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Show GAVE UP HOME FOR CHURCH Cnrdlnnl Rlchnrd, prince of the Itomnn Cnth- M"""- I olio church and archbishop of Purls, who vacated W. -.V h' Eplscopnl residence, the property of France tf k "t tho order of tho government, belongs to ono of j . u lno noblest of tho fnmllloH of Franco, and Is pon- K&Wfu sldorod u man of grent lenrulng nud remarkably iT"""3? r strong charnctor. He wns appointed to tho great t I M0 ot Iar,B ln Jul'' ,88G- I" succession to the Into f-2s I Cnrdlnnl Josoph Gullbcrt. At tho extreme ngo of A. ' iSs I 80 tho celobrntod French ecclesiastic possesses n lB.y. X mind nlmost us nlort and healthy as It wbh 25 ijwiasijjB. VUIlrH aR(J Io ,mH been of la(u tl)c moHl pmm stsssssTPvssssssH llu"U curu,,ml of !'-uropo In affairs affecting civil H h VH government In Its relations to church Institutions. smLlJa3sssss1 Cnrdlnnl lllchard bus hnd his own differences I I with the French government. Ho excited -great Indignation among ottlclnls by denouncing tho Paris world's exposition, whon it was proposed, on tho groundtt that it would lead to scandal nnd Immorality. Ho hns strong antl-Hcpubllcan sentiments ind earned tho disapproval of tint government by tho attitude of open sympathy sym-pathy ho assumed for tho Assumptions FnUiors, whoso order was dissolved for their aliened Interference In politics. It Is said tho government on that occasion requested tho Vatican to removo tho prelate from his ost In Paris, ln tho recent difficulties tho cnrdlnnl wns prepnred to obey tho Inw of jepnratlon, when ho was ordered by tho popo to tnko no nctlnn. Even lny-men, lny-men, by his order, wero to bo prohibited from forming associations for applying ap-plying for uso of tho churches. |