Yvon Beaudoin continues the narrative.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn consequence Bishop de Mazenod renounces his action and keeps as much as possible out of the public eye. Even so he does preside at some religious ceremonies in Marseilles and conducts some pastoral visitations in the diocese of Avignon. Even this is too much.<\/p>\n
Paris is kept informed of everything and the Government takes the steps necessary to force him into leaving the country, striking out his name from the electoral list, as an alien. The Bishop of Icosia comes to know of this step at the beginning of September 1834, and, without delay, he lodges afresh appeal against this decision; at the same time he informs the French bishops of the persecution he is suffering. He also writes to Rome to explain the reason for his re-opening the case notwithstanding the representations previously made to him.<\/p>\n
Bishop Capaccini immediately replies, in the name of the Pope, that he must again renounce his action. The prelate\u2019s letter even contains some expressions that would lead one to think that the Pope is not pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yvon Beaudoin EO 8 pages XXV-XXVI<\/em><\/p>\n Eugene wrote to the Pope through his Cardinal Secretary of State:<\/p>\n Letter to Cardinal Thomas Bernetti, Secretary of State, 19 November 1834, EO XV n 174<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yvon Beaudoin continues the narrative. \u201cIn consequence Bishop de Mazenod renounces his action and keeps as much as possible out of the public eye. Even so he does preside at some religious ceremonies in Marseilles and conducts some pastoral visitations … Continue reading \n
However since His Holiness does not wish me to make use of the supportive declarations of the Bishops, I renounce it. And furthermore: the pain with which the Holy Father views the continuation of the process brought against me and the desire I have to abstain from anything that could displease him, determine me to desist from my appeal, come of it whatever God wills; all the lawyers I have consulted guaranteed me a successful outcome; by my desisting, I am submitting to an iniquitous judgment rendered against me and to the baneful consequences it may have, but neither the advantages promised me, nor the drawbacks I have to fear could make me hesitate when it is a question of the will or even of a mere desire of the Head of the Church. I will inform the French Minister without delay of my desisting and then he will no longer have any pretext for evading the appeals of Your Court. It remains only for me to entrust myself to the benevolence of the Holy Father into whose hands alone I place my interest and my honour.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n