The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-20
ROMAN CATHOLICS PROTEST
AGAINST THE OCCUPATION OF ROME
 BY ITALIAN GOVERMENT.

Resolutions Volcing the sentiment of the | Meetinp-The Pope Prisoner in the | Yatican-Halian Demonstration To-day | will Not be Interfered With. Three hundred Catholics from the diff ferent parishes of the city assembled at an adjourned meeting at St. Fat rick's hall, Wallace street, last evening, in response to a call of the Cathohc clergy, for the purpose of recording their protest against the occupation Of Rome by the Italian troops on the 2Oth of September, 1870.
 The Catholic clergymen present were: The Revs. John Russell, P. Mulholland, M. McKeon, John Corcoran, J. D. Car tier French), Daniel +. Lawler, Jere- miah Curtin, Lilley, John D. Coyle, D. OConnor and Ermenegildo BattagNa Qtalian,)
 The Rev, P. Mulholland of St. Fran cis church presided and Alexander 1 Emery was secretary. Father Mulhol- land stated the object of the meeting lit was for the purpose, he sald' or protesting against the usurpation or the papal dominions by the Italian gov ernment, and the continuation of the practical Imprisonment of the holy father within the walls of the vatican. The reverend chairman then called upon the Rev, John Corcoran ot St. Francis Orphan Asylum, chairman of the committee on resolutions for the committees report.
 Father Corcoran then read the follow ing report and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
 Rev. MT. Chairman and Gentlemen , Your committee to whom was referred , the duty of preparing resolutions eH
 pressive of the sense of this gather ling, respectfully submit to your con
 sideration. as a result of their confer ence, the following:
 At a meeting of the Catholic clergy
 men and representative laymen Of m city of New Haven, Conn.,, held in St ] Patrick's hall, on Thursday, Septembe I1e 1895, the following preamble and rese llutions were unanimously adopted Whereas, Friday, September 20, WI = be the twenty fifth anniversary Of tn e unjust and iniquitous seizure py tn e Italian government of the Pontihcf : possessions; and
 Whereas. The aforesaid governmer : proposes to celebrate on that day tn . ouarter-centenary of it's assault on tn < papal city; and
 Whereas, It is our conviction that IT y head of the church cannot be the sus 4 ject of any civil power without losn Y that independence which the SoVerele : Pontiff ought to enjoy in the exerci V of his august authority for the prese
 yation of the Catholic faith and Cathol d union; and
 IS Whereas, The approaching celebr ,h ton on the part of United Italy, at lreioce over that injustice and Wron f. is but another insult throust at our ho ,n lfather and his rights. Now, therefor bt land for other similar reasons, be 1t, ! Jo Resolved, That it behooves us as Toy or adherents of Pope Leo to unite Q
 voice with that of Catholic Christe
 dom in giving expression in a form manner to the heartfelt sympat n which we entertain for his sacred pt 70. son deeply greved by the forthcoml ai unrighteous demonstration.
 HIS Resolved, That we the Catholic cler
 and laity of the city of New Have IT. enter our solemn protest against No occupation of the Rome of the pol IS by the present incumbent of the ltall ch throne as a high-handed act Of lnJ' lal tice and a gross violation of the rigl
 of the entire Catholic church. ITS Resolved, That we, his faithful ST ad itual children, pledge the Roman Pt er- tiff our most pious feelings of tilial his votion unalterable attachment and l me swerving loyalty while we ferVen ds. pray for our beloved holy father, l i've XIII, that God may deliver him 1T ere lhis enemies, and restore him to the will ldenendence so necessary for the full the ment of the duties of his divine off1c' nto Resolved, That copy of the pream 1y- and resolutions be adopted at thls me car ing be forwarded to the Right Rev. the Tierney. bishop of Hartford, for tra :, a mission to his holiness, Pope Leo Al is and that each of the newspapers of the Haven be furnished with a copy of the same.
 ,m- Signed by the committee olC | Rev. F. MulUOlldltl, INCN' o' A'i' hS"e'' ,in- Rev. M McKeon, Rev. John D. ely Coyle, Rev. John Corcoran Rev.
 D. M. Lawler, Rev. M. O'Sulli-
 van. Rev R. Early, Rev. D.
 O'Connor, Rev. John Kennedy, Rev. Synnott, Rev. T. J. Shan Co. lev. Rev. J. A. Schaele, Rev. Ermenegildo Battaglia, Rev uer Peter Lynch, Michael Fahey un- Lawrence Curtis, Ed. O'Mara ase Daniel Dore, Phillip Cronin i+o Julius Baribault F. Cameron ore Hon. W. c. Robinson, Martin ard Clark, J. Bechel, Joseph Oakes
 James A. Fogarty, Phillip Ryan the Alexander Emery.
 2 to Terrence B. Kelley said it would ;arv we'll for the meeting to correct a nat lapprehension of the object for W af- it had been called which prev;
 among certain classes. Some pc