The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

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It Is q time of promise for the future, and
the Church has risen to the occasion. Before
her affairs, In commemoration OF the bra re
men sacrificed Mt Ambo Alagi. party feeling
has been forgotten. All over the country
masses have been said. and the Pope himself
more than once expressed his sympathy and
anxiety for the defenders Of Macalle. The
Church. indeed. has triumph after triumph to
register In the past year. There are now two
Capuchin chaplains attached to each brigade
in Africa, while Gen. Baratieri end the heroic
Galliano are not ashamed to confess them
selves her sons; the priests are again entering
the schools everywhere rs authorized teachers
of religion Tin Milan thousands OF families
demanded religious instruction. and in Genoa
Of all the scholars only seventy-six refused IT.;
the municipalities nearly everywhere are in
the hands of the clericals, who have knit a
great part of northern Italy into a Catholic
federation by means of the country banks,
which are strictly propagandist: in the towns
young mems societies are sprinGing up. and in
Genoa. as in other places. the Corpus Domini
procession has been restored, after an interval
of twenty years.
1t was high time religion should enter the
schools again. Signor Bonghi. of whosk loss
we are continually reminded. though no cleri-
cal and tabooed by the Church. published Just
before his death some statistics of crime In re-
lation to education. to show that 1t had in
creased IN M proportions in the last six
believed. in the want of religious and moral
instruction. either given imperfectly or not
given Mt ALL" The masters themselves welcome
generally. / believe, the arrival OF the priest. as
taking off their hands an uncongenial and deli
cate task. wh,n. as Is u1happily the case, so
he seen If the clericals will know how to use
their victory with moderation. In some of the
great towns they have been unobtrusive enough
and perhaps recognize the patent fact that they
have stu their spurs to win. as careful stew
ards Of the tn t G"s1Io veal zeal III II sr ,oT;sm is b to be S con,
weighed and found wanting. and the town pop.
ulations., sick OF hopes deferred, and weary Of
the fiscal burdens laid upon them, have turned
In despair to the clericals in hope Of lettering
their condition.
newspapers. The divorce OF national thought
and life from religion is so great that a relig-
Gus newspaper is generally pnreadable by one
expense OF seeing all that he holds dear reviled
and distorted. There are one or two honorable
and the Tttddino OF Genoa. Rut even they are
too ready to welcome any calumny against
the Liberals, and very reticent about any cleri.
conducted on their lines would undoubtedly
the Freemasons q modus rirrndi Fl scribendi
would he so much easier. 1t must remain diff
flcult; as long, as the former are credited with
latter nre believed TO celebrate the worship OF
IyuClIcr' satan IN inc lalhZIO BOrpneSe. winch
the Anti. Pope Lemmi Is lust handing over to q
new Grand Master Of the Orient.
In any case this revival OF attachment to the
Church is very remarkable. though how deep
II goes II would he difficult to say. Last year
the Developments II took were Of the fn-tk-
siicle and pleasant Sunday style-n EuCharistic
exhibition In Milan. with. as an attraction. per-
petual alteration night and day In one OF the
churches: mass said at IL. 700 feet on the high
est Alpine peak ever IN cOnseCrated; the fur
bishing up and lighting up of the dusty. for
gotten shrines in FlOrentine streets, to avert
another earthquake, besides countless pilgrim
ages in all directions.
IL was sad. how ever. to hear that the great
Congress Of Tertiaries at Assist only brought
together less than n thousand out Of the no.
900 enrolled In Italy. while the sanctuary OF
MOntcner0, near Leghorn, proudly counted its
200. 600 pilgrims, who came In their thousands
at "A time. still. II To be- anti.clerical Is no
longer a mark Of superior intelligence and
patriotism, there Is much 10 he thankful for.
At any rate the Church Is walking In the
spirit Of the Pope's encyclIcal on tho social
shown their confidence in the Catholic pro-
gramme by giving themselves into clerical
hands for a time, The present Ministry. in
leaving unhappy Sicily and Sardinia % their
fate, has shown that no help Is 10 be expected
from II. The Church has stepped into the
place Of the State. and is reaping the benefits
that NAV accrue from the mildest form OF
Christian socialism. shown In a sincere desire
10 tighten the lot Of the poor and protect the
interests OF all classes.