Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-12
POPE PREDICTS
ULTIMA TE
TRIUMPH
FRENCH CATHOLICS MUST
EXPECT PERSECUTION
Church Unable TO Accept
Terms Offered by Govern
ment Declares Pontif in En-
cycIical on Separation Law.
IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.
Rome. Jan 11.--The Osservatore
Romano, official organ of the vatican.
today published the text of an en-
cyclical addressed by the pope to
"our venerable brothers, the cardinals.
clergy bishops and French people"
In this document the bontn said
his chief object in addressing the
faithful in France was TO comfort
them in their sufeiings. which he
felt deeply. There was, however
great consolation in the fact that the
Catholics of France were united The
French governments declaration
was not only against the Chris
tian faith, but against all spiritual
IDEAS The French Catholics must be
prepared for all sorts of trials but
they were certain of final victory.
Contrary to statements uoon the sub
ject. the church did not desire a re-
ligious war involving violent persecu-
tions, being a missionary of peace
and carrying out her mission loyalty. ,
the church did not willingly expose |
herself to war and prosecutions as
she did not desire to see her children |
suffering. The French government !
had imposed on French Catholics an /
organization which the church was /
absolutely unable 10 accept without /
imperiing her existence as a divine
institution. As for the proposed \
cultural associations, they are
contrary to the ecclesiastical herar-
chy given to the church by the divine
founder himself, and the pope con-
demned them in spite of the material
injury which this involved at the
hands of the government
Continuing, the pope said.
I'VE have been accused of preju
dice ana inconsistency. 1t has been
said that we refused to approve In
france what we had already approved
Il Germany But this reproach Is
r nsf and unf2unded. for while the
tiernaa law IS icondemnahle on many
points and was officially accepted in
order to avoid greater evils the situ-
ations are very different The Ger
man law explicitly recognized the
Catholic hierarchy. while the French
does not
"As to the annual declaration re-
CURED for public worship il did not
offer the legal guaranty that the
church had the right to expect. (
Nevertheless, to obviate worse evils.
the church might have tolerated (
making declarations but laying down /
that the clergy shall be only occupants
of the churches without any legal
status and without the right to per-
form any administrative act in the
exercise of their ministry placed
them in such a vague and hu-
initiating position that the making Of
declarations could not be accepted
II remains to examine the law {
recently voted by the chambers. From
the point of view of church property
the law is law of spoilation and
conhscation and has consummated the
pillage of the church.
Although her divine founder was
born in a stable and died poor upon
the cross and. although she knows
poverty from the cradle. the property
she was possessed of nevertheless be- &
longed to her and no one had the {
right TO deprive her of IT, This own {
ership. indisputably, however, from I
every point of view, has been offi- 2
ciallly sanctioned by the state. g
The statement that the govern '
ment disposed of the abandoned z
property Of the church is adding de- }
rision to spoilation. la
From the point of view of the ex-
ercse of religion the new law has c
organized anarchy. II inaugurates a '
reign of uncertainty and arbitrariness. 2
There is uncertainty as to whether
the churches which are always liable
10 disaffection. shall or shall not IN
the meanwhile be at the disposal OF =
the clergy and faithful In each par y
iSh the priest will be in the power OF !,
the municipality with consequent pos I
sibility of conflicts in all parts OF the . .
In addition the clergy are q
under an obligation to meet the hea- -
West expenses, while their sources OF
revenue are subjected to the strieiest !,
THE new law aggravates the law :
separating the church and state Ger
lain articles of the law throw new
light upon the real aim of our enc
mics They wish to destroy the
church and de-Christianize France W
without attracting too closely the at /
-ention of the people. II their course L
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IS. they weuld pursue ii openly ana p
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Instead, against the rising .tlue >
1f popular reprobation. the govern
neni attempts to throw the responsl-
ailty upon the church. its victim. nut
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which heaven invested us. as well as l.,
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iave acted otherwise without be-
raylng our conscience or breaking
he oath we took when we mounted
he throne Of st. Peter. IS
Therefore We await fearlesslN ine -
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