Pope Pius IX, who faced his own problems with revolutionary movements in his Church State, first tried to position himself in the middle, strongly opposing revolutionary and violent opposition against the Russian authorities, and appealing to them for more Church freedom.
Both the Holy See and the Russian government expressed their full satisfaction, which was not shared by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Accomodamento, while facilitating the establishment of new dioceses, did little to improve the situation of the Catholic Church at the local level.
In 1850, some 32 monasteries were closed and others limited in the recruitment of novices. Local priests were replaced with politically correct candidates, and vacant bishop sees were not allowed to be filled. A special problem continued to be the fate of the Oriental Churches, united with Rome, which were reunified with the Orthodox Church of Russia after the Polock Council in 1839.
After long negotiations, and possibly because of the lingering Polish crises, Russia agreed to diplomatic relations with the Vatican in 1861.
Tsar Alexander II claimed that only politically revolutionary elements were punished. On August 20, the Pope protested and ordered a prayernovena for the persecuted Church. But the persecutions worsened: 330 priests were deported, a war tax was imposed on the clergy, and 114 Catholic monasteries were closed.
International protest from Pope Pius enraged the Tsar and his regime, and led to an Austrian intervention, urging the Pope to be silent in the interest of the Polish Catholics. Russia answered with a break of the concordat on December 6, 1863. By 1870, not a single bishop from the Polish area under Russian control was left in his own diocese [4]
Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903) attempted to improve the situation with diplomatic overtures, with little success.[5] The nightmare of the Russian Church continued under him, more pleasant atmospherics not-withstanding.[6] The 19th century dilemma, that impressive Papal condemnations may result in suffering, closure of episcopal sees, and decade-long interruption of religious services for, and education of the faithful, haunted Papal diplomacy in the 20th century, especially during the pontificates of Pope Pius XI, Pope Pius XII and Pope Paul VI.
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Acta Apostolicae Sedis ( AAS), Roma, Vaticano 1922-1960
Acta et decreta Pii IX, Pontificis Maximi, VolI-VII, Romae 1854 ff
Acta et decreta Leonis XIII, P.M. Vol I-XXII, Romae, 1881, ff
Actae Sanctae Sedis, (ASS), Romae, Vaticano 1865
L. Boudou, Le S. Siege et la Russie, Paris, 1890
Owen Chadwick, The Christian Church in the Cold War, London 1993
Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte, VII, Herder Freiburg, 1979, 355-380
Matthias Erzberger, Erlebnisse im weltkrieg, Stuttgart,
Herder Korrespondenz Orbis Catholicus, Freiburg, 1946–1961
Andrey Micewski, Cardinal Wyszynski, A biography, Harcourt, New York, 1984
Josef Schmidlin Papstgeschichte, Vol I-IV, Köstel-Pusztet München, 1922–1939
John Gilmary Shea, The Life of Pope Pius IX, New York, 1877
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^All sources if not otherwiese quoted, are Schmidlin, II, pp 213-224
^All sources if not otherwise quoted, are Schmidlin, II, pp 215-219
^All sources if not otherwise quoted, are Schmidlin, II, pp 219-224
^Andrey Micewski, Cardinal Wyszynski, A biography, Harcourt, New York, 1984, pp. 3
pope, pius, russia, includes, relations, between, pontiff, russian, empire, during, years, 1846, 1878, expulsion, russian, envoy, holy, felix, meyendorff, pope, pius, insulting, catholic, faith, contents, 1847, accomodamento, polish, aspirations, avoiding, blo. Pope Pius IX and Russia includes the relations between the Pontiff and the Russian Empire during the years 1846 1878 1 Expulsion of the Russian envoy to the Holy See Felix von Meyendorff by Pope Pius IX for insulting the Catholic faith Contents 1 1847 Accomodamento 2 Polish aspirations and avoiding bloodshed 2 3 Relations with Russia after 1861 3 4 Diplomacy of Pope Leo XIII 4 1 References 5 Sources 6 See also1847 Accomodamento editThe Pontificate of Pius IX began in 1847 with an agreement by which both the government and the Holy See played a part in filling vacant Latin Church episcopal sees in Russia proper and in its Polish provinces Pope Pius IX who faced his own problems with revolutionary movements in his Church State first tried to position himself in the middle strongly opposing revolutionary and violent opposition against the Russian authorities and appealing to them for more Church freedom Polish aspirations and avoiding bloodshed 2 editMain article Pope Pius IX and Poland Both the Holy See and the Russian government expressed their full satisfaction which was not shared by the Russian Orthodox Church The Accomodamento while facilitating the establishment of new dioceses did little to improve the situation of the Catholic Church at the local level In 1850 some 32 monasteries were closed and others limited in the recruitment of novices Local priests were replaced with politically correct candidates and vacant bishop sees were not allowed to be filled A special problem continued to be the fate of the Oriental Churches united with Rome which were reunified with the Orthodox Church of Russia after the Polock Council in 1839 Relations with Russia after 1861 3 edit nbsp Pope Pius IX in 1871 After long negotiations and possibly because of the lingering Polish crises Russia agreed to diplomatic relations with the Vatican in 1861 Tsar Alexander II claimed that only politically revolutionary elements were punished On August 20 the Pope protested and ordered a prayer novena for the persecuted Church But the persecutions worsened 330 priests were deported a war tax was imposed on the clergy and 114 Catholic monasteries were closed International protest from Pope Pius enraged the Tsar and his regime and led to an Austrian intervention urging the Pope to be silent in the interest of the Polish Catholics Russia answered with a break of the concordat on December 6 1863 By 1870 not a single bishop from the Polish area under Russian control was left in his own diocese 4 Diplomacy of Pope Leo XIII editMain article Pope Leo XIII and Russia Pope Leo XIII 1878 1903 attempted to improve the situation with diplomatic overtures with little success 5 The nightmare of the Russian Church continued under him more pleasant atmospherics not withstanding 6 The 19th century dilemma that impressive Papal condemnations may result in suffering closure of episcopal sees and decade long interruption of religious services for and education of the faithful haunted Papal diplomacy in the 20th century especially during the pontificates of Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XII and Pope Paul VI References edit Acta Apostolicae Sedis AAS Roma Vaticano 1922 1960 Acta et decreta Pii IX Pontificis Maximi VolI VII Romae 1854 ff Acta et decreta Leonis XIII P M Vol I XXII Romae 1881 ff Actae Sanctae Sedis ASS Romae Vaticano 1865 L Boudou Le S Siege et la Russie Paris 1890 Owen Chadwick The Christian Church in the Cold War London 1993 Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte VII Herder Freiburg 1979 355 380 Matthias Erzberger Erlebnisse im weltkrieg Stuttgart Herder Korrespondenz Orbis Catholicus Freiburg 1946 1961 Andrey Micewski Cardinal Wyszynski A biography Harcourt New York 1984 Josef Schmidlin Papstgeschichte Vol I IV Kostel Pusztet Munchen 1922 1939 John Gilmary Shea The Life of Pope Pius IX New York 1877Sources edit All sources if not otherwiese quoted are Schmidlin II pp 213 224 All sources if not otherwise quoted are Schmidlin II pp 215 219 All sources if not otherwise quoted are Schmidlin II pp 219 224 Andrey Micewski Cardinal Wyszynski A biography Harcourt New York 1984 pp 3 Schmidlin II 506 ff Schmidlin II 508See also editForeign relations of the Holy See Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pope Pius IX and Russia amp oldid 1096317150, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
