Is Memorial Diplomatique publishes the correspondence be- tween the Papacy
and the Em,peror Maximilian upon the subject of his recent decrees. The drift of the Papal reply, which is dated 5th of March, was known before, but the text contains two .points of interest, a distinct threat that the recall of the Nuncio will not be the last measure adopted by the Pope against the Mexican Government, and a distinct assertion that Rome will never constht and has never consented to toleration. The Holy -Chair, writes the Cardinal Secretary, even in dealing with Governments ruling over mixed faiths, "has never recognized equal toleration in principle, but has striven only, wherever toleration existed de facto, to secure guarantees that it should not do any harm to the Catholic religion." Consequently, should the Church, say in Ireland or Prussia, get the upper hand, Protestantism would “in principle" cease to be tolerated, which is worth knowing.
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