THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS AT FREIBURG, BADEN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 133, 19 November 1875, Page 14

THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS AT FREIBURG, BADEN.

This important Congress commenced its proceedings on the ltV^ instant, and has proved a great success. A large number of distinguished personages had arrived, and many eloquent speeches have been delivered. Amongst the chief orators were the Bishops of Mayence and Strasburg. All Germany -was represented at the Congress, from the Metropolis of Berlin down to the smallest country town in the Duchy of Baden. At the opening session there were at least 5,000 persons present in the great room of the Kuntshalle, where the assemblies took place. The proceedings were opened by the Eight Rev. Kubel, Bishop of Freiburg. The followlowing summary of the resolutions was telegraphed on Saturday (September 4) :—": — " The Congress protests against the refusal to the Holy See of the free exercise of its sacred magisteriwn or teaching office, and of the Church's jurisdiction, and also against the abolition of the Temporal power of the Pope ; it asserts the Church's right to found places of education for the young; it denies that the State has the right to claim unlimited obedience to its law sj it expresses its admiration for the persecuted bishops and clergy ; lastly, it declares that peace will only be possible when the Church's liberty shall have been reserved."