CHURCH AND TEMPORAL POWER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1477, 25 November 1915, Page 2

CHURCH AND TEMPORAL POWER.

A recent cable from Rome i.v.ed it is understood that a: the approaching consistorv ihe Pore intends to substauti.d'.y de:'..-.-e b.s renunciation of temporal rower :r. return for international gnaran:;;? of liberty of the spir.tnal -x:::.. Wilh Italy's consent, the Pc ye desires to be present at the European conference alter the war. Toe I.aw of Pa 1a 1 Guamntees, sx hoh was passed by the Italian Parkamerit in IS7I. eight months after the entry of Italian troops into Rome, gave the Roman Catholic Chutch unfettered power irr all spiritual matters, while placing all temporal power in the hands of the Stale, Pope Pius IX. refused to treat with or in any way recognise the new masters of Rome, The Law of Guarantees granted him a revenue in compensation lor the broad territories of which he had been despoiled. He refused to touch a single lira ot it, and preferred to rely upon the geneiosily of Roman Catholics in every land, rather than become the pensioner of those who . had stripped him of his civil sovereignty. His last years were spent within the boundaries of the Vatican Palace. This attitude has been maintained by successive Pontiffs.