The Pope and France

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1056, 2 August 1904, Page 3

The Pope and France

■'•»« ■• •■•! ' -ii i!<.■!!.mil; Kohk, Yugllbtl The Pope doc'i.ios to bo bound to the organic articlos which tho Emperor Napoleon, without consulting tho Church, promulgated in connection with tho concordat. ANOTHER ORDER SUPPRESSED BY ORDER OF FRENCH PRESIDENT i'rero '.Vxjniiitinn .--('ODyri2,t>t. Paeis, Aug. 1 M, Combes, Premier, at the instance o* M. Loubet, President of tho Republic, has signed an order for tho suppression of the Order of Sulpicians at Dijon on tho ground that they wero at the bottom of all the trouble in the diocese. Previously the Sulpioians wero oxompted on the ground that thoy were exclusively dovotod to Iho training of priests. Paris, August 1 Tho Bishop of Dijon's stipend has been suspended on the' ground that he committed a broach oi the Concordat, in-ns-much as ho had gjne to Rome at tho Pope's summons without the permission of the Government. Official correspondonjo shows that the Holy Ollico claimed tho right to summon tho bishop to answer the imputations against his moral character and to send exclusively ecclesiastical instructions. Another latter case is representc-ii as standing apurt from current politics M. Delcusso declares that the couk plaints against Bishop Laval are of many years' standing, and tnut it is impossible to mistake the character of the pre*. 3cnt hasty summons