its coffers by plundering the
church.
M87 The Emperor Napoleon induced to modify his Italian policy.
6 Whoever thinks to devour the Pope will die of indigestion. These
words, though not very polite, proved to be prophetic.
M88 Garibaldi defeated at Aspromonte.
M89 Canonization of the Martyrs of Japan.
M90 The Pope's consistorial allocution to the assembled bishops. He
denounces the errors of the time.
M91 The Church in Poland persecuted. Pius IX. raises his voice in its
behalf.
M92 The revolutionists admire the courage of Pius IX.
M93 The Russian Envoy insults the Pope.
M94 Pius IX. insists on protecting the ex-King of Naples, and takes
Napoleon severely to task.
M95 An Emperor and Empress visit the Pope.
M96 A Papal Nuncio sent to remind Maximilian of his promises made at
Rome.
M97 A further step towards the abolition of the Papal sovereignty.
M98 The Syllabus.
M99 Successful efforts of Napoleon III. to humble Austria.
M100 Pius IX. devoted to the duties of his spiritual office.
M101 Canonization, 1859. John Baptist de Rossi.
M102 John Sarcander.
M103 Benedict Joseph Labre.
M104 Mixed schools--Ireland.
M105 Troubles of the Church in Mexico.
M106 Revolutionary aggression.--Treachery of the Italian Government.
M107 Garibaldi invades the Papal states.
M108 Murder of the Zouave music band.
M109 French army ordered to Rome.
M110 Character of Garibaldians--No sympathy with them.
M111 The Maistre--Muller.
M112 Garibaldian fanaticism.
M113 Two murderers executed.
M114 Pius IX. visits the wounded rebels.
7 If Russia were a little more within the pale of civilization, it
would be noted as an exception. Its bishops were not allowed to
proceed to Rome.
8 The number of prelates at Rome attending the council was never, for
any length of time, the same. And writers give the numbers according
to the time at which they noted them.
9 The _left arm_ looking from the door of the Basilica, the _right_
looking from the high altar. As was fitting, it was the Gospel side.
10 According to the best statistics that can be found.
11 There appeared at Munich, in 1874, an ingenious caricature. It
represented the Prussian chancellor, endeavoring, with a Krupp gun,
which he used as a lever, to overthrow a church emblem of
Catholicism. Satan comes on the scene, and says: "What are
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