The Irish standard., 1889-12-14
ROME AND IRELAND.

III the enlightenment and intelligence
OF the nineteenth century so MANY cal
umniators and viiliers Of religion and
Christianity should be allowed TO run
at large, like SO many roaring lions
seeking whom they may devour. But
it is to be presumed that it is the nature
of the beasts, therefore they cannot
be legally held responsible for their acts.
Every little while one or more of those
lumlnaries of the pulpit hobs up serene
ly with something startling and ter
rible with regard to the Irish and the
Roman Catholic Church. But now
some of the journals of The Protestant
type have fallen into line with the start
ling information thar the day of Ire,
lands duom is sealed, and that her
severance from Rome is near at hand.
How sad to contemplate. However
that may be, everyone knows the wish
is father to the thought, and. in the
present instance. that saying is true to
the letter. Nothing won d so crafty
the enemies of Catholicity as rupture
b. tween The Catholic Church and the
Irish people. What hundreds of years
have not been able to accomplish, it is
not likely that punY and transparent
lodges of the anti Catholic press and
the slanderous and lying utterances Of
crack. Drained pulpit orators can now
,r,f1 1ofo For rA OF ri cd
is that the Irish people have ''opened
their eyes" and the Irish clergy are
very uneasy over the dilemma in which
they are placed y of choosing between
break with Rome and a break with the
people of Ireland. which is threatened
IN the near future. All this rubbish
emanates from the sources above re-
ferred to. Fortunately for the Irish
people at home and abroad, they are not
dependent upon journals that write up
such arrant nonsense for their sources
of information, as on the pulpit blather-
sixties who make such announcements.
He would be very ignorant Irish Cath
vlic who would allow himself to be i'm
posed upon by such clumsy devices and
clerical rot. Never before, in all the
of the Irish people, were the
clergy so united as they are at present
in furthering the Natl onal cause. Not
because the Irishn.an of to-day is one
whit more patriotic than his valiant
predecessors. but because the move,
ment in Ireland is constitutional oae
in which the Catholic Church can take
part, and, taking part therein, is more
than likely to ensure success. Never
before have the National clergy bad the
same Influence at the Court OF Rome as
they have at the present day; and il
must be remembered that they do not
stand alone, for they are assisted by the
mitered children Of Ireland the world
over-in Canada, IN the United States,
IN Australia. The enemies Of the
Church would like to see a severance
between Rome and Irela nd, because
hey see in that little green Isle the
greatest bulwark Of Cathol.citY. Could
hey only detach her from Rome, then.
indeed, they would set up an exultant
,hout. It is therefore Of the greatesl
Importance to them that they should
'oW the seeds Of distrua it Of the head Of
aaood 8 Church in the minds OF the Irish
people. They know how dearly the
IRISH people love their native land, how
hat nnquenchable devotion has sur
lived every onslaught, every dis
lster and the anti Catholic pr, 50
,ope by hibiting the Pope ]. as
nImica ~ the calse of lish
Hou1 Rule LENA e 81 from him
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