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Excerpt from The History of the Popes From the Close of the Middle Ages, Vol. 26: Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources
Catholic Reform and Restoration in France Berulle And His Oratory - The Ursulines and the Visitation - Francis de Sales and Frances de Chantal - Revival of Catholicism in the Spanish Netherlands.
One of the things which Paul V.had most at heart was to further the revival of Catholic life in France which followed Henry IV.s reconciliation with the Church. An immense effort was required to undo the harm of the last thirty troublous years. Rome was well aware of the fact, hence, when Paul V.confirmed Maffeo Barberini in his post of nuncio at the French Court to which Clement Vhi. had appointed him at the close of 1604, he also confirmed the instructions which Barberini had then received. These were lucidly summarized in the instruction which Cardinal Aldobrandini drew up for the guidance of the papal representative and they are a remarkable statement of the aims of the policy for a Catholic restoration which the Holy See pursued in France.
In the "Drey Reisen nach Cistertz," which the Cistercian, Fr. Joh. Konrad Tachler made to the General Chapters, in 1605, 1609, 1615(published at Bregenz, 1893), we find remarkable evidence of this state of things; a dearth of sermons, neglect of the churches, desecration of the Sunday, and a light and frivolous tone. Vincenzo Scamozzi, in the journey he undertook in 1606, from Paris to Venice, saw with horror the desolation to which the Huguenots had reduced the churches; see Morsolin, Viaggio inedito di V.Scamozzi da Parigi a Venezia, Venezia, 1881, 25.
See the text from the original in the Barberini Library, Rome, in the appendix to Vol. XXXIII, No.45.
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