The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-03-08
FOREIGN CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.

Monsgnor de Witten, the Pope's Home
Minister, died., in Rowe on tho 9th OF Jan.
Tie IyyGiy Father from the depth OF his
o.n poverty as sent five thousand francs
to the dcstitutes OF Algiers.
The Very Rev. Patrick Dollard, Vicar
General of the Diocese of Kingston, Cana
da, died on the 18th February.
The order of st. John of Jerusalem is
about to be reconstructed with the express
nnrnose of deyoting itself to the defense of
the Holy See. -z==
Count Flolatein, IL young and accom-
plished gentleman, one of the Largest land
proprietors in Denmark, has lately become
a convert to the Catholic Church.
The conservation of the Rev. Dr.. Meade,
as the Lord Archbishop of Ardagh, took
place on Sunday in the private chapel at
tached to the Irish College III Parls.
In the past seven years the monks OF Mt
ST. Gothard have given over twenty thou-
sand meals to needy travellers, and clothing
too, at an expense of not less than $500.
We learn that single French newspaper,
| L'Injrers, has within the last twelve
| months collected for the use of the Holy Fa-
Their $50. 900 francs, or f34,OOO in English
money.
Disturbances have taken place at Padua,
in consequence of the clergy perslstlng III
celebrating Te Deum for the Papal victory
of Montana. The government ordered the
projects throughout the kingdom to prevent
the celebration of such services wherever
attempted.
The College of the Propaganda, Rome,
has n library of 10000 volumes, in all Ian
runrcs. 1t has n printing Office, the most
Complete in the world, in which are printed
thirty-tive different languages. The Col
lere has 10000 year OF an endowment
STUDENTS are supported and educated i'll ii
free.
4 dcputation from an Italian Catholic
t4-iournaI has had an audience OF the Pope-tC
request instructions relative to the coanscls
. to be given to Catholics at the next elections
to the Italian Parliament. The PoPefeplieo
that nothing was changed. and that the
/, HOLY See remained firm i'll its principles
whoever iafiirmetlthe contrary was In error
An-IriSh priest named Malachy MAlahon
n died a few days ago at thceNtraordinar!
:, ace of IO1 wears. The Rev. gentleman VIA
:, born in 1850, in Bagnalstown, county Car
$. low, and had been the parish priest of sun
= croft, county Kildare, for a period of fifty
. seven years. Only the Saturday before hi
IL death he sat in the confessional for severa
= hours, and performed his duties almost t
! his last hour.
d The Oriental Null furnishes us with tn
: following interesting piece of intelligence
The Roman Catholic Bishop Tor rather Arch
e bishop) of Bosra, a Dutchman, who has bee
- fifteen wears at Bombay, but who is now a
p Amsterdam, Is endeaVorinG TO convert Bf1
!, fish India to the Romish faith. has is
y sued an appeal to the Dutch Roman Catho
-, lies asking for money TO enable him to sen
f out ten missionaries to aid him i'll his pre-
~ se1ytizing enterprise.
N The Unita CattoIica says: The twenty
r first of January, the anniversary of the as
l. sassination of Louis XVI, committed
l. France in 1893, was this year celebrated b
l. a meeting in London and at the meeting
= Felix Pvat in a wild speech, reproache
N Garibaldi for not having known how
,e Italy to drive out the infame us one I'll