FATHER OCTROI'S RECONCILIATION.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 272, 19 July 1878, Page 9

FATHER OCTROI'S RECONCILIATION.

The f ollowiug letter, presented to Pope Leo on the 2Gtli of April, will be read "with gratification by Catholics :—: — Holy Father, — The priest Charles ilary Curci having become aware that his recent writings and acts have caused scandal to some, as has been remarked to him by pious and learned personages, and desirous of avoiding even the shadow of suspicion on his part, conies to throw himself at the feet of your Holiness, to declare that he adheres fully, and without any reservation of heart or feeling, to all the teachings and all the prescriptions of the Catholic Church, and in particular to all that the Sovereign Pontiffs, and quite recently your Holiness, in the Encyclical letter ' Inscrutabili,' etc., teach as to the temporal power of the Holy See. He deplores any annoyances which his writings may have caused to your Holiness or your predecessor, as he has always entertained the sincerest sentiments of filial homage and most docile obedience to the Vicar of Jesus Christ, to whom he submits his judgment as the sole and legitimate judge competent to decide on what conduces to the real usefulness and veritable benefit of the Church and the welfare of souls. He makes this declaration as a sincere Catholic, as he always has been and still remains : and while withdrawing all that your Holiness deems worthy of censure, he places himself entirely in your hands, ready to follow everywhere and always your infallible directions. (Signed,)

Ciiables Mary Cuitcr, Priest."