The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-08-01

! societies. the work of the education. Of
! youth, FOX he considered education as
| the basis of all human progress, build
ing colleges and academies. the direc-
! ton of the seminary. the fostering OF
| ecclesiastical and religious vocations,
the higher education of the clergy, the
founding of houses of refuge for fallen
girls, the establishment Of hospitals,
= lndling asylums 5n= orphans homes.
the repairing and The building of
churches. These are some of the ma
terial works he accomplished. But of
the spiritual good which he effected,
God alone is the judge. His episco-
pacy was indeed an arduous one and he
covered himself with glory by his edi-
Tying life and his many good and useful
works.
Created Cardinal.
on the 18th of December. 1853 Arch
bishop Pecci was invited to Rome by
the Holy Father. Pope Plus TX, in SOL
emn consistory, pronounced d magni-
ficient allocution in praise of him and
created him cardinal Of the Holy
Church. His. good people of Perugia
were delighted with the honor con
ferred upon him, and on his return to
them he was received with enthusiasm
and amidst general rejoicings. Again
in 1854. Cardinal Pecci was called to
Rome to take part in the PRONUNCIATION
of the dogma of the Immaculate Con-
ception of the Blessed Virgin Car
dinal Pecci assisted at the vatican
council in 1S69-1S70. None of his dis
courses of that period are published,
but it is certain that he was one of the
fathers of the council the most con-
suited.
And now sorrowful events are
transpiring: the temporal power of the
Holy See, a heritage of centuries, is
being constantly encroacbed upon. Ma
poleon Ill, Cavour, Victor Emmanuel
and the arch-revolutionist, Garibaldi,
are the four Immediately responsible
for the spoilation; but the Vaccinations
and intrigues of secret societies and the
apathy of European powers, particu-
larly of the Catholic powers, are the
direct causes of this robbery Plus TX,
that grand old pontiff, did all he could
to keep entire and intact the posses
sions of the church. But by the per-.
mission of God. the revolution has tri-
umphed; Plus the TX is a prisoner in
the vatican. Cardinal Pecci protested
constantly and vigorously against this
usurpation of the Piedmontese king
and government; no tongue SO daring,
Pecci.
In a consistory held in September.
1877, Pope Plus TX appointed Cardinal
Pecci camerlengo of the holy church.
This appointment, though a mark of
the great confidence Pope Plus TX had
in Cardinal Pecci, nevertheless caused
the cardinal much sorrow, for it meant
separation from his beloved folk of
Perugia, with whom he had lived and
toiled for thirtytwo years.
Elected Pontiff.
In the month of January, 1878, Victor
Emmanuel died in Rome. Plus TX fol-
lowed him a short time after. On the 5th
of February, 1873 Plus TX breathed his
last. Cardinal Pecci Immediately as
sumed the duties of his office and he
was the governing power of the church
during the interregnum. When, after
the funeral of Pope Plus TX, the car
dinals assembled in conclave to elect !
his successor, the very first voting |
showed that Cardinal Pecci was the
favorite of the cardinals. A second and !
a third vote was taken and this time |
Cardinal Pecci received more than the |
necessary two-thirds majority. With |
great humility he protested against the |
choice of the cardinals, pleading his in |
ability, his unworthiness; yet so evil |
lently manifest was the will of God |
n his election that with great diffidence |
n himself and trusting in Gods help, |
ne accepted the dignity of sovereign
oontiff and mounted the chair of St. |
Peter under the name of Leo Kill He /
was crowned pope and acclaimed as
Christ's vicar on earth on the 9rd of I
March. 1878, by all the college of car
finals and by over $4,000 people gath
red in st. Peters. 1t is customary for
he sovereign pontiff to announce his
accession to the courts of Europe and !
O the governments of the world. Leo
XIII complied with this formality, not
excluding from mis- courtesy even those
which had been most hostile
o the church under the preceding pope.
lie held out the olive branch of recon
iliation to the Swiss confederation, the
German empire and the Car of Russia.
n Switzerland The illustrious Cardinal
dermillod, successor of st. Francis de
'ales in the see OF Geneva, was ban
shed. Catholics we're robbed of their
hurches and their priests imprisoned.
n January the church was prosecuted
" the iron chancellor, Bismarck, DIR.
'alk. the author of the May laws, and
he leaders of the Kultur- Kampf, or so
aileQ /
bishops and priests were thrown into
rison, several dioceses were without
heir bishops and over thousand par
shes without priests. were deprived of
II spiritual needs for the soul.
Fruits of Wise Diplomacy.
in Russia bishops, priests and people
ere seized on trumped-up charges. or
'lthout any charge at all, laden with
MAINS and sent into exile in Siberia.
nd poor Poland was forced to drink
} the dregs of the cup of sorrow. To-
ay the relations between Switzerland
nd the Holy See, if hot cordial. are at
'2st normal. Bismarck was forced to
ONE to terms with fine pope: DR.. Falk.
ne author of the May laws, had to re- 5
gn; those same laws were repealed.
ne Kultur-k kampf or war of civiliza-
on has disappeared, the expelled re- !
Slous orders nave been mostly all al :
'Wed toEreturn, and Prussia has an ac-
nedited ambassador to the Holy See. {
A dispute between Spain and Ger i
amy over the ownership of the Caro- {
ne islands was referred to the arbi- {
alton of Pope Leo XIII by these DOW I
IS. The Holy Father mediated and t
scided in favor Of Spain and Germany c
owed to that decision. Bismarck had |
ecome an intoleFable nuisance to his ]
npeTial master the young Emperor c
William IL, and he was forced to re-
gn. The emperor Of Germany has |
sited Pope Leo XIII three times and |
e is most anxious that Germany !
lould replace France in the role of !
rotector of the Catholic missions of :
lie east. The pontiff was ably sec :
lded in his efforts for the peace of the
lurch by the Catholic center party in .
lie reichsrath ably led by the gallant =
'indthorst
In Russia, a Kindlier feeling prevails :
I'd only lately was il announced that !.
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