Year: 1874




POLICY OF THE FUTURE.


THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF THE POPE INCREASING


WITH THE DECLINE IN HIS TEMPORAL AUTHOR


ITY-TuE POPE AS AN ARBITRATOR-oSE OF THE


GREATEST CONTROVERSIES THE WORLD HAS


EVER SEEN ABOUT TO OPEN.


From The London TGmes. Nov o.


A large meeting of Roman Catholics assem-
bed ut Archbishop Mannings house 81 Westminster ON
man Catholic Academia in reference to tho future pol
10y Of the Catholic world In the course OF his obserya
Academia was formed the close OF the last century TO
unite Catholics throughout the world Ia opposing the
France aud Germany. whose thoughts were dssemi-
mated by the press OF England Thirteen years ago


was found necessary extend tue work OF the Assoc
England and he was glad To say, though ne ala
not like to exutlng words that they had done mleh
and the Uf this country In the
preseat crisis and looking TO the coming great future
struggle, they had a vast work before thcm LooKug
at the hostility manifested the Continent to tho SO7
eregn Pontif he invited their special attention TO lie
best means Of asserting DIS nfalDiy ana his rght to
their attention io-namely that since his temporal
itu power and influence his subjects had greatly
In the conflict Of nations which they had seen
to the temporal power OF tho Holy Father vast amount
OF blood had been shed and nations III their perpex ad
lately been seeking means to avert tue terrible
calanitles OF war At ho International Arbitration
Conference recently held at Geneva one OF the iutuen-
pute should be submitted arbitrators appointed from
the principal nations Of the world and their decision the





however the nations question refused 10 submit, then
whole of the other nations were TO be called upon 10
This proposed system putting end TO could they
he would ask, Imagine anything more likely to proong
hut one authorized arbitrator between tho nd-
tions OF the earth, and that one no need scarcely
tell them, was the one who was not Interested
I'm the temporal affairs of nation tnan another
but was impartial to all and that one was the Sovereign
which he would call their attention. anu that was one
which had been held at Bonn for the purpose OF
upon spiritual matters, according TO the teachings Of
what they called the Old Catholics TO be settled by the
which would naturally arise in the mind Of true
Catholic would bo as to VINO would have TO select the
Catholic Church would be that just only knows
his spirit and his own history. 80 1T Is with the
aud none other knows it 50 well. To her historians
aud to her TEACHINGS alone, then. such parties
would Invite their attention the scep icism.
free thought. and socaed scientific teachings of the
tion of this style Of thought he would refer them to
Prof TyndalPs address the other day at the Belfast
trey would do well to read very excellent arcle In
The Times Of Saturday last. Whoever wrote that
Wlitns about L. Was the old story OF Gaeo and
they would do well to study these articles the pur
the Catholic Church. Other SUBJECTS to which he Would
like them 70 ave their attention were the various
ciay those among the Dsseners The other questions
which he invited serious consideration to were
the lnaliiDy OF the uOly tdther, his right to tempo
raj well spiritual authority and amid all


icting opinions the world. necessity
acknowledging civil allegiance TO HIN as their only
safety. Within the last "A hours IL had been
to him that the Catholic world threatened with q
controversy the whole of the Of the Vatican
Council From this and other matters which had come
to his knowledge he could see that they the very
eve Of Of the migbtiest controversies the religious
world had seen. Certainly nothing like the contro
versy which they were about ~ had occurred
during tho last SEQ years. and they be prepared
II they wonld only prepare themselves he did not
fear for the decrees OF Vatican Council or for the
Vatican itself, But they must have no halfhearted
measures. They must have no half-fearfu, halt
OF the Sovereign Ponts claim: they
not fear declare England aud TO tue world
through the free press Of England Sovereign Pon
ts claim to iufablity, his right to temporal power
and tho duty OF the nations Of ths earth to return to
their allegiance to him. II they did his-if they pro-
claimed this with uncertain sound, Protestants In
England and Protestants throughout tho world would
wonld hear them and be convinced II they did this,
the PrOestat world would give them credit for their
courage and believe I'm them for their own hOnesys
sake. IL, the other hand they minced matters and
spoke In hafearful measures, PrOtestants would only
turn away from them for their OF honesty. Prot
cstants knew well what they meant. aud what the
claims OF the Catholic Church are, and therefore It
would DO best for the Church speak out and no
had no fear for the result.