The sovereign pontiff, feigning that he is a prisoner, is fulminating from the Vatican his anathemas, and, in the midst of the most convincing proofs of his manifold errors, asserting his own infallibility.

A Catholic archbishop with truth declares that the whole civil society of Europe seems to be withdrawing itself in its public life from Christianity.

In England and America, religious persons perceive with dismay that the intellectual basis of faith has been undermined by the spirit of the age.

They prepare for the approaching disaster in the best manner they can.
The most serious trial through which society can pass is encountered in the exuviation of its religious restraints.

The history of Greece and the history of Rome exhibit to us in an impressive manner how great are the perils.