The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-02-03

Expel Portuguese Preiates.-The
Portuguese "Oficial Gazette" publish
es a decree OF the Minister of Justice
by which the Patriarch of Lisbon, the
Archbishop of Guarda, and the Admin
istrator of the Bishopric of Oporto
are expelled from their respective
dioceses for two years. In a letter
addressed to the President of the Re-
public the Hierarchy declare it is i'm
possible to accept the Governments
interference in ecclesiastical admins
tration.
Irish Secondary Education.-The
Most. Rev. DR.. Mangan, Bishop of
Kerry, speaking at the annual distri-
button of prizes in st. Bredan's Sem
mary, Killarney, referred to the atti-
tude of the Treasury regarding secon-
dairy education in Ireland, and said
that in 1911 it had been worse than
ever. He found from return which
their President had received that the
basis on which the intermediate re-
suits had been calculated was the low
est since 1903, and they were little
more than half of what was given for
that year.
The Conservation of Dr.. Naughton.
I'm the Cathedral, ,Ballina, on jan
uary Z, the conservation of the Right
Rev. James Naughton, Bishop-elect of
Killala took place. Most Rev. DIR.
Healy, Archbishop of Tuam, was the
consecrating prelate. After the cere-
mony, a reception was held in the col
lege, when the new Bishop received
addresses from various representa-
tive bodies throughout the diocese.
New Irish Baronet.-Sir Michael
Murphy, of Dublin, the new baronet,
is the third son of the late Mr.. Michael
Murphy, a well-known Dublin mer-
chant and shipowner, and is member
of family long and honorably con-
nected with the commercial life of
Dublin. He is head of the influential
firm of Michael Murphy and Co., Linn
Liverpool and Swansea. Sir Michael
is also prominently identified with the
banking interest in Belfast
Apostolic Delegate to Mexico
Mgr. Boggiani, Bishop of Rovigo, was
named on January 9, Apostolic Dele
gate to Mexico.
Greek Catholic Christmas.-Christ-
mas Day, according to the old style,
fell this year upon Sunday, Jan. Z,
which was the 25th day of December,
1911, according to the Julian calendar.
Those peoples coming from Eastern
Europe who use the older Christian
method of reckoning the Church year
celebrate their feasts and their holy
days thirteen days later than those
who have adopted the Gregorian cal
endar
Missionary Seminary of scheut.-
The Seminary of Scheut, near Brus-
sells, in Belgium, was established in
1853. Its object is the convention of
the heather, especially in China.
where it provides missionaries for five
vicariates. 1t has become the prin-
cipal Belgian organization for foreign
missions, and in 1888 the missionaries
from this seminary began their labors
in Belgian Congo. In 1909 the Society
numbered 300 priests, having care of
90,106 Catholics and 53,96S catechu-
mems. In one year 190S-9) they
baptized 1883 souls. Il.
Eighty Thousand French Pilgrims
at Lourdes.-The national pilgrimage
of France to Lourdes, this year, COM
prised fully $4,000 pilgrims. The pill
grimage ended with sdevotions on
Montmartre, in the national Basilica
of the Sacred Heart.
Sympathy For Portuguese PreIates.
cardinal Skrbensky, Archbishop of
Prague, in the name of the Austrian
Episcopate, has addressed a letter of
sympathy to the Patriarch of Lisbon
and ether Portuguese prelates. The
Austrian Bishops call the persecution
of the Christmas in Portugal inhu-
man and pray God to shorten the af-
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those who work iniquity.
Italian Immigrants.-In 1909 the
r Italian Government issued $4,000
passports to emigrants, an increase of
100000 over 1908. About half of the
people had their destination in the
United States; practically all the rest
went to South America or Canada.
The present number of Italians re-
siding abroad is estimated by the of.
ficials at Rome to surpass 100000
The Roman statistics show that about
20 per cent of all who leave the coun-
try return within a year. Of 2,270,.
900 individuals who left the country
, in the seven years from 1903 to 1909
inclusive, more than half have gone
back
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