MEETING OF CATHOLICS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 117, 26 May 1871, Page 5

MEETING OF CATHOLICS.

SYMPATHY WIH THE POPE. A. meeting oF Catholics resident in Naseby. Mount Ll*, to express sympathy with his Holiness the P »pe, wtn held at St.. Patricks Church on Sun-lav, May 2! st, LB7L. The tt.v. Jaa. A. Norn's occupied the chair. The !'ev. Chairman explained the ohjei't of the meeting by Him convene 1. lie dwe t at some length on the Pope's prerogatives of first Pontiff and king, and enlarged upon the growth and history of the temporal • ower from the fourth century to the a ;e of Pe.nhiani Charlemagne; the past and present attitude of the world in its re rani, and the claims .f the sovereign Pontiff to the world's sympathy.

On the motion of Mr. J. Macuamara, seconded by Mr. K. O'Callaghan. the following resolution was put and earned by acclamation:—

" Resolved, that this meeting views with horror and indi nition the pillage of the property of Christendom, at the instance of the Kins? of Italv, in the City of the Popes; protesting in its humble way, against such robhery in the name of religion as against wanton sa rilege, and in that of order, as opposed to revolution and the invasion of the mo-st ancient right of Europe ; and appealing to the nations against the indignity' offered to the Holv See."

The mover and seconder spoke to the resolution in appropriate terms. Proposed by Mr. K. Mulholland, seconded bv Mr. J."Dillon

" Resolved, that we express our warmest and deepest sympathy with his Holiness, who is now a prisoner in his own capital, and that we proclaim our voice aga-'nst those who persecute thus lowly the sovereign of two hundred millions of souls." Messrs. Mulholland and Dillon declared their devotedness to the Holy *ee, and praised legitimate Govern ment wheresoever ft un 1-

The Kev. Chairmm, before putting the resolution, briefly explained its import, and concluded by remarking that no one could be loyal to man who did not first give to (x id the things that are Hi*. The frien;ls of order ?n every nation would make common cause with the Pope- as Sovereign, if they reflected that the principle which sustained him tor nigh twelve centuries on his temporal throne is the basis of every constitutional monarchy in Europe. It was proposed by Mr. J. Kvan, and seconded in eloquent language' by Mr. 14. O'Calaghan

" That our revered Bishop be requested to convey to the Holy See this expression of our heartfelt sympathy/' —Carried.

A yofce of thank* to the chair waa

carried with applause, and the proceedings ended with pr.r/er. On behalf of theii co religionists in the district more than one hundred Catholics signed the above resolutions.

The meeting was well attended; great enthusiasm prevailed, the hearts of all being for the time fixed on tlmt centre denied by the world a* it whirls past for not changing with itself—the

immortal region which Byron salutes: Mother of Arts! as once of arms, thy hand Was then our guardian, and is still our guide; Parent of our Religion! whom the wiue

Nations have knelt to for the Keys of Heaven. Europe, repentant of her parricide, Shall yet redeem lhee, and, all backward driven, Roll the barmrian tide and sue to be forgiven. Childe Harold, iv.