The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-14
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| The fact IL that II another argument
we're still wanting TO throw additiona.
light upon the deplorable condition OF
| things exposed In The Holy Father g ~"
loeution, the circular in question TUT
nshes Ii in n most striking manner.
From the moment, I'm effect, thae Tue
publication Of the pontiiioal expression
II subject to the good will ana p,easu,e
Of keeper of seals, whoever ne , ,nay
be, the liberty accorded TO tnls , njap,e
But there are other points LII WIS
circular that reveal In q still stronger
light. what the liberty so generously ac.
corded to the Sovereign Pontiil oonsis.s
4 in. This liberty consists In TINS IN
the one hand. the press hostlie " ens
Church Ia permitted to olamoI II, exsly
way against the words o. . .mb no, ~
Insult and basphemy, apd even py US
tortinu their sense. whilst on the other
hand the honest press Is forbidden TO
make any comment whatever 10 CON
Arm the truth Of the acts deploreu, "
which manifest the least reference I loI
the words Of the august head OF me
Church. for his oounssls LAM, anu i 10 n n,s
tict,lar. the liberty that Is promised 10
, them il formulated In new and more SO.
, war,, ,,annraa ao that. II ministers OF
reliuion In obedienCs TO the voice OIL
the supreme head. preach his doctrines
and urge the people to practice them,
: they will lind themselves Under Inc pan
! Of d law which declares tins oohauet an
[ intolerable abuse. punishable ny I'm,
, nrisonment and by the heaviest fnes.
I Cardinal Simeoni continues III the
| Italian Catholics have just grounds
] for feeling themselves aggrieVeu, ..:.
tho Catholics of other countries have
9 none the less reason to complain. Iheif
. respective governments. therefore, nave
@ speoial interest In seriously examining
9 into suoh state OF things, hoootulhg 10
Y the recommendation made on TINS very
D subject by the Holy Father in his recent
D allocution. ...,.., =
@ Were any additional proof required OF
! the absolute necessity OF the temporal
g power Of tho Popes. this "Oietical
Q Abuses'' bill would be sufficient TO con
!. vince tho greatest skeptio This tom
0 poral power, let 1t be well .lnderstoou.
d ID not n national sovereignty 1t Is the
y aovereipnty of the Vicar Of Christ, and
h the Vicar of Christ is the head OF the
0 only true religion. which Is to be
i: preached. not to ono nation, but TO all
IT rational creatures scattered throughout
the whole universe. therefore, suoh q
s sovereignty Is exceptional, ana can
Y never fall under the civil supremacy OF
s any temporal ruler. It is also lnterna-
l. tons by the higher life of Faith, Char-
% ity and Unity For this reason, the
!. head OF the Church holds an extra
Vt national positions and being extra ma
9 tional. he must be independent. ano
II therefore sovereign; for between indie
~ pendenee and sovereignty no line can
= be drawn.
r. On that account, in his admirable allo
II oution of March 10Th, the Holy Father
If urpes ss,,pon tho rulers of Christian na
.e tions a more careful consideration OF
the serious position in which tht
u head of the Church 10 placed.
o. Already French Catholics have. takel
Vt the lead. A petition was addressed
10 to Marshal MaoMahon asklnt
70 him to employ all means In his poWe
u to have tho Independence OF the rope
J. respected. Other nations ,,, WI io,a ov
h. this limo Of conduct; no Christian gov
y according to tho words OF Gardna
ne Manning, who says "The nations o
ne this world have closed round about Thu
lo Vicar OF Jesus Christ and have &C
re- oepted u solution which Is not the sol,l
H. ton of Divine Providence. 1t Is tn
r. solution Of a revolution and Of sacri
~ lege. That solution will not stand
ts How long IL may remain, 1t Is not in m,
r power to say 49,. Plus TX was shut vi
~ under the roof of the Apostolic palace il
u the year 1870. God only knows whet
"a will come tho time of the solution but /
IN any man believes that the present CON
IL dition OF Rome Is to be perpetuated lei
10 him go back and read his history owe
u. again. / have no desire to be prophe
le OF evil. For twelve months wo have
had oil the torches Of war kindling Ii
20 the East What will be the end o.
81 this God only can tell. Plus TX, as tn.
e Vicar of our Lord and the representa-
J. strike the spark Of war; but whatever
" war IL kindIed will involve the whole o.
a Europe, and whatever war involves the
g whole OF Europe will involve, as II
always has in Christian history, Italy
and Rome. Then will come the solu
d tion, not brought about by us. The
Is world Is at this moment under the sway
It and power OF tho anti Christian revolu
IL ton which began at the end OF the last
o revolution In Italy, ending, as mon
J. thought, in 1870, when they believed
l. the Roman question was buried, those
i; who saw further told them that the Ro-
II man question was only begun"
|. Despite the gigantic struggle OF the
IS past few years the pontiilcate Of Plus
z, Ia 5Lhuu5 OUT III maIe5bl0 T6llGI,
It soaring high above the powerless as,
S saults of its numerous enemies !;
y and illustrated by such Achievements
j. and triumphs, that 1t has been
T said posterity will designate tho nine
b teenth century MS the century Of Plus
TX, the Pope Of the Immaculate concep-
Q ton.
Q At tho very dawn OF the pontiicate
d we find the Pope an exile. Under such
: circumstances, none but Pope would
/, have done what Plus TX did, when he
s issued at Gaeta on the I'd Of February,
Q 1si9, the *epcyclical letter to the bish-
0 ops Of the world, that "they might sig
Q Nifty. what was the piety and devotion
/ of their nocks toward the imma-
{ culate conception Of the Mother Of
t God, and especially what the bishops
7 themselves thought about promul-
t eating the definition. The answers