The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-19
Corruption Rome.
The Halle has the following about corruption at


The Halie has the following about corruption at
Rome:- 9M
Cardinal Patrizi has issued edict preceded by q
letter addressed to the Cardinal by the Pope himself
VINO are gun Of three great snscontnual biasphemy,
disregard of holidays and direspect In the churches
In order TO prevent such scandals the Pope directs that
the Old penal laws and the very severe ones Of Leo
XII should be put In force The CARDINALS edict pro.
mulgates the TO DO inflicted those who
should be proved by Two respectable persons to have
uttered one or more blasphemes; to have worked on
holidays the masters being made responsible ia the
latter their mon TO have behaved disrespect-
fully In church. The last paragraph is more especially
deced against femal who to DO prevented from
wearing short dresses. They also required TO ap.
pear In church with vols; but the VEIL which Is to be
substituted for the modern small hat, be con-
verted into new ornament for the head which to
modesiy covered.
A beautiful new chapel at St. Emians Or
phan Asylum, Milwaukee, Wis, has just been
dedicated.
The Roman Catholic Church In England.
The official 'sCatholic Directory for the year
1868, published pern.issa s,,peyiori,ns, has made
its appearance. 1t gives, as usual, statistical
summary of the Church in England, Wales and
Scotland, and there is considering our numbers
In Great Britain, q considerable increase in the
clergy, churches, chapels. converts and monas.
teries since lasts year. The total number of
bishops Is, Of course, the same-namely, one
archbishop and twelve bishops (besdes three
i'll Scotland. The number of priests in
Great Britain amounts to 1853, against sos
last year; the number OF churches and chapes
are 1885, against 1,207 when the last directory
was published; the converts Of women are now
227 in number, whereas last year there were 200
and lastly the monasteries number 81, against GO
last year. Total increase:-3l priests rs churches
and chapels, seven converts of women and four
monasteries Of men. IL ought, however, TO be
borne in mind that OF the rs churches chapels.
which are more this year than last, about dozen
are private chapes of converts or Of various indi
viduals; also OF the four increase in the number
of inconsistencies, three are merely houses In which
two OF three Of the regular clergy dwell together
for missionary work; the fourth is the
new Dominican priory at Haverstock Hill.
In the converts religious houses of women
the increase has been very great during the last
few years but it has been altogether, with
very few exceptions, among the non clustered,
active orders, such Sisters of Charity Sisters
OF Mercy and the like. The clustered or contem.
plative orders hardly seem 10 increase at all. or
very eighty, in this country but for nuns to
duct schools for the upper and middle classes as
well TO superintend poor schools. houses OF
refuge, and the like, the demand is far greater
than the supply. The following is a summary Of
Catholic statistcs for England. Scotland and
Wales, during the last three years.
Chgrches aud Religious C5mDn- Con-.
lear. Frisss. Chap>ts nifis ef mrs. rents.
1866. Il, 6eo LII 5s III
1867 4 l2OT 40