The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-05-04

mucn as IL not only preserves to the
school it's Christian character, but
concerns itself with the erection of
schools for the pupils of each religious
denomination. To Catholics, who are
scattered in small communities over
the whole kingdom and are every
where in the minority, this arrange
ment is most acceptable. AS might
be expected, the Socialists are oppos-
ing that part of the project which
affects the UNCONVENTIONAL schools.
A Valiant Dutch Priest.-The Catho-
lies of Holland have been Offering their
congratulations to one of the most
distinguished personalities in the pub
lie life of the Netherlands, Rev. DR..
Noleus, who celebrated his silver jubi-
lee in the priesthood on the 26th ult.
Formerly professor in the College at
Rolduc, near Aachen, DR.. Noleus is at
present chairman of the Catholic party
in the Second House of Representa-
tives, being successor to M. Schaep-
meus. He also acts as professor of
social economy at the University of
Amsterdam. With the foresight which
marks all great men, he did all in his
power to establish and uplift the
Catholic press of Holland when he
first took part in public affairs. The
"Katholick Social Weekblad' acknowl-
edged the debt it owed to DR.. Noleus
when in last weeks number it offered
sincere congratulations to one who
had been instrumental in it's founda-
ton.
The Church in Russian Poland
Count Sigismond Wielpolski, member
Of the Council of State of the Russian
Empire, has just published memorial
on the intolerable position of the Cath
Ollie Church in the kingdom Of Poland
(Russian Poland). The memorial
shows the clergy remorselessly crush
ed under the implacable hatred of the
police, courts and Russian bureau
cracy. The Archiepiscopal Curia of
Warsaw recently received from the
Russian Imperial Minister of the In
terror an edict imposing upon the
Catholic Church officials in Poland the
following restrictions: CD Dignities
and honors conferred upon Catholic
priests by the Holy See are to be dis
regarded, unless the consent and ap-
proval of the Russian Imperial Off
Gals shall have first been obtained.
| (2) The words engraved on seals used
by the Church authorities must be
in the Russian tongue; Latin words
may be made use of only on such
seals as are needed for strictly ecclesi-
astical documents. 90 Certificates
issued as the official documents re-
quired in the case of the publication
of marriage bans must bear a Rus
sian Government stamp.
New Head of Vatican Library
Though the retirement of the Very
Rev. Father Franz Ehrle, S. j., from
the important post of Vice-Prefect of
the Vatican Library must be looked
upon as loss, the vacancy left by him
will be amply filled by Monsignor
| Ratti, Project of the Ambrosian Ii
brary of Milan. Both are men of deep
erudition, so that the former leaves
AAo pACS1OuS Charge III competent
hands. No library in the world can
now compare with that of the Vatican
in it's treasures of manuscripts, most
of which have yet to be deciphered.
| The Vatican Library.-After having
been several times organized, and de-
stroyed either by foreign or native
vandals, the public library of the Vati-
can got a noteworthy increase under
Nicholas V. who deposited there 5000
MSS. Under Sixtus Nv (1475) and
Sixtus V other additions were made,
and so with nearly every Pontiff down
to our day until now the Vatican
library contains in old manuscripts
alone, most of them being worth a
kings ransom, something like 10000.
Many of these date from the fifth
century, but the majority belong to
the middle ages, or as those times are
sometimes called, the Dark" Ages.
because those who use the term are
generally in the dark about them!