Fernando Furquim de Almeida

Under Pius IX’s Direction, the Archbishop of Paris Grudgingly Lifts His Condemnation of l’Univers

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Under Pius IX’s Direction, the Archbishop of Paris Grudgingly Lifts His Condemnation of l’Univers

Two great misfortunes marked Louis Veuillot’s life during Felix Dupanloup’s, the Bishop of Orleans, campaign to get the French episcopate to condemn L’Univers. First, Veuillot’s six-month old daughter, Thérèse passed away in July 1852. In November, his wife died of peritonitis shortly after giving birth to their daughter Medeline. Grief-stricken, the editor-in-chief … Read more

The Vatican Quashes Bishop Dupanloup’s Vendetta Against L’Univers

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The Vatican Quashes Bishop Dupanloup’s Vendetta Against L’Univers

After l’Univers published Bishop Pierre-Louis Parisis’s letter praising the newspaper, other prelates expressed support and sympathy for the journal and its editor, Louis Veuillot. That made it impossible for Bishop Felix Dupanloup of Orléans to publish the declaration condemning L’Univers that he had so carefully prepared. After all, his pretext for posting … Read more

The Bishop of Arras Thwarts Bishop Dupanloup’s Plan to Condemn L’Univers

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The Bishop of Arras Thwarts Bishop Dupanloup’s Plan to Condemn L’Univers

After being rebuffed by the editor of l’Univers, Louis Veuillot, Bishop Felix Dupanloup, the liberal Bishop of Orléans, plotted to obtain an ecclesiastical condemnation of nineteenth-century France’s most read Ultramontane paper. On the pretext of quelling rumors about a “so-called division in the episcopate,” Bishop Dupanloup asked that all French bishops sign … Read more

The Liberal Bishop Dupanloup Mounts an Official Campaign to Condemn L’Univers

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The Liberal Bishop Dupanloup Mounts an Official Campaign to Condemn L’Univers

Msgr. John-Joseph Gaume’s 1851 book, Le Ver Rongeur des Sociétés modernes: ou La Paganisme Dans L’Education [The Gnawing Worm of Modern Societies: or Paganism in Education] sparked immediate reactions among Ultramontanes and Liberal Catholics alike. Its central point was that the study of classical (Greek and Roman) literature was harmful to the … Read more

The Study of Greek and Roman Classics in French Schools Highlights Differences Between Traditional and Liberal Catholics

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The Study of Greek and Roman Classics in French Schools Highlights Differences Between Traditional and Liberal Catholics

The coup d’état of December 2, 1851, turned Prince-President Louis Napoleon into Emperor Napoleon III. It also deepened the schism among Catholics and sped the formation of the liberal current headed by Bishop Felix Dupanloup of Orléans. Once the resentments over the Falloux school law cooled, the Count de Montalembert drew closer … Read more

The Split Among French Catholics Grew as Archbishop Threatened To Excommunicate Veuillot

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The Split Among French Catholics Grew as Archbishop Threatened To Excommunicate Veuillot

Upon taking possession of the Archdiocese of Paris, Most Rev. Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour called himself ultramontane. Almost immediately, however, he began to defend religious liberalism and support the republic. Besides attacking the Church, the Parisian anti-Catholic newspapers published the Archbishop’s pastoral letters, on which they lavished praise. Sibour’s liberal ideas spread throughout France. … Read more