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Show SPAIN AND THE HOLY SEE. The agreement between Spain and the holy see as to the religious orders shows a rigid spirit on the part of the government, says the London Catholic Catho-lic Times. The articles state that. the religious congregations who on the ratification rat-ification of the agreement have fulfilled ful-filled the formalities of the royal ordi- I nances are to be legally recognized, i but will, have no right to assistance from the budget. Canonically they will be subject to the surveillance of their own prelates. Their relations with the civil power will depend on the general laws of the kingdom. No new convent can be opened except by roval decree, which is to be published, a'nd ' convents containing less than a dozen 1 persons will either be closed or the inmates in-mates will be transferred to other congregations, con-gregations, except where they Are devoted de-voted to works' of charity or education or have charge of a ' sanatorium. No religious order gan for the future be established es-tablished in Spain without a previous agreement between the government and the pope, sanctioned by a royal decree, strangers cannot establish religious orders or-ders .in Spain without being naturalized, natural-ized, and foreign religious who preserve their nationality will be subject to all the laws affecting strangers. |