ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 



CHI 



1 :ill divine und liiiiu:in n.'hts 'm-rally ; 

 members <>!' the .I.Tir\, who have 



,'ratitude, ' 



V.ltnl to tl- 



tiflrj- 



(ijl-ibaldiall revolution e:illed forth llll- 



iiioii (Oetober 1 '.'I III, directed both 

 .Intiou uiul iiL'aiii-:. tin- Italian 

 PAPAL STATES.) The 1'ope 

 viitl : 



iscrutable judgments of God t who 



..ill. I live in these >ad ' 

 A of men, and opccially of those 

 tor public att'uirs in Italy, the 

 nts of tiod and the laws of Holy Church 

 : 1 impiety, unchecked, exalts 

 1 triumph-;. 11. -uce now all ' 



which we see. Hence, arise 



all those l.aii.ls of men who walk in impiety and fight 



n.lard of Satan, on whose face is written 



I, .1 by the nitine of revolution, and set- 



:eir mouths against Heaven, they blaspheme 



hey defile and contemn everything sacred, they 



tr.miple on all laws, human and divine. Like ravcn- 



pant after their ]>rcy j they arc shed- 



i I, lood.'they arc destroyers ot souls by their 



N. they seek the stipend of their service by 



They are robbers, they afflict the 



: . they add to the number of widows 



'phaiis, they' deny justice to the just, and for 



wicked. Thoroughly corrupted, 



itifyinir every passion at whatever 



dania_- itself. 



tflUni of this sort we are now surrounded. 

 Animated by a spirit utterly devilish, they long to 

 plant their standard of lies in this our fair city by the 

 of IVter, the centre of Catholic truth and 

 unitv. The Subalpino Government, which oii-iit 

 to punish them, is not ashamed to cherish them, 

 to provide them with arms and provisions, and 

 with access to this city. But let all such tremble, 

 hiu'hest rank and place, for they are in- 

 irional ecele-iastieal penalties and cen- 

 '-; humility (.four heart fly pray 



v ho is rich in mercies, to lead all these unhappy 

 men ! ''.' repentance and to the path of ju 



.. and i.icty : but we cannot keep silence 

 on tie tiu to which in this hour of dark- 



\Ve await calmly every event, 

 by wicked frauds, culummes, con- 

 . I falsehoods, for we place all our hope 

 : our Saviour, who is our help and 

 Mi in all our tribulations, who never suffers 

 hops in Him to be confounded, who con- 

 founds the designs of the impious and breaks the 

 necks of sinners. Still we are bound to announce to 

 you, venerable brethren, and to all the faithful com- 

 .-.., the affliction and the great dan- 

 i which we tind ourselves, principally owing to 

 the conduct of the Subalpino Government. 



Cardinal d'Andrea, one of the six cardinal 

 bish<>|>>. al't<T continuing l>r several years in 

 opposition to tlio decrees of the Pope, signed, on 

 inher 2o, 18G7, the following retraction: 

 ROME, Awwter 2rt. 1867. 



The Cardinal undersigned, obeying the orders of 

 I,;., i! -lares: 1st. That ne asks pardon for 



Lience he. has been iririlty of in going to 

 to the interdiction of the Holy Fat'ier. 

 kul scandal caused to the faith- 

 ii; udc toward the sac-red person of his 11..- 

 - 1 the holy c . by his writ- 



ings and by lus relations with the l:'i-aminator of 

 Fl,,r .nsidered by the Pope as 



iidiiites. 8d. 



i to the address of the 



>lio Episcopacy assembled at Rome, in June, 



1887. 4th. That lie repudiate* the protect* and the 



other acta he committed in tipitu of tlio brief of Juno 



humbly aks pardon of the 



excuse* to their 



nonces. < also to all those whom ho 



baa often. led in anv way whatever. 



JEROME CABDOTAJ. D'AWDBKA, 

 Bishop of Sabino, Abbe of Subiitco. 



It was also reporknl that the leader of the 

 'Liberal" prie-t-v l''a!ii.-r l'as.-,a'.'lia, li;i-l 

 hi- Mil>mis-ioii to the ', 



'Mi.- relations of tin; Un-ian (.'.v.-nitn.-nt 



with the I'O|H- remained interrupted through- 



out the year. ( )n May 'J^d the following oHiria! 



. tor the provisional regulation of Koman 



Catholic affairs, was published : 



The committee of the affairs of the kingdom of Po- 



i their sitting's <if loth April 



siiU-rinvr that the relations between the Imperial court 

 ..d S.-e have ceased, lu- 



1. That all matters concerning persons of the Ro- 

 man Catholic faith in Russia and Poland, of a nature 

 to require to be submitted to the Pope, arc subject to 

 the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Clerical Col- 

 lege in St. Petersburg. Therefore, any petition pro- 

 ceeding from the Roman Catholic laity is to bo de- 

 livered by them to their dioee,san, who. if unable 

 to decide thereon himself, will lay it before the 

 Clerical College. The diocesans are also reouired to 

 lay before the Clerical College all matters relating to 

 themselves and requiring the decision of the Pope. 



2. The Clerical College will examine those petitions 

 in the usual manner, and if incompetent to dispose 

 of them, it will refer them to the Pope, and commis- 

 sion the president of the college to take the necessary 

 steps for that purpose. 



:;. After receiving the decision of the Pope in what- 

 ever form, whether as a bull, manifesto, or other 

 document or paper of any description, it shall be 

 placed, in the original, without delay and before pub- 

 lication, before the Minister of the Interior, who, 

 after ascertaining that it contains nothing contrary to 

 the laws of the stato t or the .ts and pre- 



ves of tlio Imperial Government, shall transmit 

 it "to the Clerical College, to be carried out in the 

 usual manner. 



4. The above regulations are likewise to be ob- 

 served whenever the canonical confirmation ot' the 

 Pope or Papal Government is required to the appoint- 

 ment of persons by the state to the dignity of arch- 

 bishop, metropolitan, or bishop of a diocese. The 

 canonical confirmation of suffragans has to be ob- 



1 by the bishops in the same man: 

 .".. N'o'documeuts, bulls, decrees, or enactments of 

 the Pope of Rome, or his Government, in tiie Russian 

 empire, or the kingdom of Poland, can become law 

 until they have b 'd in the manner piv- 



1. and have been previously submitted to the 

 Minister of the Interior. 



6. Should the for dationsbo disregarded 



or violated, the decisions received from Rome in an 



illegal manner shall be void ; and, furthermore, be it 



1. that those persons who have received from 



the Pope at Rome, or his Government, or from eleri- 



.-..:iil, any document-, Lulls, man- 



damuses. or decrees, in anv other than the pr, 



form, and who do not, before their publication, sub- 



mit the fame to the Minister of the Interior, shall bo 



liable to be brought l.eforo the court of justice or the 



nnent authorities for punishment, as p: 

 by special law. 



In an allocution, delivered on October 17th, 

 (lie I'ope complained, of the conduct of the 

 (iovernnietit in the following WO 



We inform vou, with 



lately he en issued by that Government since 

 our last allocution above mentioned. By the decree 



