Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-02
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The Papal allocution delivered last
Thursday by Leo XIII. will be read with
interest BY the Protestant As well as
the Catholic world. a. indicating the
policy Of the new Pontif's ecclesiastical
rsign. II 10 . pleasure 10 record the
fact that the fears Of the ultramontanss
and the fervent hopes Of. the more lib
sral spd spiritual minded Catholics have
been realized in Leo. SO far from dis
playing any intention to reopen the
vs1sd question Of the temporal power
OF the church. the a~llocution devotes
itself entirely to the spiritual needs and
aspirations Of the faithful. II urges
upon the gres, Catholic organization.
whose arms s~ncircle the world. the ne
csssity Of i~nculcating pure and holy
morals, and appeals to those in au'
thorty 10 so order their lives that their
lights may shine upon the paths OF their
interiors, and illuminate their way to
the heavenly gates. This 10 the proper
spirit with which to begin . new pom
tincal reign. and II Leo XIII. but car
riss out his pr-cepts in practice, the
world will be the better for the election
Of Cardinal Pecci TO the vacant throne
Of st. Peter.
The new Pope has himself set an e.
ample Of modssty and humility to his
subjects. by practically ignoring the
dogma Of infallibility. and treating Il As
though IL had never been established by
his predecessor. He evidently Intends
to restore the old order Of things in his
government Of the Church. and there
fore recognizes the College OF Cardinals
as an integral part Of the administra-
ton. and will rely upon them for
sci, as we'll n aid. in establishing and
p~erpstuating much needed reforms.
This action, while II Is somewhat oil .
reflection on the administrative wisdom
Of the late Pontiff. Is . concession to
the advanced spirit Of the age. which
has come mono too soon. The dogma
Of infalhbility. instead OF lifting up the
Church. and clarifying II, as was In
tended. has been n CALLING chain upon
the neck OF the Pope ever since 1t was
proclaimed. by making him utterly in
dependent OF the Sacred College. 1t con
fsrred ON him an authority more absolute
than that Of any monarch in the world.
and saddled him with u responsibility
which no man but one Of the humane
and gentle disposition Of Plus. could
have borne without bringing dissracs on
himself and the Church. Leo proposes
to be fsttsred by no such dogma as this.
and IL he makes mistakes the RESPONSE.
biliiy will attach equally to the College
Of Cardinals and himself.
Under the regime Of Leo XIII. . new
era is dswning upon the Church Uni
vsrsal. The signs are suspicious. and
the future Is full Of promise. Under n
leader imbued. as the new Pope evil
IDENTIFY is. with large ideas Of human
progress, combined with . realizing
sense OF his obligations as the n visi'
bic representative Of Christ Jesus On
earth. there is no reason why the ortho-
dox Christian Church. which numbers
its votaries In every land under the sun.
should not prosper and grow strong in
the years to come. Indeed. the loss oil
temporal power. when rightly viewed. Is
rather u gain to the Holy See. With
none Of the cares Of earthly government
to torment him. the Pope rule In
his spiritual kingdom with . broader wis
dom, and with ideas single to the good
OF the Church. His Is a kingdom. not
over the bodies. but over the souls OF
men. The divine part Of humanity Is
entrusted to his guidance. and that Pope
will all the chair Of st. Peter most &C
ceptably who recognizes this fact and
devotes all his power to swayins the in
ner man. Leo realizes this. and has
started out in the right path to make OF
his administration a spiritual triumph.