Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-19
BUSINESS NOT FOR BISHOPS
Pope Plus Will Not Allow Prelates to
Act as Bank Directors.
BISHOP OF WATERFORD RESIGNS
GrRndest street of Rome After
Many Years OF Delay en-
Building.
ny CLEMENT J. BARRETT.

ROME. March 1S.-(Special to The Beef
The pope has received letter from the
bishop Of Waterford Ireland, announcing
he has resigned his office as a trustee OF
the Waterford Savings bank, in accordance
with the recent decree Of the holy see
forbidding ecclesiastics to retain positions
Of responsibility, such as trustees or
directors in banks Of any kind. The pope
holds that the duty that falls upon bank
officials tends to distract a man from
spiritual affairs.
He is of the opinion that men who enter
upon religious life should devote their time
and energy to their respective flocks. He
says that in these days of frenzied finance
clergymen and prelates should be especially
chary OF financial activities except those
that directly concern their own parishes or
dioceses or metropolitan sees, as the case
may be.
st. PHtricI's Church Opened.
In the grandest street Of Rome. in the
Ludovisi quarter, Astounding in splendid
hotels rich villas and palaces, there has
been constructed church in the name OF
the patron saint of ireland, which opened
for public service on st. PatriclS's day. Il
the immediate vicinity Of the spot Chris
tian memories abound. Two miles outside
the neighboring gate above a catacomb
dating from the apostolic age. in which It
| is held that St. Peter himself administered
baptism, lie the foundations of an ancient
church-St. Sylvester's, which contained
the ashes Of Pope Celestine, who commits
stoned st. Patrick to preach the gospel to
the people Of Ireland.
For over a quarter of a century the idea
of building a church dedicated under the
name of St Patrick has actively possessed
! the mind aud the desire OF the Irish Cath
olics all over the world. The work, which
/ was initiated twenty-three years ago and
was carried on for time, was, on account
Of several causes, suspended. But its
promise was never abandoned.
The moving spirit in the work is Very
Rev Maurice McGrath of the order of St
Augustine appointed by his order in Ire
land to look after the interests OF the Irish
branch Of the Augustines here. The mas
sive foundations. powerful enough to sus.
tain building like St. Peters, had been
already laid. The archbishop Of Dublin
William John Walsh, laid the cornerstone
on February l. 1885 and the silver trowe
used on the occasion was presented by
Mrs. Charles Ashman of New York Tn,
late Archbishop Ryan Of Philadelphia
preached the sermon.
woman Betrays Brignnd.
Betrayed, It is thought by a woman tho
notorious Sicilan briganad, Ballo, has beer
arrested at Palermo, after a desperate
struggle in which one OF the Gardiner
who effected the arrest was killed Ball,
is accused Of murder; he has come vic
toriously out OF many fights with troops
sent TO take him and has been credited
with levying blackmail in the manner as
cribed to the Highland caterans of ole
days on two provinces to the extent o.
$4,000 per annum. With price set on hi
head he was yet audaciouB enough TO visi
Palermo whenever the fancy took him, ant
to frequent its cafes. on such occasions n,
always appeared attired I'm the height o
fashion and his silk hat was in itself
poem.
He took box in the grand tier at tn
Palermo opera and motored up to tn
theater in great style, accompanied by hi
secretary, a brigand OF only slightly dim
mer luster. named FineEzO.