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CHURCH AUTHORITY AND POLITICS

The Bishops of Ireland unit- ed unanimous!y put forth the following significant statement on the political situation which we heartily commend for peru- sal to those so called catholics who, duing the last campaign. were so violent in denouncing the instructions ofthe church :-

Some dangerous errors utter- ly subversive of Cathohe truth, especiaity in relation to the teaching authority of the Church in what are called po: litical matters, have recently been put forward by certam prominent irish politicians The Bishops of Ireland, as the divinely appointed guardians of the faith aad morals of their flocks, have read these utter- ances with deep regret, and all the more as most of them have emanated from persons who Call themselves Catholics. Hence we feel it an urgent duty to point out these errors to ovr flocks, to warn them 3a- gainst the danger of being inis- ed by such grides, and at the same time to set forth the true teaching of the Church, which all loyal Catholics are bound to believe and follow, in their publie, no less than in their private conduct.

The errors to which we refer are the following cal acts are outside the sphere of morals, and that, consequent-| ly, they are not subject to the! rules of morality, nor to any control on moral grounds, so that it is an invasion of civil rights 1f the pastors of the peo- pie, in the exercise of their pas toral office, pronoance upon the lawfulnsess of such acts in their

: That politi | : |ca:l upon them to follow ït: that they cannot and ought not

to advise them in such

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There are, no doubt, purely political matters about which the wisest and best men may disagree, and in which the pastors of the Church. as such, have no desire to inter- vene, nor to restrain freedom of thought and aïtion. except when the means and methods employed are such as cannot be déemed con-

Christian morality. Questions, for instance. about the best forin of local or rationai go- ‘vernment, the extension of the franchise, the opera- tion of commercial and iudus- hial laws, belong to this class. But th:re are many other ques- tions—Mixed questions as they are called in canou law—which have a moral and religious, as weil as a political or temporal aspect, and in some of which the religious or moral question at issue is the predominant one. Such, in the past were the E:- manc‘pation question, and the Disestablishment of the Protes tant Chur:h, and such, at the present time, are the Education

and many kindred subjets. To sy that the ciergy have no right to intervene in suchques- tions, where nftentimes the highest interests of religion are at stake ; that they ought not to point out to their flocks the |iine of conscientious duty, and

politi cal matters to choose as their leaders men of high character and sound principles, is, indeed, a great and pernicious error: invoiv.ng à mainife:t denial ol the teaching authority ofthe Church,

moral aspect, or condemn them, if necessary; | as in conflict with the ‘inoral law. Tbe public men now eu- gaged in disseminating a- mongst our Catholic people |* these pernicious es sal formal elai dom of thought and actisn in political and asseri that civil ane reli- ns Hberty, as they phrase it, involves complete freedom |

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from all moral control in their! public action and political con- |

duct.

They utterly repudiate al! clerical interference in such matiers, and deny that they ameuable

are in respect of

their political action, either to:

the meral censure ot their own pastors. or even of the Pope himself. Às a natural conse quence, their language, in public and in jrivate, garding the clergy, times highly cflensive and un- becoming, so that there can be

no 1easonable doubt of their! to sednce

deliberate purpose people from the and obedience which

our Catholic loyalty

they certainly owe, and which

hitherio they have always vielded, both to their local pas-! tors and to the bishops of their respective dioceses.

Such teaching and such con

duct cannot be any longer pas-

sed over in silence. These er-! rors are in clear the teaching of the Catholic Church and to the observance | Of Christian morality. Holy Father has declared in his Encyclicai Immortale Dei, the “true tress of virtue and guardiian of morals is the Chuch of Christ”: “to exciude her influence from the business of life, from legis- lation, from the teaching of vouth, from doinestic society, is a great and pernicious error. Real freedoin, he adds, is ex- ercised in the pursuit of what is true and just ; absolute free- dom of thought and action vn- trammelled by the laws of. mo- ralitv, is nut Hbertg but license,

As our

venture to!

matters in Jreland,” |

both, re- | is often-

opposition to |!

Pope Leo X 111.

mis-

» bishop of Dablin,

The commission which the | Apostles received from Christ | Himself, and which their suc- | ce ssors inherit, was to teach the aations—politicians a+ well

as privaie persons—all the itruth of the Christian revela. u—doymatic truth and mo- se truth—and to condemn e- verything which, judged by!

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or unjust. All this the Bishops are authorized to do, and this ithey mean to do when the spi- ritual interests of their flock require it, whether there be question of public or of private vonduct, ot the rulers, the | politicians, or the people. The ‘opposite principle is utterly :subversive of Catholiv truth, ond would be fatal to Christian | morality. We venture to hope that by this word of warning, given in all charity, the politicians whose erroneous ‘eaching has made the warning necessary may be moved to withdraw | from their present reprehen- sible attitude. But if unhappi- 1y, they should persist, by their speeches, newspapers, ani manifestoes, in advocating the same erroneous p'inciples, we shall feel it our duty to exer- ‘cise to the full our pastoral an- thority in order to protect our | Hocks, and eradicate this great jand growing evil. : We also most earnestly im- plore our faithful people to their ears against the ‘hearing of such anti-Catholic teaching, and to yield a wil- ing and loyal obedience to the pastors, who are responsible to God for their souis, and whose supreme concern 1s to promote their spiritual and temporal- welfare.

{Signed],

f Michael, Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate all All 1reland ; William, Arch-

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Ireland ; Thomas Wiiliam, Archbishop of Cashel ; John, Archbishop of Tuam ; Francis Joseph, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh ; Thomas

formable to the principles of

Primate of

many Bishop of Clonfert ;

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‘hat code, is untrue, immoral] |

| phonsus, Bishop of Waterford

Je ce |: OO SR question, Poor Law lesisiation

aux environs ;

qui jouit d'une force respectable,

L'IMPARTIAL

James. ! Bishop of Ferns, Abrahan, Bishop of Ossory ; Thomas, Bishop of Limerick ; Thomas, Bishop of Dromore ; Patrick, Bishop of Raphoe ; John, Bishop of Achonry ; Ed- ward, Bishop of Kilmore ; John, Bishop of Kerry; Thomas, Bishop of Kilalloe ; John, Bishop of Derry ; Richard Al-

and Lismore ; John, Bishop of Killala ; Robert, Bishop of Cloyne ; Richard, Bishop of Clogher ; Joseph, Bishop of Ardagh ; John, Bishop of El- phin ; Henry, Bishop of Down and Conuor ; Patrick, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin- Denis. Bishop of Ross ; Nicholas, Bis- hop of Canea.

L'ELEPHANT DE MENEL1ICK

On vient d'installer au Jardin des Plantes de Paris un hôte illustre. Le nouvel arrivant se nomme Tobie, et il vient direc- tements d’Abyssinie. Son mai- tre, le négus Ménélick, en a président de la

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République.

Tobie, bien qu'âgée de six ans, atteint à peine un mètre de hauteur, mais déjà de peti- tes défenses longues de d'x centimètres pointent à Ja base de sa trompe et lui donnent un ai: de conquérant.

Tobie. qu'accompagnait son cornac, a été embarqué ilyaun mois, sur l’Ava, paquebot des Messageries maritimes. On lui aménagea, sur le pont, un box confortable, ou cependant l’ani- mal ne se plut que médiocre- ment. Un jour, la fantaisie lui prit de voir ce qui se passait profitant de l'absence du corne, l’espiègle,

rençersa d’un coup d'épauie les

planches du box ; doucement, il se dirigea vers l'entrée des cabines et descendant l'escalier, apparut tout à coup dans le sa- lon des premières.

Oneut mille peines à l'en. faire sortir ; le lendemain, il Noittentét mais se dirigeait | cette fois vers les cuisines ; la! porte étant trop étroite, il enta- | ma la cloison en passant ; une | fois dans la place, Tobie fitiane main basse” sur tout ce qu'il trouva de légumes et de sala- des, apportées là en vue du

prochain diner : quelques bif- tecks complétèrent son repas, qu'i. arrosa de deux bouteilles de vieux vin. Cette fois, bien que ces fugues successives eussent beaucoup amusé les!

passagèrs, on construisit un box | plus solide. et Tobie ne sort, plus.

Mais, à l’arrivée à Marseille, | nouvelle équipée. Pour dé- barquer cet encombraat voya- |

yeur, il fallut le soulever au | moyen de sangles passées sous le ventre, et avec une grue le descendre dans un chaland. To: | bie, auquel ce mode de trans- | port ne convenait pas, bousculs | ses gardiens et s'enfuit à l’autre | extrémité da navire. Il ne ht que lorsqu'on l’eut gergé d'o- | ranges et de sucrcries- |

Le jeune Jean a des caprices, surtout à table. Par exemple, il manifeste à l'égard du veau une aversion toute particulière.

—Tu vas en manger, lui di- sait sa mère l'autre soir, ou: bien j'appelle l’ogre. |

—C'est ça, maman. appelle! nm: il le mangera, lui.

Deux excursionnistes s’ar-! rêtent devant une assez cu-| rieuse et très vieille église.

— Voilà, dit l'un deux. une

construction qui ne date pas |

d'hier. —Oh ! monsieur, fait le guide avec conviction, si elle

n'avait pas été restaurée pl.

Al-/sieurs fois, elle serait bien plus |

S | phonsus, Bishop of Cork ; John | ancienne en:ore !

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MGR. LANGEVIN

Edward | Er LES GENEREUX DONATEURS

AUX ECOLES CATHOLI- QUES

LETTRE DE REMERCIEMENTS

(Du Spectateur)

Mgr Langevin vient d'adres- ser la lettre suivante au R. P.

Chartier, S. J recteur du col. lège de St. Boniface :

“Mon Rev. et bien cher Père,

“La générosité de vos chers élèves renonçant à leurs prix

et en offrant la valeur ($501 cin. quante dollars, pour nos écoles catholiques libres de Manitoba. m'a beaucoup touch#.

Je suis vraiment fier de nos enfants et de nos jeunes gens ; cela promet pour l'avenir.

“Une génération qui croit ainsi dans le sacrifice devra porter plus tard des fruits de vaillance et de désintéresse- ment qui réjouiront l'Eglise ct la Patrie.

“O !' si la chère province de Québec pouvait enfin compren-

dre combien nous sommes di-

gnes de foi quand mous lui crions que l'on nous opprime encore, sans alléger eu rien les chaines d'une législation in- juste !

“Ceux qui souffrent pour une cause, n’ont-ils pas droit d'être écoutés de préférence à ceux qui l’exploitent et qui ont in- térét à l'eneevelir et à la dire morte.

“Je vous remercie bien cor- dialement et j'ajoute que cet acte d’abnégation chrétienne fait grand honneur aux maitres distingués de ces jeunes élèves qui mettent simplement en

pratique ies sublimes leçons

données au Coilège de St Bo- niface par les admirables Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus.

| C'est l'obole du pauvre qui mé-

ritera, j'espère, une mention honorable de la part du Divin Maitre qui regarde constam- ment de quelles mains tombe le *“Denier de Manitoba.”

“Votre très dévoué, très re: connaissant archevéque qui vous bénit et bénit vos chers

enfants de ‘‘rore cœli ”

ADELARD, OE I. Arch. de St. Boniface.

“Signé,

TENDERS —0XX0—

Re Estate cf George C. Green of Miminigash Tenders will be received by the undersigned till the 6th day of August next, from persons {or the purchase of the assets of a-

| bove Estate.

A list of the said assets can be seen at the office of the un- dersigned at Alberton.

The highest or any tender

not necessarily accepted.

JOHN P. f!RENNAN Assignee Alberton Juiy 15th 197

T'ENDERS Re Estate ofJames Skerry of Alberton. Tenders will be received by the undersigned till 6th Au-

gust next from parties for pur chase of the stock, Book debts

‘and real Estate of the above | Estate.

A list of the same can be hz2d on application at the office of the undersigned in Aïberton. Parties tendering will specify how much on the dollars they will give for the stock, and a lump sum for balance.

The highest or any tender not necessariiy accepted.

JOHN P. BRENNAN Assion:e | Alberton July 15th 197

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