THE JESUITS IN GERMANY by California Christian Advocate

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 1, 1894

THE JESUITS IN GERMANY.

By California Christian Advocate

THE power of the Papacy in Protestant Germany was manifested in a vote taken in the Reichstag, the German Parliament, a few days ago. For many years the Jesuits have been forbidden to reside or organize societies in the German Empire. The Centrists, or Catholic party, in the Reichstag recently introduced a motion to give the Jesuits legal admission to the German States. After a spirited debate the motion was carried by a vote of 173 to 136. The press dispatch containing this item of news also says, "It has been fully understood from the first that the government would not accept the bill." But, accepted or not, the bill and vote are of striking significance, and constitute a notification from Pope Leo XIII. to Emperor William that if at any time the German government should need the support of the Catholic party to enable it to carry any important measure, the price of that support will be the legal admission of the Jesuits into the empire.

The Catholic Church owes much to the Jesuits, and the present pope is a staunch friend of the order, which has been aptly defined as "a naked sword, whose hilt is at Rome and whose point is everywhere." The United States is the Paradise of Jesuits. They throng here by thousands, and thrive under our free institutions without let or hindrance. They have always, as an order, been a disturbing element in every country in which they have existed, and this country is already realizing the truth of this statement.—California Christian Advocate.