1st June in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

On this occasion I readily give witness, most Holy Father, to the Society of Missionaries of Algiers, for the zeal of their members of whom a number have already shed their blood for the faith, as also for their regularity and for their attachment to the Holy See.

31st May in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

While they are everywhere exposed to injustice, insult, calumny, persecution, and soon perhaps a bloody persecution, they live in peace under the protection of Saint Louis and that of all the great Saints and Holy Martyrs of Carthage.

29th May in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

I will begin this Comments Report, which I leave to the Fathers and Brothers of St. Louis of Carthage, by congratulating them on the spirit of union and fraternal charity, which seemed to me to reign among them.

28th May in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

No, my dear Brethren, their fanaticism, if this can be reproached of them, is to sacrifice everything here below, without excepting anything, their affection, their hopes, their wealth, their lives even, in order to carry out a great patriotic and Christian duty.