10-08
The Religious Press ON Catholic Ques-
ti0ns.


comparative lull in political topics, at least
for religious readers, and hence the ecclesi-
astical press latest issues, discusses, in one
form or another, the relations existing be-
tween Romanism and Professionalism, be-
tween the Pope and the Turk and Christen-
dom, and with more or less emphasis the
spirit of Catholicism, as manifested in the
attempt to suppress Professionalism in Spain.
On this latter aspect of the discussion the
Observer remarks that it has no fear that the
attempt will succeed. 1t is too late in the
day for that Nevertheless, it says, the
Roman Catholics are doing all that they can
to suppress and destroy Professionalism in
Spain, root and branch. And yet Roman
Catholics in America profess to be the
friends of civil and religious liberty,
and one would think from their pro-
fessions they were the only friends
of liberty. But this in Spain is
the kind they believe in, and the
only kind they allow where they have the
power. The Tablets view of this act of op-
preston or suppression in Spain is wholly
and naturally different from its contempo-
rary. In the Tablets opinion Spain does
quite right in refusing to tolerate mischief
brewers"'-tha is, according to the Tablets
wants a know why Catholic Spain should
grant to Protestants what Protestant Ger
many denies to Catholics. The lack Of
para'leLin the cases does not strike the Tablet
at NIL. 1t makes out its bill of specifications
to sustain its main charge that Protestants
are mischief-brewers by references to Ger
many, France, Mexico, Italy and Switzer-
land, where they have created says this au-
thority, rebellion against the Church. These
vngrant would-be proselytizers are nothing
but common disturbers of the public peace.
Theirs is no ministry of love-it is min
istry of hatred It is no ministry of peace;
but one of envy, discord and confusion.
The Church Journal thinks it is hard for us
to realize that such a meeting could be held
within sight of the Vatican, Rome, as was
recently held there to protest against the
barbarities of the Turks and to denounce
the ''infamous course" of the Pope in giving
countenance to these barbarities. But tho
world moves, and with its revolutions has
come the end of papal tyranny in Italy.
The,power of the Pope is gone forever the
priest-ridden people are beginning to think
fol themselves, and the only evil to be
feared is the one that may come from the
madness Of the papacy. The Boston Pilot
means to have settlement of the Eastern
question before the sword is sheathed in
Seryia. And never before, perhaps, it
adds, have the English people taken SO deep
and active an interest in international affairs.
Indeed, within month the foreign policy
Of England has been entirely taken out of
the hands of the Ministry and is being
marked out by the people in their local
meetings The Pilot thinks it highly prob
able that if the liberals return to power
England will unite with Russia and Turkey
will be at the mercy of her mighty and am
bilious neighbor. The Christian at Work
pays American Catholics the compliment of
believing them to be among our best citizens
and much better than their archbishops and
IN Catholic press would have us believe,
ride Archbishop Purcell and the Tablet on
the prelate's late address to the American
people. The Catholic Mirror, of Baltimore,
has not particle of sympathy with
Russia, but the very opposite, because of it's
persecution of the Latin Church in Poland
Nor has it any particular respect for what it
styles the work Of the atheists in Italy in
suppressing converts, and especially by
late order in e1pelling from communities
still unsurpassed all newly professed nuns
and oil the recently admitted novices. The
Freemdn's Journal knows why England sides
with the Turk. II is this :-"When Eng
land was Catholic England used to fight
the Turk. But since the time when Henry
VIII. made himself head of the English
establishment England has been the ally Of
the Turk against the Christian" .'The Bull
garian and Servian hordes of Eastern
Europe" nre, in the Journals view, only
sleft-handed sort Of Christians" and Of
course the atrocities of the Turks toward
them are magnifed by bribed newspaper
correspondents in the interest of Russia.