Catholic World Volume 17 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ... have observed a very serious misstatement in it respecting a distinguished convert to the Catholic faith, the late Dr. Ives, formerly Protestant Bishop of North Carolina. Prof. Hart states that he returned to the Episcofa Church. He never dreamed of such an act of superlative folly. He died, as he had lived, a most fervent and devout Catholic, we might almost say--a saint, and was buried with all the rites and all the honors of solemn obsequies in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. Prof. Hart, who always endeavors to be fair, and whose notices of Catholic writers are marked by their courtesy, would never have made this incorrect statement unless he had been misled by some false information, and we rely on his rectifying it in his next edition. The following circular has been sent to us, and we publish it because we think there is nothing more hostile to such nefarious projects than free and early ventilation. Why docs not Mr. Abbot renounce his popish name, in his zeal to abolish every vestige of Christianity? Our readers will not fail to see how apposite an illustration this document furnishes of some of the remarks in our first article. We have also received an article from the Cincinnati Gazette advocating the persecution of Catholics in this country, with a trenchant reply by F. Callaghan. From The Index, Januarys 1873.) ORGANIZE LIBERALS OK AMERICA, The hour for action has arrived. The cause of freedom calls upon us to combine our strength, our zeal, our efforts. These are THE DEMANDS OF LIBERALISM. i. We demand that churches and other ecclesiastical property shall no longer be exempted from just taxation 2. We demand that the employment of chap lains in Congress, in state legislatures. In the navy and militia, and in prisons, asylums, and all other...