The Irish standard., 1907-04-20
Standing Shoulder to Shoulder, an Impressive
Feature is the Massing Of Clergy
and Parishioners.
From Normandy to the Mediterranean, it Can
Be Said, There is Not Murnnur
of Insubordination.

comes from the State. their modest
homes and gardens and beehives and
flower beds.
1t was but a continuation of the
campaign against the religious orders,
they thought. and Rome would submit
with only formal protest, as it had
before. But from the moment that
word came from the Vatican that nom
acceptance of the terms was neces-
sary for the continuance of Christian
worship, absolute, cheerful and un-
questioning loyalty and self-sacrific-
ing acquiescence has been the un-
varying rule.
What is true of the humble village
priests is true of the higher richer
clergy of the cities. From Normandy
to the Mediterranean there is not
murmur of insubordination. The gov
ernment would give any sort of q
grant for slightest t--sign",.of q
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But there is not the ,afaintest. The
[Vilatee services in the church at the
Batignolles have fallen flat. They form
a farce that has not had even a "suc-
cess of disesteem.'' Elsewhere every
effort to set up opposition to the es-.
tablished Church authorities has been
abandoned. ..-. -.-.
Gallicanism is utterly and absolutely
dead.
The superficial cause would seem
to be the natural cohesive results of
spoliative attack But there are earlier
and deeper causes.
/ One of the ablest of the younger
members of the French bar, a man of
Catholic descent, who is neither cleri-
cal nor anti-clerical, and who by rea-
son Of much travel has. lost the mar
row, Indifferent attitude Of the boule-
warbler, said to me yesterday:
"The loss of the Papal States cost
the Pope some territory. but 1t saved
for him the loyalty of France. 1t
would take too long to explain, if l
, could, the mentality of a whole ma
! ton, but we are Frenchmen. repub-
licans and lovers of our country. The
most. ardent Catholic would hesitate
before giving obedience to an outside
temporal power in conflict even with
French ministers whom we con-
demned.
/ But though it may be unorthodox
to say that stripping the Holy See of
/ it's lands in Italy was not wholly. a
! cause for regret, there is no doubt
that it gave the Pope a spiritual domi-
nance over French Christians that he
had not had since the eighteenth CEN
:. tury.
mo Frenchman feels that he sacri-
fees: his patriotism or his republican
: ism I'M rejecting Socialism and spolia-
ton. He might have his doubts If
Plus x. were a temporal sovereign
There is another factor. and an
amusing one in the death of Gallican-
:: ism. There was, until a. few years
! ago. an open forum of religious dis
:! cussion at the sorbonne. the great ma
: tional university of France.
Protestants, Hebrews. Buddhists
.Mussulmans, shintoists--apostles OF
i every doctrines shared the chair with
preachers of every variety Of the
Christian faith. Dr.. Briggs or. DR.
crapsey or any other American VIC
time Of. the higher criticism could
have spoken there without question.
/: But. above ALL ii was a hotbed OF
! Gallicanism. Boys went from the lee.
I lures feeling that their talents might
have wider scope if there were only a
friendly af1iliation between the Church
of France and the Church of Rome. II
4 was, on the whole, Christian in
stitution, therefore it was attacked
and abolished lin the days wher
Conbes was ridding the country OF
all religious teaching.
l 1T would be useful now. Its restos1.