The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-21
LEO XIII.
GREAT CHANGE BETWEEN CARDINAL PECCI
AND THE POPE HIS HEALTH AND HOPES
COMPLETELY BROKEN.

GREAT CHANGE BETWEEN CARDINAL PEccI
AND THE POPE HIS HEALTH AND HOPES
COMPLETELY BROKEN.
[Romc correspondent OF the Pail Mall Gazette
A Scotch physician long resident in Rome, coming
out from audience OF the Pope the other day, SAID
"Ncver have seen such q change In any human
being unless produced by some physical illness.
Cardinal Pecci tall erect, we'll knit figure, his
presence imposing. his gestures commanding, his
voice sonorous vibrating. Loo XIII. 10 bent
old man, hts hand shakes with palsy, his voice 10
hoarse aud tho glance OF his eye uncerian ma
picious." This statement tallies with that OF the
Pope's friends aud partisans. VINO are sincerely
OF extreme aespondency; all his projects for reform
arc frustrated, all his hopes OF reconciliation with
civil powers abandoned. He finds himself watched
~ every step. Merely to admit Padre Curci to his
presence he obliged TO resort TO stratagcm, and
lodge hun IN his own brotner's apartment WHAT tho
uisramontane party require OF him is that no should
follow exactly In the steps OF his predecessor choose
favor OF the restoration OF the temporal power This
opposed TO his view OF the interests Of
the Church. He saw ut the time OF Victor Emmanu-
els death that any attempt 10 recover the lost tenn
poral power would DO futile; every protest and plea
was set ASIDE by the various governments, and tho
new Ambassador IRON France 10 the Vatican formally
announced tDst the french government, while anxious
Tor the spiritual liberty the church have enjoned
on him 20 Danish all hope That any Undertaking would
be sanctioned IN iavor oil Restoration
POWER or JRsCITs
Ono would have imagined that, backed up by these
single minded churchmen everywhere, Loo Kill.
would have Dosn strong enough 70 hold his own. But
tine power Of the Jesuits ~ stil very great Their
perseverance, aud their widcsprea influence are In
caIculaDlc Every reform proposed submitted 10 the
congregations - rejected every old protest and cere
mony insisted on. Now lhe anatnemas ana excom-
munications against the violated rights OF tho
Church" are 10 be renewed, as Of old, on ST Peters
Day, and tho Pope, whose hcatb has suffered
severely from connnsmcni, worry and that
sense OF "a divided dusy" which TO ten.
der uouEcicnccs torture, has at length
come point OF ''manicsting his Intention OF
renounclBg the dIeny and responsibility OF the TARA
1 use The expression as II was given 10 me. What
Leo XIII. most Tears Is being tho cause OF schism.
Hence hrs idea OF sbdcatlon. HIS brother, Giuseppe
Pecci, professor OF philosophy ian ex-Jesuitl and
warmly attached TO him, rather encourages him in
the idcs. On one point tue Pope stands frm-ne Will
not create cardinals the mon designated by tho
Jssuits Hence none Will be created al the next
sistory I'll live and rule, said the Pope the other
day. II shall complete the Sacred College ia Septen
Der with men who will DO an honor to that college
aud to the Church, He might yet triumph II he
would remember and make his own the wstchword
OF the Josuite--"Chi dard rince.v