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’ FIRM ATTITUDE OF THE BISHOPS. t : It is needless to say that the news of the measured taken against members of the Portuguese Episcopate has caused great pain to the Holy See (writes a Rome correspondent). .On the other hand, much satisfaction is felt at the firm attitude of the Bishops and the tone of the protest which they addressed to the President of the Republic on learning that a decree expelling the Bishop of Guarda had been issued and before the decision , for the expulsion of the,Patriarch, Lisbon was known. The Bishops make their protest as successors of the Apostles, as prelates entrusted by the Holy See with most sacred duties,-and;as.Portuguese citizens. . They respect the civil power, but .they. feel bound at ; the same time, they say, to uphold and defend the rights of - the Church. ‘ - . 8 y £
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New Zealand Tablet, 29 February 1912, Page 55
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140-PORTUGAL New Zealand Tablet, 29 February 1912, Page 55
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