Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-08-01
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
CATHOLICS HONOR Him.
The e. Pope''s' s.. Encyc|ica| on
Columbus.
Has The Iron HALL GONE UNDER?
Conflicting Statements by
Interested Persons. y
BISMARCK cRITICISES William.
Princess Beatrice's Narrow
Escape.
BISMARCK cRI1ICISEs William,
THE POPE,S LETTER.

THE POPE'S LETTER.
! High Mass to be Held In Every
| Cathedral of Spain, Italy and thu
Two Americas in Honor of Colum.
bus on October 12-Columbus, Mis-.
sion Was One of Religious Zeal
Catholicism Gave America TO the
WorId-The Duty of the Church to
Convert the Indians.
ROME, July 31.-The letter addressed by
Pope Leo XIII to the arohbishops and
bishops of Spain, Italy and the two Amer
ieas on the subject of Christopher Colum
bus says: =:
From the end of the fifteenth century
since man from Liguris first landed, I'M
der the auspices of God, on the trans
Atlantic shores, humanity has been strong
ly inclined to celebrate with gratitude the
recollection of this event. 1t would Ger
tainly not be an easy matter to find more
worthy cause to touch their hearts and to
indame their zeal. The event, in
effect, is such in itself that no
other epoch has seen a grander and more
beautiful one accomplished by man; as to
him who accomplished it, there are few
who can be compared to him in greatness
of soul and genius. By his work a new
world flashed forth from the unexplored
ocean: thousands upon thousands of NOR
tails were returned to the common society
of the human race, led from their barbar-
GUS life to peacefulness and civilization,
and, which is of more Importance, recalled
from perdition to eternal life by the
bestowal of the gifts which Jesus Christ
brought to the world.
Europe, astonished alike by the novelty
and the prodigiousness of this unexpected
expected event, understood little by little
in due course of time the vast discoveries
of Columbus, when, by sending colonies
to America, by frequent communications,
by exchange of services, the prestige of
Europe increased enormously. Therefore,
it would not be fitting amid these numer-
GUS testimonials of honor and in these con-
certs of felicities that the church should
maintain complete silence, since in accord
ance with her character and her institu-
tions she willingly approves and endeav-
ors to favor all that appears. wherever it
is, to be worthy of honor and praise.
There is, in addition, an entirely special
reason for which we believe we should
commemorate in grateful spirit this i'm
portant event It is that Columbus is one
of US. When one considers with what
motive above all he undertook the plan of
exploring the dark sea, and with what OBJ
ject he endeavored to realize this plan, one
cannot doubt that the Catholic faith super
latively inspired the enterprise and its
execution, SO that by this also humanity is
not a little indebted to the church.
The letter says that many men of hardi-
hood and full of experience before Colum-
bus and after him explored with perse-
vAfSo rto 1n0 do
still more unknown. Their memory is
ference between them and Columbus. Co.
lumbus followed an object more grand
and more elevated than the others. This
does not say that he was not influenced by
desire for mastering glory or that he
was not looking to his personal interest,
but above all these human reasons,
that of religion was uppermost in him
by great deal, and 1t was this
without doubt which sustained his spirit
and his will and which frequently filed
him with consolation. He considered that
they led savage life with ferocious Gus
toms; that, more miserably still, they were
wanting in all notion of the most impor-
tant thinge, and that they were plunged in
ignorance of the only true God. There
fore he aimed first of all to propagate the
name of Christ and the benefits of Chris
tian charity in the west. In proof of Co.
lumbus' religious zeal the letter cites the
discoveries declarations on the subject to
Ferdinand and Isabella, to Pope Alexander
vi and to Raphael Sanchez, and also Isa-
| bella's testimony to that effect. 1t was in
evitable, says the letter, that a man over
whelmed with burden of trials so great
and SO intense should not have succumbed
| to the inevitable had he not sustained him
hr fho Of fu1G11ipcy q
| noble enterprise which he conjectured
| would be glorious for the Christian name
| and salutary for an infinite multitude.
The letter says that, in effect, Columbus
discovered America at about the period
| when great tempest was going to unchain
| itself against the church. 1t really seems
that the man for whom Liguria honors
| nerself was destined by special plan of
God to compensate Catholicism for the in
| jury which it was to suffer. To call the
Indian race to Christianity was without
doubt the mission and the work of the
church. The letter states that Columbus
matured his grand plan of discovery in g
convent with the advice of monk; invoke q
the divine blessing at the different stages
| of his enterprise, and took possession OF
the land he discovered in the name Of
| Jesus Christ. 1t is declared that in order
| to celebrate worthily the solemn anniver-
sary of Columbus the sacredness of religion
must be united to the splendor of civi
pomp.
The pope, therefore, DEGREES that OF
October II, or the following Sunday. il
the respective diocesan bishops judge it t.
be opportune after the Office of the day
the solemn mass of the very holy trinity
ehall be celebrated in the cathedral ant
collegial churches of Spain, Italy and the tw'
Americas; In conclusion the pope accord
the apostolic bsnediction to the prelate
whom he addresses, and to the clergy ant
people. The letter bears the date of Jul,
16.
| CELEBRATING IN SPAIN.
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