THE CONGRESS OF ROMAN CATHOLICS AT MALINES.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 105, 23 October 1863, Page 7

THE CONGRESS OF ROMAN CATHOLICS AT MALINES.

While the Congress-pf sovereigns and 1 thft; -Congress of cteputies in the busy and •€j^mng city of Frankfort are dtjbating the conditions of Gei-man nnity in liberty, a Congress of. Roman Catholic priestC and laymen has been gathered together fiom .all parts of Europe in the musty" oliTtown bf,Malinesi Belgium, fdr the purpose of dehatinjf tbe possible conditions of political liberty in. ecclesiastical 'umty. At a meeting held on the 21st of August, Cardinal delivered an a'd dress " On the ; ?oivil Religious Condition of. the Eng-, ffidtifßqman Catholics.' , The Cardinal did7 ■Ml-justice tothe liberal spirit which ac-' ttiited. the British Parliament. He thfen 1 the increase ofthe Roman Cdthothe priests, bishops, churches,, convents, religious houses, and) of , the number of conversions in England.* 'M. de Montalemhert spoke on the subject of religious liberty. He said, ** Catholics who listen tome," if Jroto* wrsh for liberty for v^onrselv-fcs r yon must wish it others. If _fou do'not wish-it foryourselves; it will nev.er /be. granted to you; I Give it where yoq,are masters, in order that it riay be .given -to Von where"you arfc^jlayeg." Ttt» last meeting of the Aing^ess was held on 22nd Sot-'AAuji^,w^^S^m^i^^}^ were made. S^;