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rsing ter and Catholic Messenger.
IMNW D 3 VUV T SUNDAYT ORNIJG.
IneW slN 5 SUNDAYT, MARCH 3. 5i75
Ma/-....a. t Lucrul I.. Pope no Martyrr.
"y.Mar. a-l5 . Wedsoedy-first day of Lent.
Whia-..... Ma-7-8t T'lboae AqLaae, LDoctor of the
('horeh
lUI.... a t.-VeoOerton of tile Crown of Thorns
of Ourn tIvolur. To
h j....Mar. 9--ki. Frances of Items. Widow.
THE HOLY LAND.
ret
New ORI.XINS, February 22, 1-79.
The Rev. Father R. Piperni, missionary in
Bethlehem, in the Holy Land, bhaving been cn
/Bised to come to the United States by His Mi
Eminence, Cardinal Franchi, Prefect of the thl
Frepaganda, who gave him excellent and press- in
lugrecommendations, we permit him, by a spe- tal
_-al favor, to have recourse to the charity of the fat
faithful and of all benevolent persons in favor
of the orphan asy lnm established in Itothlehem,
where have been received a large number of ha
-hlldren, who are now redued to a state of gr
starvation by the effect of the awful distrest wi
which is prevailing all over the population of
the Holy Land. fJr
i N. J. P'ititlta., PC
Archbishop of New Orleans. tit
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Diocese of Natchez.-Lent, 1878.
Flesh meat is allowed all days, except WVer
meadays and Fridays, and Saturday of Ember gl(
week, which falls this year on March fltbh. etc
By order of the U13shop. an
M. F. GRIt;NON, V. G. hn
Last Tuesday Judge Whittaker sentenced jut
e.-Senator Thos. C. Anderson, of the Returning sti
Board, to two years' imprisonment at hard gl(
labor. the
For our next issue we we shall have the Regon trt
1Ations for Lent in the Diocese of Mobile and, wi
pIobably, a Lenten Pastoral from the Bishop of IN
latcher. eel
The Forty Hours' Adoration of the Most
3lsssed Sacrament will commence to-day at
High Mass in the Cathedral. Benediction atm
- o'olock each evening.
Bev. Pastors are requested to send us, by next gr
Thursday, the Order of Lenten Exercises in to
their respective Churches, for publication in no
next Sunday's MoaRNzN STAR. to
The "Colleen Bawn" will be performed at the
Lt. Charles Theatre, at noon on Saturday, u1ith
lnst., for thebeneflt of the Asylum of the Im- be
maoulate Conception. The price of admiselon an
is fxed at 50 cents. ag
Members of Total Abstinence Societies,
Branches of the Hibernian Association and of
.Dilieone of the Ancient Order of IIbernians, ti
eld persons interested in these organizations, ah
will find cflicial notices of meetings, etc., in hi
our Special Notice Column, on another page of la
to-day' STAR. iii
SocIrrY ST. VINCENT nD PAUL -The next w
Quarterly General Communion of the members
of the Society of St. Vincent do Paul will take
place in St. Patrick's Church, Sunday, March o'
10th., at the 71 o'clock Mass. The general tl
Imeetoig will be held in the Morning Star Hall ai
the same day at 5 rP. .r
K. O. M.-The fifth annual pageant of the m
luights of Momns, which appeared on our ai
streets last Thuarday night, was one of the d,
lrgest and most beautiful the people of this j
city have ever witnessed. The Knights repre
seated Boenes from the Realms of Fancy. The n
streets and balconies along the route were
densely packed with admiring throngs of peo
ple. Verily, New Orlesos is a city of proces- a
elesoas.
ti
The police of this city have formed an Asso-  
elation, to be known as the Crescent City f,
Poliee Benevolent Aasolcatiln. Its objects are t
it relieve the sick and bury the dead. The t1
following named gentlemen are the oficers: b
John Brogniens (lst Precinct), President;
R.C. Morgan, (6th Precinct), let Vice do.;
M. McDermott, (Yd Precinct), 24 do. do.; p
Thee. Reynolds, (6rth Precinct). Treasurer;
Thos. W. Curley, (let Precinct), Secretary.
One blunder occurred in the nmake-up of our
report last Sindey of the grand demonstration r
of the `OLh of February in commemoration of i
the death of Pope P'ins IX. The namges of the
gentlemen coml,osing tiih Coluuiitee of Ar
rangemei.te were publishled n tie., Reception t
Committee it the Ciathol,rail and, , i. r.., th I
names of th,* cun.lo". : ,.a t ite IhelptIl .o
aittee rli ro , v',,  :h, (' ct .eitte, of Ar.
rangenr- I:1l, , i n e tr t ll' ,f Arratnge ilek $
- thee CI .t: d l it ] t ity ln iantt f .! it.l C.tl
rnittle ,-- t ats wtlll' Mr. ,l. It is to 're i
chairern on lr. 'Tiloa. Laytoe ai t cretari r
the lRe s ti. (',.u:ittie wai uinder 11 oL ,ec
tion of hion. 1l. W'hite nas clasttian.
Sot)eritI'l.. unlin', 3iei v.-li'ee I.ondon lrif
l of the 2.1 of Fet.ruary, Inohtine the follow
ing Roman news til :
A 'roell y.-Ao. astroloter <I the Apenninee,
mamed liarbaneln. in whioml the Romans have
great faith, mlade a lucky guess thii year in his
projpheti almianack. lie say : "OIn January
roph great catafalque will be erected in
Rome!" Hle also savs: "another will be re
guired on February hith."
Of course it was only in view of the recent
death of Victor Emmanuel that the Tabl,
fonud this a striking item. ltad the editor
known of the august obsequies to occur in
Rome within one short week, he might have
begun to think that after all there may be
soemethieg in astrology; or at least that a
eloser stody of the 'stars in heaven" may teach
ug thiuga undreamed of in our past philo
sophy. " " "
BABT SnOW JOR TUE LITTiLE 0301TERS.-in
ear advertisi3 oolamus will be founn the programme
tsr this moot interesting entertainmenlt, which willI
Sake place at Grunewald Ball on the thb. at 132 o'lock.
The Governor, the Mayor, Gen. Beauregard. and a
number of other leading citizesm, will act so Judges of
e claims of the infants on exihbition. Admlssion, ,I
erntS for adnlts, an costs for ehlldrea.
PASTORAL ADD MANDATOR LTr Tr. t
or Msu
Nost Rev. Archbishop of New Orleans.
For the Lent of 1878.
NAPOLZON JOSEPH PERCHE, by the (Grace of od C
and the taver of the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop ]
of New Orleans. Assistant at the o'ontSloal Throne, it
Roman Count, (:rand Croee of the Order of the b
Holy Sepulchre, etc.
To the Clergy ad Faithful of ur Diocese, Health and
Benedioion in Christ our Lorld.
Beloved Fellowo Laborers and Dear Breth. g
ren-Although the multiplicity of affairs al
which the government of this large diocese It
entails upon us scarcely leaves us one it
moment of rest, we cannot, on the eve of tl
this holy time of Lent, in which the Church P'
in more pressing terms invites us to medi- c(
tation, prayer and penance, withhold a of
few words of exhortation to you. m
You are all aware that in the secret de- al
signs of his most adorable Providence, it
has pleased the Lord to call unto Him the C
great and holy Pontiff who, with angelic ci
wisdom, has governed the Church of God I'
for a spare of thirty-two years, and, as a P
perfect follower of Him whose representa- h
tive he was on earth, was the first to prac- ti
tice the admirable lessons he gave to the .ar
world.th
We are confident that the illustrious and 51
glorious P'ins the IX., already erijoys the b2
eternal rewaid prepared for his long toils n
and most eminent virtues. 'And although eY
human opinions, when compared with the sa
judgments of God, have but little weight, to
still it brings consolation to us and gives ai
glory to the Church to see, that all over qt
the world, men who have a real sense of gc
true beauty and grandeur, have united at
with us in rendering homage to Pins the *e
IX whose name will ever remain the high- re
eat expression of all that will have been v(
pure, noble and great in the nineteenth cen- ci
tory. hi
But if the Pope must die like all other re
men, the Papacy dies not. And whilst we tb
were yet giving expression to our deep in
grief, it has pleased the Lord, in his mercy, in
to suddenly change our sorrow into glad
ness, and, by the election of Leo the XIII, of
to vouchsafe unto us a worthy successor to re
Pins the I. at
Men of little faith troubled themselves at
beyond measure in regard to this election, ni
and their narrow human foresight luilt
against it insuperable obstacles. They di
were appalled by the threats of the kings
of the earth and of the princes of the na- c<
tions boasting arrogantly that they had cm
shaken off the yoke of the Lord and of ti
his Christ. But he that dwelleth in heaven i
laughs at the vain designs of men. At al
his pleasure, lie curbs their rebellions a
wills, and in the hour marked out by His i
wisdoni, He shows with what tgnder edci
tude Ie watches over His Church, His L1
own Immaculate Spouse. He has muzzled a
the lions, he has chained down the tigers,
and papal elections have seldom been car
ried through i ,h o ssuc.h casu and , .i-t.
Whatever may be the efforts of the ene- a
mies of the Church, Leo the XIII is now I
and will remain among us, to the timeof hIs 0
death, the representative and Vicar of h
Jesus Christ, and we hope, that at some t'
near day, it shall be our joy to raise the tri
umphant cry: "Vicit Leo de fribt Juda" J
the lion of the tribe of Juda bath conquered; 0
and like unto the pillar of fire that led the t
way of the Israelites in the desert, light for
the people of God, but darkness for his ene
mies, the Papacy, ever radiant for the
faithful, leaving the unbelievers in their
willful shades, will lead mankind through
the deserts of this earthly life, until that
blessed day when it will introduce, into
the abode of glory, to be forever trium
phant, with the children of God, Ill those
who have followed in her foot steps.and
continued faithful to the end.
r Iefore long, Beloved Brethren, we shall
Q receive the Encyclical letter of Leo the X llI
t announcing to the bishops of the Catholic
e world, andti through theni to all the faithful,
his accession to the Pontitical throne; and
n then it will be our0 pleasant duty to exprss
publicly our joy ar:d o gratitudo toar Itds
t.d avd ppard it, lore intd, to love
mlid invel' thii' te ilt ti "[511 of Liio thb
XIll, thel \ car of (':rst. we will oh ; hiin
rf. lilovetd lretthl t.ri, itt now tuin our
cvl's to a miin re .in itte tU phlire,, wt, t iiust git'e
t'linke to t; ,d, the aiuthor of a:l good. :l
seeing tlihat the Iathliolic Imovement still goes
- on n this I)ioccse andi that religion has 1t,,
gretsed. It is a source of great consolation
eI for us to see men who, either from latal
is consequences of a tfirst education or from
y other unhappy circumstances, had btc n
n= brought up in the ways of error, or in com
plote ignorance of any religion, now fast re
t turning to the bosom of the Catholic Chuarch.
SWe rejoice when we see men, too long
or estrayed, resuming the faithful practice
of their religious duties. We are happy to
Sstate that, from among those who embraced
a piety with lukewarmness and indifference,
ih we now see many giving themselves to the
1.- practice of Christian virtnee with firmness
and resolute determination. It is also with
real joy that we see devotions so dear to
eevery dovout Catholic, such as the devo
r tion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to oer
k. Lady of Lourdes, to St. Joseph, flourishing
I and prospering in our midst.
Bo t those consolations are to often min
gled with bitterness. We grieve deeply
that so many Catholics still neglect their
most pressing duties and fail to perform
their Easter duties and to sanctify the
Lord's day. We see too many who try to a
reconcile things that are incompatible, if
o combining a few exterior religious prac- n
~p tices with a worldly life, or, to call it by t
as. its name, with a pagan life, worldliness h
Lbs being nothing else but paganism with a
faint tint of religion. How paloful it is to
see persons calling themselves Catholics v
h. -given up to the insatiate love of pleasures it
ira and to all the extravagances of unbecoming f
se lux.ur,'and in order to indulge their crav
no ing'after vanity and sensuality, permitting E
of themselves to be drawn into excessive ex
ch penses, which, at all times, would deserve ,
li censure, but still more now, at this time t(
a of need and misery, when in our midst so s
niany of our Brethren even want the first
e- necessities of life.
it We also see with sorrow that some
he Catholics seem to ignore or scorn the dins
ic cipline of the Church in relation to the a
)d authority of a Pastor in his parish. A tl
a Pastor appointvd by the Bishop, and under
a. his jurisdiction, exercising parochial du
c. ties, has the responsibility of that parish,
he .and, therefore, he must have all the au- u
thority and rights which that same respon- _
id sibility demands. But some persons, guided a
1N by theirown tastes, whims or caprices', do i
Is not allow themselves to beguidedby the e
;1 spirit of the Church, and have not the neces- C
,e sary regard for the authority of the:r Pas- f,
t, tore, to whom have been entrusted the mis- ti
es sion andjurisdiction, and, as a natural conse
er quence, the special graces necessary to u
of govern their parishes. In order to check it
id and correct such abuses that give rise to rc
7e serious inconveniences, we shall have to
h. renew and enforce the measures that our
n, venerable predecessors had adopted in like lii
n. circumstances, and when the time shall ]
have come, after prayer, consultation and
er reflection, we shall communicate to you
re the ordinances that it will be advisable, ci
sp in our judgment, to promulgate on thisa o
y, important matter. m
d- With reference to the temporal situation B
I, of the Diocese, we repeat, Beloved Broth- C
toren, what we said last year. Under a wise a
and skillful administration the financial
es affairs of the Diocese are notably improved
notwithstanding the hardness of the times. 01
ilt If God, as we hope, grant us coon better a
days, that improvement will increase rap- p
idly. But we are still in need of your
a- co-operation and you will continue it by tl
ad contributing for the "Diocesan Aesocia- o
of tion" estrblished by us last year. This at
en institutioun has been very serviceable, P
At although the result was not what we had p,
no a right to expect. The success of this good r
lie work rests principally with the Pastors, :
i-. nd we feel confidect that every one of s
,is them will display sufficient zeal to carry it p
ed successfully to the desired end.
re, But, Beloved Brethren, what above all v
ir we expect from you is that, since we have, e
fr any ar given you all we have o
ae- and all we are, and are still disposed to
e sacritice for you the remnant of our life, of I
his our strength and of our health, we may 1
of have the consolation to see you responding
me to our efl'orts, so that our toils and labors
be not fruitless and void, and when the I
In" Just Judge shall come and render to each 1
edo; ne according to his works, we may all
the together be admitted to receive the reward I
for God has promised to those who shall have
been faithful unto the end.
the Moved by these considerations, having
eir invoked the holy name of God and taken
agh the advice of our Council, we have ordain
tat ed and do ordain what follows;
oto 1. Owing to the existing pressure and to the
diMloulty for most persons to procure lenten
Im- diet, the use of meat is again allowed every
ose day, except Friday and Wednesday, during
Lent, and the three days in Ember week. Alt
and who fast should, on fast-days, eat meat at one
meal only; but it may be eaten at every meal by
call such as are exempted from fasting.
2. Every day. during Loent, the use of meat
All and any kind of fish at the same meal is strict
olic ly prohibited.
:1. They w ho deem themselves reasonably
tul' exempted, wlo'ly or in part, from these re
and gtlationb concertilng u tasting and abstineno ;
ahould con ilt th tir Pastors or Confessuoi, and
rs be gove eeri ed by tl.eir adlvice.
ude I The tium as:igned for the perforiance of
-:,tte dnti, b..-vgl oin hlo thtt hSunoday of
1.., t, revel ,.:, '.r ~ 'l'ro n ty hut tday.
te '11 th T l taer 1,, '. will be Haid tt MasL s
l in .nit tI h"." bl r tne ,.c tnr of th e I . 'rchew id ý .icra
int t tl tn a ti vArte totr th, iolpe is
.id ti, prn.r for tue Plp- to the 1traer Ci
our iarLLnIg L it, I:, vetry Church,there shell
iv be, as far.n ir .silnI, it ctnre ot s itat ble in
i tricti on,, unitoll ding the obligatiou s tf Chris
t1.i te, atd te ducitig the practiLce there:of. The
oe faithlful are directed to attend on pich oooa
oanl.s, that tihey imay not be deprived of the
hebvenly graces attached to religions teaching.
tion . The Reverend Pastors, in recomnmanding
atal the l)iooesan Association, shall dwell upon the
motives that most incite the faithful to take
rom part in so important a work.
een -. While apprising in time their congrega
tonsi of the collection on Easter Sunday for
0m' the Seminary, which, having a special object,
re- must be continued, the Reverend Pastors shall
rch. also insist on the importance of that good
work, aend make them feel that it is the boon
long den duty of the faithful tooontribute to it, aso
tic cording to their means.
And this our Pastoral Letter will be read at
y to Paroch!al Masl, on Qainanaresima Sunday or
aced the Sunday immediately following its recep
tion.
mee, Given at New Orleans, on the Feast of
the the Commemoration of the Passion of our
ness Lord, February i2tth, in the year of our Lord
with
ar to A. APLONh SEH
evo- of
our By Order of His Grace,
hing G. RAYnOXD, V. G., Chancellor.
Always speak well of the dead, and once
mi- in a while a good word for the living, if
eply you have the time.
ir Pope Leo XII.--Deputy Bonght. Its
n Only a few days have elspred since the to t
e election of the new Sovereign Pontiff, and den
o already the press is beginning to change the
its tone about him. They fnd he is not as be
much a "Moderate" as they expected him Pap
y to boe They say that Leo XIII shows the
I himself a very different man from Cardinal the
Pecci. ha
S ieas there really been a change in his nos
a viewsa Has the weight of his responsibil- of
a ity urged him to new reflections and dif
9 ferent conclusions from those of his pre- N
vious life But all have praised him. the
g Even the enemies of the Church have given snit
testimony to the superior qualities of his or.
e mind, to the strength of his character, and oa3
e to the gentle affections of his heart. has
0 Such a man could not change all his
it iews and dispositions in so short a time, II
unless through a miracle.
But there is no room for a miracle in this cal
case, except the miraculous ignorance no
e about God's Church and her principles, fast
that pervades the minds of so many rulers whi
r of governments and leaders of the public m
press. thrl
Pope Leo XIII has the dame spirit of ta
moderation that animated Cardinal Pecci, whi
but unch is the spirit prevailing in govern- opt'
ments and through all modern society, that !
" it forces into antagonism any Pontiff how hba
ever moderate, and, indeed, every earnest tics
Christian who holds the faith and stead- to s
fastly regards heaven as more valuable atei
than earth, and fears God more than men. of t
And this is not a theoretical view made wet
° up for the occasion. We have a very nor
kinteresting testimony in the matter, as 5
o regards Cardinal Pecci in particular, writ- yea
o ten nearly two years ago. ot
r Sgr. Boughi, an Italian Depaty, pub- or
e lished in 1876 a book partly written in soe
l 1872, entitled: Pinus IX and the Future w
Pope. inmt
He avows himself an adherent of the t1
civil power, and he thinks the Church tar,
a ought to change her views with regard to E
modern society and the spirit of the age. pro
° But he confesses that, considering the nsa
Church and the civil governments as they Chi
e are, no Pope, however moderate, can effect pre
a harmony between them. law
He discusses the qualifications of several mit
of the Cardinals, and the probabililies for can
r and against their being elected to succeed C
Pinus IX. ins
r He divides the Cardinals into two classes, of ]
Y the one, he says, of extreme views, and the nor
other moderate in their spirit; and his spi
a sagacity is evinced in the fact that Cardinal di
I, Pecci is the very one he puts first on this the
d second list. But he goes on to caution his goi
d readersa gainst expecting any Cardinal to Pia
e, make a radical change in the course pur- sta,
f sued by Pope Pins IX. Here are his words, rob
it p. 155, cai
"But it is Important for as to understand
11 well that, while it is not to be denied that
there will be a difference between the conduct The
D, of one Pope and of another, in the government mil
e of the Church in its relations to Italy and to
otaer civ srates, ye it is well not to epeu net
o too much difference between them. Cardinal We
of Pedci is certainly one of the most choice minds
in the Sacred College, and his disposition is nec
one of the most temperate, and if energetic, the
ig yet most correct, among them all. He has
rs made good studies; he has shown wisdom in C
his administration; he has been an exemplary rep
le Bishop. The ideal of a Cardinal is a very the
:h high one, and we can say with truth that
Cardinal Pecci has realized it in his own life. wae
And yet his view of the actual condition of ant
rd the Church and of civil society is not one bit
more cheerful nor more encouraging than that wal
of- any of his colleagues. Like them, he can- I
not see any field for work, nor any position thu
left to the Church in the face of the civil gov
ernments, such as they exist now unless they ti
an first disband themselves. s1
a. In a Pastoral letter addressed to the clergy
and laity of his diocese of Peragia, in the Lent ""s
of 187S, he writes in this tone of heavy and for
he heastfelt sadness: "Haman Reason, like the
on Mi n of Sin described by St. Paul, rises in revolt fac
ry with its weapon of negation; sets itself above cal
ng all that is called Gd ; takes profane posses
L1i sion of the Temple. and, driving out the ne
oe ancient Lord of the Temple, parades itself for no
by God in hts place. Tell me, my dearly beloved,
what place is there left in this world for the er
rat Creator and Redeemer of Man Alas! if he th
et- still finds a shelter in the hearts of the faithful,
few as they are ir the world ; if there are
Sly still some oouls at whose door lie knocks and wi
re- hears an answer; yet speaking of society at
, ; large, Le has no houe lefrt. for Him on earth.
,an In tihe name of science lIe is banished from th
the reton of beires to gratify a proud spirit r
of of in,clpdence, lie is exelnded from teaching
of nder pr-.text of libtery, lie is driven from do
Ihis doq.rniol of ruori ''The cry of tie nn- -
ass happy cl:on: 'we will not ha-ve this ra11in
r. ra i o vovere n ,' never .an,;el n oro noisy nor no
is or-e a:l.dcious ithan i; our day.' tl
nt We!i,"'itsuliuna Sgr. longli, 'wewill notdis
ui cs the correctrl of th., we should not W
agree :lnt it. BUnt if it in so, if, as this most m
all ixce'lltit :an writes to his tick, thern is no
in- place !eft for Christ, wha't place can be left b
ri- ivr Christ's vicar p" II
Ihe It is very saddening to see the world L
the thus excommunicating itself from the so- in
ne. ciety of the Son of God made man for its to
Ssalvation. '-He came unto his own and
ske his own received him not." It speaks very S
seriously to our hearts, teaching that we
or should watch and pray for our own perse- a
eot verence, and labor hard to save our breth- p
ood ren, for God wishes them to be saved and o
on- to come to a knowledge of the truth. h
- In another part of his book, p. 118, Sgr. B
Sat Bonghi sets forth some of the reasons
Swhich he thinku make it impossible for the
Pope to have any harmonious agreement
o with the Italian Government in particular.
ord In the country, where the Pontiff holds his p
See, thet is in Italy, the situation of the Church
may be said to be still more surrounded by
difficulties, than anywhere else,-a case which a
so uub unumed, uus lan u' L' ptasu. W;lb ul D
who seesert that the Italian government seeks
for a reconciliation with the Roman Papacy, do
r. not nuderstand the matter. A reconciliation,
if understood in the rigorous sense a the word, t
cannot be wished for by either party, nor is it
ince possible to attain it. The Papaoy cannot pre
' if serve its name forauthority over all the world,
nor exeroise that authority in practice, unless a
it avoids allappearanes of being allied with the I
Italian government. If ever men should come 4
to think that the Pope ir in any way bound opp
with it, that moment he would lose the oonl
denee of the rest of Europe-and, indeed, of all a
the world. To run the risk oflosing this, would
be more out of question and more dangerous
now than ever. I have said above that the
Papacy might be tempted to throw itself into
the clash and conflict of popular passions, and
to take sides with the lowest elements against
the higher olasses of society. But thus far it I
has not done so, and it will hesitatealong time I
before deciding on esnobh a step. As things are
now, it is the rigorously conservative elements
of sooiety that are united with the Papacy, i I
is from them it draws its resources, in them it I
finds support and favor.
Now these are all opposed to the course of
the Italian Government, and if once the Pontifft
should appear to be regulating his conduct to
suit the government, they would abandon him; I
orat loast adhere to him with much lees tena
oilty than now.
On the other hand the Italian government 4
has nothing it can offer as an inducement to the
Pontiff to exchange his present attitude of hos
tility for one of friendship.
In the first place, it has taken away his
States, and this is an injury not quickly heaI.
ed. And then, to speaktruthfully, the Pontifi
cal government, whether right or wrong, has
no confidence in the Italian government being
solidly enough established to observe stead- 4
fastly, for any length of time, any compact
which might be made between them. The
majorities in the Parliament seem to have little
strength and less duration, and the people
throughout the country have not so generally
taken part in political matters as to form those
traditional and continued currents of parties
which in other countries help to develope the
spirit and progress of the State by their alter
Moreover the only parties which at present
have any prospect of prevailing in Italian poli
tics, by whatever name they are called, are too
much opposed to the Church, too much inclined
to war against it under the banner of one sys
tem or another of.relations between Church
and States, for the Papacy to expect from any
of them a secure compensation, even if there
were each a thing, for the loss of the Temporal
Power. Consequently it is not for the interest,
nor Is it in the power, of either one of the I
partics to n a'ce an agreement with the other.
And most probably they will remain for many
years without exercising any influence on seac
other, unless negatively. That is, neither will
be induced to take any steps towards helpingl
or pleasing the other. Nevertheless in spite of
so little harmony in their sentiments, the Pa
pacy may safely conolude that at least for a good 4
while to come, the Italian Legislature will not
interfere with its spiritual fonctions in regard
to the Catholic laity, and that the Executive
will be still more prudent than the Legisla
tore.
How utterly Signor Bonghi erred in his
prophecy is now apparent. The Italian
usurpation has not maintained towards the
Church an attitude of cold neutrality as
predicted, but has, in its ecclesiastical
laws, evinced the most insolent and deter
mined spirit of hostility. The Leopard
cannot change its spots.
On the other hand certain telegraphic
inspirations concerning the coming policy
of Leo XIII have been just as wild as Sig
nor Bonghi's estimate of the Revolutionary
spirit. According to certain parties, Car
dinal Peedi was a "Liberal"-whatever
that meant-or a "Moderate." He was
going to depart from the rigid policy of
Piune IX and come to a friendly under
standing with Bismarck and the Italian
robbers. The reserve of the Vatican ee
clusion was to be terminated.
The folly of all this is most apparent.
There is a "non possumus" in Papal ad
ministration that must be respected; it is
not a matter of policy hut of principle.
We do not say that the Papal States are
necessary to the Papacy. Any loose and
thoughtless use of that term in that con
nection by orators and essayists is very
reprehensible. The Papacy is precisely
the same divine institution now that it
was during the period of the Catacombs,
and nothing is essential to it now that
was not essential to it then.
But the "non possumus"has a wider scope
than the essentials of the Papal Constitu
tion; it includes all moral wrong. You
ask us to sanction robbery : We cannot;
"non possumus " You wish that we should
formally recognize as an "accomplished
fact" the conquest of the Papal States : We
cannot. Why t Because those States are
necessary to the Papacy I No, for they are
not necessary, though a temporal sov
ereignty is most convenient and useful for
the Papacy, but because that conquest,
that robbery, was a crime; and, not only
I was, but is, a crime.
t o. The voice of Christendom demands
that its Pope shall be independent of any
civil superior, and to insure that indepen
dence Christendom has donated the Papal
g:ate to the Papal See, as a separate
nationality. Thu Papal See cannot give
thelrn away either directly or indirectly
t without fai!irng in fidelity to a sacred trust;
Smuch less can it treat their usurpation as
Sbeing anything but a wrong that cries to
IIeaven for vengeance. Therefore it is that
I Leo XIII is, as any other Cardinal elected
in his place would have been, obliged still
a to say, after Pine IX : Non Possunus.
y Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday.
SThe moment of time when Shrove Tuesday
' and Ash Wednesday meet suggests, by the dis
Sposition made of it, how tenaciously the heart
of man clings to the pleasures of earth and
how reluctantly it turns towards the things of
. Heaven.
s In ages of faith, and in Catholic Conn
etrios, when the laws a well . th feel
t ings of the people were inspired by religion,
the bell that tolled the close of the day of
festivities, also announcoed the opening of the
is penitential one. As the midnight hour sound
ed on'the air, the tones of merriment died
Saway; the dancer's feet ceased their gracesfnul
r motions, the songs of joy were hushed, 7th
[ lights grew pale in festive halls, and there
nwas shown at least an exterior respect for the
d, teachings of the Church which instructed the
* young and edified the old.
, It was customary in Rome, before the lates
es unapation, to olose the frolicsome sports @1
Shrove Tuesday by a masgideet proeeMdss
of all the horned animals, poultry, birds, ete.,
used by man as food; while in the rear et
all this apetizing and most esJoyable 
followed a long, lank leviathan of a $e w i
as midnight sounded, swallowed up ail li
was before him I So rapidly did the sass , .
at the warning seund, throw aslds thatl b.
guises that it really seemed as though, th
huge Fish had eaten them up-for the ush
opened in such a way that eaoh one in t-he-.
procession entered it one side, then dedleg
the mask and costume, came out at the other '
in usual oitizen-dress. So that by the time :
the last stroke of twelve sounded on the ear,
all signs of dissipation, all marks of world. .
linesu, had ceased to exist.
How different is the spectoale presented I5
our midst, how pereistently the votaries el
fashion cling to the last hour that precedes the
dawn of Ash Wednesday-stepping in feet, too ee
often, from the ball-room to the Church, fr . ee
a long night of vanity to a single moment et
prayer and meditation-if indeed they ean".':
say a prayer with the memories of the dnooe ,
c o., orowding fast upon the mind-with the
recollections of the brilliant scenes passing
before their sight!
We quote from a journal before us, of one to
whom the experience of each a night brought
a firm determination to avoid distractiols -
which lead the heart thus away from theat"
solemn suggestions proposed by Mother
"We left the ball-room at half past five o'eloeek
A. at., and hurried to Church. I cannot des'
e:ibe the singularState in which my mind was;
but everything appeared unreal and unnatural.
The entranoing-musio to which I had listened
for so many hours, still rang in my ears, aud
every person I saw seemed to be a masquerader'
I felt like one moving in a dream, and my e.
forts to fix my thoughts upon the services be'
fore me only bewildered my braln more and
more-But what shocked me most was that
when the priest turned round to give the shebs,
he too seemed to wear a maskI Alas I fear -
even the memento mori fell npon'dull and as
heeding ears - "
The prompt obedience of a human being to
the wishes of the Church-the divinely commoal
sioned tesoher-is ennobling to the whole
moral nature; for it is the triumph of the
spiritual part of man over the physical, thesabl
lime assertion that he is ruled by reason ad
not by pleasure, that he is consolousof a high
er object than the mere gratification of bhe
senses.
It is because the Church believes that man is
capable of this purer happiness, is appreciative
of this truer enjoyment, that she calls him from
the whirlpool of vanity in whioh the world
seeks to engulf him, and bids him kneel before
the altar to be told in solemn utterances that
he "is dust and unto dust he most return."
Who would dance all night on Shrove
Tuesday, when such words as these must hug
upon the ears on Ash Wednesday morning; and
who would cling on to the wild dissipation
which stretches out to the grey dawn of the
penitential season, if he realized how fast the
days of life are slipping on towards the misty
morning of Eternity 1
The world strives by every means within isl
power to make man forget that there is a to
morrow. "Live and be merry," is the cry with
which she leads him away from the cinotepla
ti of eternal truth; but she will aevw
entirely accomplish her purpose as long as th+
Church of God stands in the way. As long as
Catholloity exists, man will be reminded of his
duties and his destiny, and forced to remember
what he is and whither he is tending. Paganism
is not dead. It is only orashed beneath the
feet of Truth; but were the Church to be swept
away, it would soon rise up conquering and
triumphant. No more convinoing proof is nesed.
ed of its powerful struggles to regain thems
tery, than what is seen on the night of Shawm
" Tuesday ; and no better argument of the
t Church's unfailing watchfulnes can be give
than what we all witness around her altare o
I Ash Wednesday morning.
The Memorial Celebratien in Nobile.
We are happy to avail ourselves of the op
portunity offerred to present our congratula
tions to the Catholics of Mobile upon the suo
cess of last Sunday's pageant. From all so
r counts the demonstration surpamed even the
' fondest anticipations of the gentlemen who
f labored so zealously in its organization.
The weather was beautiful, the procession
a was numerously attended, and the oeremoniee,
y within the Cathedral, were replete with that
tender and mystic significance which endears
l the Church to Her Children and elicits the
e eyupathetio admiration of those without Her
foid. The whole population, irrespective of
e creed or nationality, united in rendering a
glowing tribute of veneration to the memory
Sand the virtues of the one whom history will
Sdesignate as Pins the Good-Pine the Great.
:o The entire manifestation was alike creditable
it to their intellects and to their hearts. Pins IX
d has descended into the grave, but his memory
11 will ever be fresh in the minds of men, and
posterity will say of him that his best epitaph
is to be found in the application of the classi
ol, and, in this instanoe, truly prophetio quo
tation: "I have reared a monument more en
y during than bronze, and loftier than the rcyal
is- site of the Pyramids; which neither dissolving
rt rain, nor the powerless North wind, nor years,
d numberless in series, nor lapse of time can des
of troy. I shall not tcwholly die, and many parte of
my being shall eseoape dissolution."
n
-. Dr. Cowes, the naturalist of the Har6de
n Survey, does not seem to ca .lr ior-?l
u, On the door of his offioe at Washlngton the
of inscription: "Notice to -i"itor his55ino
he brighten as they th ir la heir g, and the
d- walls are hung with sucnoh motoes as these:
"Exeunt omnes,' "He who robe me of my time
ad oonfers the charm of his personal presenoo at
ul the expense of aseneeu, "Freedom from Inter
n tien eon fes at poeae of mind that rellgion
cannot give." ".revty s cue soui yi wte I.
ire visiting," "The simple fact of a door has a oer
he tain suggestivenes." Indeed the collection is
so unique that people will oiten stay over a
he train to visit this lover of solitude.
te Let no one overloa you with favors yjoU
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