The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-06
EUROPEAN NEWS.


Altar on Emigrant Ship.-The latest
ship of the Austro-American Line, the
Franz Josef T." contains a Catholic
place of worship for the use of the
emigrants. The altar was consecrated
by the Bishop of Trieste, after special
permission had been obtained from
the Holy Father.
Sacred Congregation of Rites.-The
Cardinals of the Sacred Congregation
of Rites, at an ordinary meeting, have
had their attention directed to the fol-
lowing points: ~ The Introduction
of the case for the Beatification and
Canonisation of the servant of God,
Sister Angela Maria of the Conception,
a reformer of the nuns of the Order
of the Most Holy Trinity; (2) the
discussion of the case for the Canoni-
sation of the Blessed Gregorio Bar
badico, who, after being Bishop OF
of Padua; 60 the concession and ap-
probation of the Office and Mass
proper and also the elogio which is to
be placed in the Martyrology in honor
of Blessed Bonaventure Torinelli, a
protested priest of the Order of the
Services of Mary; (4) the revision of
the writings of the servant of God,
Brother Scubilione, of the Congregation
of the Brothers of the Christian
Schools; 81 the revision of the writ
ings of the servant of God, Father
Emmanuel Ribera, of the Congrega-
ton of the Holy Redeemer; CO. the
revision of the writings of the servant
of God, Isaac Jogues, protested priest
of the Company of Jesus, and John
Breboeuf and companions.
Church Historian Dead.-From AK
Ia Chapelle comes news of the death
of the Rev. DR.. Bellesheim, Vicar of
Cologne Cathedral, and a Church his
torian of no mean ability. When he
visited Rome in 1881 Pope Leo XIII.
allowed him free access to the Vatican
archives. In 1884 he published the
History of the Church in Scotland,
and while compiling this work he Wis
The history was translated by Dom
Oswold Hunter Balir, o. S. B., of Fort
Augustus, and was published in Edin-
burgh. Then followed the History OF
the Church in Ireland. In 1886 DR..
Bellesheim, who had been studying at
the Sorbonne in Paris, was appointed
to Canonry in AK, and year later
received the degree of Doctor of Theo-
logy from the Royal Academy of Mum
ster. He became successfully Provost
of the Chapter, and Protonotary Apos-
tolic, and was decorated with the Or
der of the Red Eagle by the German
Emperor. Had he lived he would this
year have celebrated the golden jubi-
lee of his ordination to the priesthood.
The White Fathers.-The Society of
the African Missionaries called the
White Fathers, was founded at Algiers
by Cardinal Lavigerie. Last June, the
Society had the charge of los stations
belonging to seven Apostolic Vicari-
ates and to one Prefecture. The mis-
sionaries then working in the field
were 463, besides a great number en-
gagged in the general administration,
or in the recruiting and training
houses the Society has in America,
Asia and Europe. In each station
there must be at least three mission
aries. The Fathers are helped by lay
Brothers who are also members of the
| Society; and by Sisters, founded like
wise by Cardinal Lavigerie. The So
ciety has two kinds of missions. In
North Africa they are working among
Mahommedan populations; further
south, among the colored tribes of the
| Soudan and of the Equatorial coun-
tries. These missions cover together
| an area almost as large as the whole
Dominion or the United States, that
is to say, about two million five hun
dred thousand square miles-one-fifth
of the Dark Continent" AS for the
inhabitants of these immense coun-
tries they may be said to number
more than twenty millions, about one
seventh of the whole population of
Africa.
knighted by the Pope.-Dr. Manuel
de Souza and Sir Edmond Fox, both
of Rangoon, India, have received from
the Pope the Knighthood of st. Syl-
vester.
Fortune to Found orphanage-A
bequest of $6,250,0OO was left by the
late Baron Wandsworth of London,
Eng for the foundation of an nrnhan