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Show By W. U. Telegraph. 1'OPE'S AI.LO(lTIO., Rome, 23 A oonsistory was held to-day, twomy - two cardmnln being ireteuL Uio rope acuvere-i au bhu jution, in tho course of which he said :he churoh was still sorely persecuted. 1 iho purpotie to destroy her was shown in tho acif of tho Italian government, which compelled tho clergy to Berve in the arui; and imposed heavy taxos upon church property. lie solemnly protested against the bill ponding in the Italian parliament for tho suppression suppres-sion of religious corporations, and dc-alarcd dc-alarcd that a title to property be Dull void, llo repeated his censures of iboso who encroached on tho right of the cburoh, and denounced Germany, where pitfalls of open violence, cul-uiuny cul-uiuny and ridiculo were employed to destroy the church, by mon who.ignor-ant who.ignor-ant of religion, sought to define its dogmas. The allocution concluded with a protest against tho clergy dotation dota-tion bill recently passed by the Spanish cortes, and a general condemnation of the Armenian scheme. |
