The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-10-05
EUROPEAN NEWS.

our Lazy OF ElnSelQStn.-frOIu l0U,-
600 to 100000 pilgrims go annually to
Our Lady of Einsiedeln. This shrine
which rivals Lourdes, Loretto and
Compostela dates since the days of ST.
Meinrad in 94S. 1t is a chapel with a
miraculous statue of the Blessed Vir
gin in the great Benedictine Abbey
| Church.
A Recurrent MiracIe.-On Septem-
Der 18th, there generally takes place
the wonderful liquifaction of the blood
of St. Januarius in the magnificent
chapel Del Tesorio of the Cathedral
of Naples. The blood ordinarily is
dark, solid, opaque mass contained in
a flask 4 inches in height and IA
inches in diameter. This mass usual
ly Hquifes as blood, after the prayer
of the people. It's liquifaction, now for
centuries, only on special occasions,
cannot be accounted for on natural
grounds. Among scientists who have
tried to expose the fraud in this phe-
nomenon was, the English chemist,
Sir Humphrey Davy. He was given, &C
cording to his own account, every
| facility for investigation in and about
the monastery and church before and
after the occurrence, but he failed to
detect any clue or any evidence of
fraud and declared himself baffled.
The Church in France.-In France
there is actively forming great priest
| ly organization, known as the "Sacer-
dotal League Pro Pontifice ct Ec-
clesia," whose end is to promote
among the clergy greater devotion
to the person of the Holy Father. This
Sacerdotal League calls for at least
one Mass annually for the Pontiff's in
tention, and an offering of twenty
francs ($4.00).
Nor are the priests alone active.
Their zeal seems contagious. In
France there is revival of the Cath
olic faith. More than 5000 railroad
working men gathered in the great
votive Basilica of the Sacred Heart on
the Montmartre, Paris, for the night
alteration of the Blessed Sacrament.
The Solemn Mass was sung at mid
night. The working people of Paris
have entered an energetic protest
against the suppression of the 400 or
phanages with their $4,000 orphans of
France. Catholic Social activities have
developed enormously in France. The
organization at Rheims known as
Faction populaire has in nine years
| ;o4, ono y,,iIIior 60 :
900 volumes, 100000 almanacs and
10000 leaflets. The day is apparent
ly approaching when the Church in
France will be a power for good,
greater than it has ever been. Today
there are 100000 voluntary lay catech-
lists teaching 100000 children in that
country.
Ratification of Mohammedan
Martyr.-The Primate of Africa, Mon
signor Combes, Archbishop of Garth
age and Algiers, has announced to his
people and diocesans that the Sacred
Congregation of Rites is opening with
great solemnity the process of beati-
fcation and canonization of Van &C.
ronimo, a converted Mussulman, who
was martyred for his faith at Algiers
in the sixteenth century.
Archbishop Simon Active.-Arch-
bishop Simon, who was expelled from
Russia for admitting to the Sacra-
ments numbers of Russians who had
embraced the Catholic Faith, is at
present working as simple parish
priest in Cracow austrian Poland).
The appointment was made in accord
ance with his own request, for he
could not Iendure a life of inactivity.
Cardinal Observation-Disclosures Cas-
setta, the venerable and pious Roman
Bishop of Frascati and protector of the
| American franciscan nuns, built the
magnificent general house on the top
of the Janiculum. He is the richest
of the Cardinals of the Curia, owning
vast properties in the environs of the
Eternal City. Recently he divided to
a large extent part of the property
into lots and presented them to his
/ peasants, providing them at the same
time with funds for building little
houses for their families and shelters
for their live stock. The funds are to
be administered by the local authori-
ties.
Polish Catholics at Cracow.-On the
25th and 26th of September took place
at Cracow, Poland, a dual national
event. The one is the celebration of
the tercentenary of the great Jesuit
Father Skarga, combined with which
is Polish Catholic Congress- These
celebrations are under the patronage
of the Prince-Archbishop Sapieha.
Cracow is an exempt Prince-Arch-
bishopric, with about 100000 Catholics
under charge of nearly 600 priests.
Nagasaki Missions.-Nagasaki, Jap