The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . t the necessities of the reli-gious guardians be defrayed, and works of exemplary^ charity thus accom-plished. We therefore eagerly renew and extend the privileges heretoforegranted. Finally, our dear son Vincent Belda, priest of the order of Friars Minorof Saint Francis, of the observance so called, has come to us as commissaryof the Holy Land,^ and has described to us the sad condition of thechurches, convents, and houses committed to the care of those establishments, he assures us, are daily yielding to the ra
The Lives and times of the Roman Pontiffs from StPeter to Pius IX . t the necessities of the reli-gious guardians be defrayed, and works of exemplary^ charity thus accom-plished. We therefore eagerly renew and extend the privileges heretoforegranted. Finally, our dear son Vincent Belda, priest of the order of Friars Minorof Saint Francis, of the observance so called, has come to us as commissaryof the Holy Land,^ and has described to us the sad condition of thechurches, convents, and houses committed to the care of those establishments, he assures us, are daily yielding to the ravages oftime. The professed of that mission, after celebrating the divine worshipin the churches, administering the sacraments, extending the Catholicreligion, must also receive pilgrims into the hospices, take care of the sick,constantly teach children the principles of the orthodox faith, watch over,by timely succor, the chastity of young maidens, secure them husbands, * He was sent by Father John Dominic de Levignano, a Tuscan, custos-general from 1775 , >» PIUS VI. 403 ransom Catholics fallen into bondage, nourish the poor, even infidels incalamitous times ; in a word, practise frequently a thousand works of religious represent that they are unable to meet these expenses, andcannot support the burden unless more liberal alms are uninterruptedlytransmitted to them. The pope cites letters by which Urban VIII. had ordered collections inall the parishes of Christendom. Now these resources are VI. thus continues: We declare that the alms given in Europe forthe friars of Saint Francis cannot be converted to any other use, hoAveverurgent. In consequence of this constitution, considerable alms were sent toJerusalem, from Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Vienna, Munich, and Warsaw. On the 19th of December, 1778, Pius VI. pronounced an allocution onthe retractation of Justin Febronius. Venerable Brethren : You are not ignorant of all the evil done by
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