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M. Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu gave his fourth lecture yesterday afternoon in Sanders Theatre on "Le pape Leon XIII et la Republique Francaise."
The principal aim of Leo XIII was to obtain religious peace and convince Europe that there need be no antagonism between the church and modern society. Even in 1843-46, while nuncio in Brussels, he saw that constitutional liberty was not opposed to the rights and interests of the church.
Leo XIII succeeded, except in France, where tradition bound the clergy to the monarchical party. He tried to break the bonds by engaging Catholics to accept the Republic.
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