The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

against tHose foreign powers AHu ',Iuo 81, =
oile countries have had to look upon mn, TN ,
ana again as foreign enemy, ana, WINE VIM ar,d oa
ing Holy Father they hire men ana seha
them out TO shoot this holy father,
RMS went SO far that Pope Alexander " ~ Vi
Infamous memory-his Holiness POPE hieA, I.5
ander vi. we'll known as RodericE BoTgla-nau :.
MS lllegltlmate children occupying MS niui!
palaces. And Caesar Borgia, grea. sMaoI
buckler, bully, brute, a desperate afla ssi az
Venlurer, IN the name of and by the aut III - ~
OF MS father, his Holiness Alexander VI, WIS
nate Italian states killing and rooblng ana
numbering in the name OF his iather, lne HoiH i
1atner the Pope. And Lucretia Borg1a' wei M
known upon these theatrical beaIas, Tas his
ano!her one OF the beautiful chlldren "a " MS
hollness Alexander VI. And 1t is slgnlIcanltt - :
that at the time his holiness Alexander "
Luiea me Roman church, chuppy, naMen, raS, q =
halred, little German boy was playing aIouno
the streets of town in SaXony, boy whose
name was Martin Luther.
All through the middle ages the rope as
sumed as much as he could OF power, tem,
poral as well as spiritual. And he asserted
MS right to Interfere with the ieuos OF
princes, protesting that he did not judge con-
corning the fef that was in question, but
concerning the sin; and in that pretense there
is nothing in human life which priest, Pope
or Blshop could not interfere. 49,
ano tne Pope is trying to strengtnen bt ms aili-
ance with England, with Russia, with PRUSSIA,
al tne expense every time OF the poor CathoIlc
people OF North Germany, OF Poland, OF Eng
land, OF Ireland. The Pope in politics! LOOK
people OF Ireland by sending commission OF
two Italian prelates to investigate them at the
dlctatlon OF an English lord, in order TO obtain
the help of England in building up his rotten
temporal throne
The Pope in politics! Infalliblel Most falli-
pie OF men. He can scarcely take step put
What he is sure to make blunder worse than
crime because he has no business IN poltlcs
II should be his business to preach the Gospel,
ana every man should stick to his own trade,
and the ecclesiastical cobbler, like every other
ShOnld Stink fA
VINO might make good priest would make, as
rule, q very poor politician"
fetef Z. 1orke has quoted rather burKe, Tx one
OF The greatest intellects known In Cathollc
history. would give anything In the world IL
had the gift Of words of Father Burke or
possessed his power of oratory. IL was mar.
Velous He was word-pa1nter = man or
great mlnd. He had q passport through every
diocese In the United States and England, and
no wonder; and If ne were lecturlng In san
francisco would pay S5 to go and hear him.
rather Burke says:
'Since the day the Catholic church founded
the civil government it has never been able to
stahd st (, on its legs Independently OF her. from
the time that civil governments first got on its
legs 1t has never been able to work properly
without the help of the church; and yet 1t has
neen coming in and taking up matters OF which
II knows nothing and in which Its action Is
fatal to mans freedom and mans free Will
me clvll government is the creation OF the
cnurch. And yet after all she has done Tor 1t
civil government has tried TO encroach on the
rights and dominion of the church in three
ways-in education, in matrimony, in the ap-
pointment to benefices. burke. 259.
Let US see about Rome and the little red
schooihouse. "And here it is that the great
contest begins, which is raging all over the
world to-day in every land and IN every cline,
the church on the one side crying out, Let me
get to the Children and the world on the other
hand saying: i will educate them-you stand
ASIDE There is the great heresy OF today,
with which the church Of God is contendlng
with might and main-what education can the
world give? 1t can make an intellectual
onster."-Burke 323.
81 find great fault with the political and legis-
lative life OF this nineteenth century. This age
denies the church's powers to interfere or die
tate, OF even advise; but the evils OF the world
VIII never ind their remedy until this world
and this age return again upon the old track
and kneel down before the church to receive
at her hand the graces of intellectual power
without immortality, of moral virtue aud of the
sanctifcation OF its society, until the, nations
hear her voice once more, and whether they
put the crown upon her brow or not they Will
admit her into their councils and deliberations.
the only voice that for nearly 1000 years has
sounded on the side OF justice, mercy and
ciemency, governing the rulers and saving the
people from the wild ambition of kings and
rulers."-Burke, 2S6
paul laid the republic of Venice under an
interdict in 1906 because of the insolence of
the Government in prosecuting TWO priests for
capital crimes and promulgating two edicts
~ Prohibiting the erection of any religious
houses without the consent of the Govern
ment; (2) The alienation of property from the
people TO the church without the consent of
the republic. ."-Bullarum Romanorum Edder-
SHIN, los.
Father Burke said there was a contest be-
tween the authority of the church and the
authority OF the Government And when he
comes to this country and says the church
should have charge of the education of the
children think he is claiming tor the church
dominion in temporal affairs.
Supposing the Archbishop of San Francisco
got his salary the Recorder or Sheriff, don't
you think the City OF San Francisco should
have a voice in his appointment?
l will come to close with this extract. You
will not believe it unless you have great faith
in me. l told my friends that did not think
the audience. would believe it. It is from
pages 80, 311, 312, 3l4, will translate from
the Latin. l regret that was educated in
the English rather than in the Cont mental
Latin. The pronunciation is different. The
translation is as follows:
Canonical effects produced by excommuni.
cation, even at present.
"The effects on the faithful are that they are
bound. as we have seen, to shun and avoid the
excommunicate Crowded he is yitandus) like
a leper. spreading around him moral conta-
gion and misfortune" Ecclesiastical Law
2S6.
In what particular social or civil matters is
it necessary for the faithful 10 shun the com.
pany of q yitandns?
Isl pro deficits anathema quis eff ciatur, os
orare, vale, commune, mensa negatur.'
First, by the word os is meant all speaking
to or conyerslng with persons publicly or
privately, Dy WORD Oh mouth or IN Writing, by
signs or words. Orare refers to private prayers
| The faithful are bound to shun the company
OF yitandus even in private prayers
yale" refers to external marks OF respect OF
friendship or benevolence, such saluting,
etc. "Communio' refers to every kind OF
daily, civil intercourse, all association in bust
ness, ETC. "Mensa" means eating with him in
the same house, etc.
Hence, also, all those who knowingly assist
at the funeral of yitandus and accompany
the remains to the grave are guilty Of forbid.
den intercourse with an eKcommunicant and
commit sin. For intercourse with a yitandus
is forbidden, not only when he is alive, but
also when dead, until he is absolyed.-Ecc.,
312, 80.
God forbid that any man should be excom-
munlceted in the Catholic church. The man
dies in the home and there is no one to assist
IN washing the body. Yet Roman Catholic
Jaymcn Will fight for that institution with a
zeal that is marvellous.
When read that last quotation in my study
IL was fye or ten minutes before l could get
my eyes to read another line. l think of my
own family and think of the Irish Roman
Cathollcs who are the most loving to their
wives and families and yet they are not al
lowed to have friend come into their home
when there is death, and the amazement is
their loyalty to the Roman Catholic church.
DO you wonder that we who read and think of
these Things have the right on our side?
MAJOR Sherman-ThiS court now stands ad-
JourneQ until O'Clock to morrow night.
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