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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



The Catholic world demands 

 with unanimous voice the re-esta- 

 blishment of the Company of Je- 

 sus. We daily receive to this ef- 

 fect the most piessmg petitions 

 from our venerable brethren, the 

 archbishops and bishops, and the 

 most distinguished persons, espe- 

 cially since tne abundant fruits 

 which this company has produc- 

 ed in the above countries have 

 been generally known. The dis- 

 persion even of the stones of the 

 sanctuary in those recent calami- 

 ties (which it is better now to de- 

 plore than to repeat) ; the annihi- 

 lation of the discipline of the re- 

 gular orders (the glory and support 

 of religion and the catholic cluuch, 

 to the restoration of which all our 

 thoughts and cares are at pre- 

 sent directed), require that we 

 should accede to a wish so just and 

 general. 



We should deem ourselves guil- 

 ty of a great crime towards God, if, 

 amidst these dangers of the chris- 

 tian republic, we neglected the 

 aids which the special providence 

 of God has put at our disposal ; 

 and if, placed in the bark of Peter, 

 tossed and assailed by continual 

 storms, we refused to employ the 

 vigorous and experiencetl powers 

 who volunteer their services, in 

 order to break the waves of a sea 

 which threatens every moment 

 shipwreck and death. Decided by 

 motives so numerous and powerful, 

 we have resolved to do now what 

 we could have wished to have 

 done at the commencement of our 

 pontificate. After having by fer- 

 vent prayers implored the Di- 

 vine assistance, after having taken 

 the advice and counsel of a great 

 number of our venerable brothers 

 the Cardinals of the Holy Roman 

 church, we have decreed, with full 



knowledge, in virtue of the pleiii- j 

 tude of Apostolic power, and with 1 

 perpetual validity, that all the con- 

 cessions and powers granted by us 

 solely to the Russian empire and 

 the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 

 shall henceforth extend to all our 

 ecclesiastical states, and also to all 

 other states. We therefore con- 

 cede and grant to our well-beloved 

 son, Tadcleo Barzozowski, at this 

 time General of the Company of 

 Jesus, and to the other Memheis 

 of that Company lawfully delegat- 

 ed by him, all suitable and neces- 

 sary powers, in order that the said 

 States may freely and lawfully re- 

 ceive all those who shall wish to 

 be admitted into the regular order 

 of the company of Jesus, who, un- 

 der the authority of the general ad 

 interim, shall be admitted and dis- 

 tributed, according to opportunity, 

 in one or more houses, one or more 

 colleges, and one or more provin- 

 ces, where they shall conform their 

 mode of life to the rules prescribed 

 by St. Ignacius of Loyola, approved 

 and confirmed by the constitutions 

 of Paul III. We declare besides, 

 and grant power that they may 

 freely and lawfully apply to the 

 education of youth in the principles 

 of the Catholic faith, to form them 

 to good morals, and to direct col- 

 leges and seminaries ; we autho- 

 rize them to hear confessions, to 

 preach the word of God, and to ad- 

 minister the sacraments in the 

 places of their residence with the 

 consent and ap()robation of the Or- 

 dinary. We take under our tute- 

 lage, under our immediate obe- 

 dience, and that of the Holy See, 

 all the colleges, houses, provinces, 

 and members of this Order, and all 

 those who shall join it; always re- 

 serving to ourselves and the Roman 

 Pontiffs our successors, to prescribe 



