{"id":3153,"date":"2016-07-22T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T03:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2016-07-18T15:46:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T13:46:59","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-communion-with-the-successors-of-peter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3153","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: COMMUNION WITH THE SUCCESSORS OF PETER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
What was the origin of Eugene\u2019s understanding of and relationship with the Pope?<\/p>\n

When Eugene arrived in Paris in 1808 to prepare himself to become a priest he was plunged into the world of conflict between Napoleon and the Church and Pope. Napoleon had occupied Rome, and the following year arrested Pope Pius VII and imprisoned him in Savona. He also brought the Cardinals of the curia from Rome to Paris. The Seminary of St Sulpice was one of the secret centers of helping them in their opposition to Napoleon, and because he was fluent in Italian, Eugene served the cardinals in Paris in many ways, particularly as a conduit to translate and pass them information. ( See https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2278<\/a>) Years later he recalled:<\/p>\n

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While only a deacon and then as a young priest, I had the privilege, despite the most active surveillance of a suspicious police force, of devoting myself to the daily reports connected with the service of the Roman cardinals, who at that time had been brought to Paris and shortly after persecuted because of their loyalty to the Holy See. The good fortune of being useful to these illustrious exiles and of being increasingly inspired by their spirit more than compensated me for the danger to which I was continually exposed.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Letter to Cardinal Gousset, 21 July 1852, quoted by Rey, II, 423.<\/em><\/p>\n

In June 1812, the ailing Pope endured a cruel and painful journey over the Alps to Paris, where he was only to be released in 1814, ending six years of confinement. Eugene experienced, first-hand, all this persecution of the Church and was thus molded into a lifetime of being a fierce fighter for the Church and its leader.<\/p>\n

Through the eyes of the Crucified Savior, he looked at the sufferings of the Pope, and wrote:<\/p>\n

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Thus it is that the disciple is not above his master (Luke 6:40) and that the Vicar of the Divine Savior portrays the one he represents.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pastoral Letter, June 9, 1846<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cA church that suffers no persecution but enjoys the privileges and support of the things of the earth – beware! – is not the true church of Jesus Christ.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blessed Oscar Romero<\/p>\n

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