The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MARCH 80 1912,

and care for children. st. Elizabeth's
in Cologne has today eleven affiliated
converts.
First Diocesan Paper In china.-The
first Diocesan paper in China is the
Little Messenger of Ning-Po, edited
by the Vicar-Apostolic of Eastern Che
Kiang.
Hungarian Graeco-C Catholic Diocese.
The Government of Hungary has
petitioned the Holy See for the cree
ton of Hungarian Graeco- Catholic
Diocese. The United Roumanians
consider that such step would be
detrimental to religion and nationality
in Pennsylvania, and. through their
Bishops they have addressed a petit
ton against it to the Holy Father,
whose kindness to them on various
occasions they greatly appreciate.
Seventh Centenary OF the Poor
Ciares.-The Poor Clare nuns through
out the world are celebrating the sew
enth centenary of the establishment
of their order This notable event was
commemorated on March 10, on which
day, seven hundred years ago, st.
Glare consecrated her life to God in
the shrine of Our Lady of the Portiun-
cula of Assist, after she had been
instructed by st. Francis.
Death of Catholic Prime Minister
Count MISUNDERSTANDING Prime Min
lister of Denmark, for the period from
August to October %, 1909, died at
Copenhagen, March /. Count Hol-
stein was convert to the Catholic
Church, and the first of that faith to
hold the Office of Prime Minister since
the Reformation. He was about sew
enty-five years old.
The Church in Belgium.-Belgium
has one Archdiocese and six suffragan
sees. There are about $500 diocesan
priests and $500 regular clergy. The
regular clergy are distributed in 293
houses. The religious of Belgium
number nearly 10000, in 2,207 con-
vents and monasteries. Bruges,
Client, Liege, Namur and Journal are
the dioceses, with Brussels as the
Metropolitan See.
The German Reichstag.-Of the
three hundred and ninety-seven mem
bers of the German Reichstag, one
hundred and seventy-nine are Evan
gelicals, and of these one belongs to
the Centre Party. The Catholics num-
Der one hundred and thirty, and
eighty-nine of them are members of
the Centre. Sixty-nine members do
not belong to any Church. The Jew
ish members number seven.
French Bishops.-More than half of
the French bishops have been ap-
pointed by Plus 1.-TWO bishops, Car
dinals Couillie and de Cabrieres, owe
their election to Plus TX, SO to Leo
XIII, and A to the reigning pontiff
Thus the hierarchy of the Concordat
iss-already in a MINORITY.
Court UphoIds Bishops.-The Court
de Cessation, the supreme court in
France, has confirmed the judgment
of the other tribunals, to the effect
that the clergyman nominated by the
Bishop has alone the right to dis
charge the religious function in a
church or other recognized place of
worship. The judicial authorities can
only sanction and not control the epis-
copal act, which confers the power
to administer on the cure.
Franciscans in the Hierarchy.-In
the "Analecta Ordinis" published at
Rome, there is given, according to
the franciscan Annals" a list of
Capuchin Friars who occupy eminent
posts in the Church at the present
time. At the head of the list stands
the name of his Eminence Cardinal
Wives y Tuto, who entered the Order
in July, 1869, and was created Car
dinal on 10th June, 1899. Then come
the names of six Archbishops, includ-
| ing his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Kene-
ally, Archbishop of Simia, followed
by those of fifteen Bishops, eleven
Projects Apostolic, and three mis-
sionary Supervisors appointed by the
Propaganda.
| Lady catechists in France.-The
"Guvre des Catechismes" was found
ed twenty-five years ago. There were
then only two lady "catechists,' who
between them had two hundred pupils.
At the present time the work numbers
over four thousand "catechistes" in
Paris alone, and thirty-two thousand
in the provinces; close on one hundred
thousand children are evangelical by
them; forty-four thousand in Paris and
fifty thousand in the provinces. These
figures have certain eloquence, but
more striking still are the zeal, good
temper, and real self-sacrifice with
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