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

Diocese of Cracow.-Prince-Bis
Sapieha, of Cracow, Austria, is to be
honoured with the Primary. Cracow,
as diocese dates from about the year
1000. 1t now numbers about $4,000
Catholics and 700 priests. The ap-
pointment of it's Prince-Bishops is the
privilege of the Austrian Emperor
with the advice of the Bishops of
JGalicia.
Venetian campaniIe Dedicated.-
On April Is, in the presence of Kaiser
William of Germany and the King
and Queen of Italy, the new Campan-
| lie of st. Marks, at Venice, Italy,
was dedicated. 1t is an exact copy
of the original which fell on the morn
ing of July IA, 1902, collapsed like
telescope that is shut up" as a spec
tator described it. It has cost about
100000, much of which was raised
by an international subscription.
Emigration Returns. 81 The Regis
trar-Generaps emigration returns for
1911 show that the number of natives
who left Ireland last year was below
the average for any of the decennial
periods for which records are avail
able. However, 30,573 young men and
young women, in the bloom of youth,
fed the land, showing that depletion
of Ireland's population is something
abnormal. According to the returns,
which are compiled with great care,
4,21S,016 persons emigrated during
the last sixty years, while the popula-
ton is now reduced to 4,381,951.
Persecution in Russia.-The Rus
sian Ministry of the Interior has mott
fed the Catholic Episcopate that all
dignities and honours conferred upon
them are invalid unless first sane
toned and approved by the Russian
authorities. Furthermore that all
texts on church seals must be in Rus
sian and not in the Latin language.
Vatican Charlottesville Vatican
contains the finest collection of Art
and the most valuable library, in the
world. Among it's paintings is "The
TRANSPORTATION" believed to be the
best painting in existence. Among it's
books are Biblical manuscripts, and
the manuscripts of Virgil and Terence
In the Vatican one may see the mas
ter-works of Michael Angelo and Raj
faelle, and the oldest and greatest of
earthly palaces.
.NorfoIk's Gift to Catholic Schools.
That earnest Catholic, the Duke of
Norfolk, has lately turned over to the
Catholic schools of England the sum
of $1,200,O00, that is, all the proceeds
of the sale Of his celebrated collection
of the works of art of Helbein.
st. Ansgar's Church, Copenhagen.
Father Blanche, the French Domin-
lean, drew great crowds to st. Ans
gars Church, Copenhagen, Denmark,
during his Lenten sermons. On Easter
Sunday the church was crowded to the
doors. The interest in his Lenten
sermons was so great that the Ameri-
can Minister, DR.. Maurice Francis
Egan, was obliged to arrange so that
his pew should be occupied in relays
oy his Protestant friends. The only
Catholic member of the royal family
is Princess Margaret, who might be
seen at Mass every morning, at her
late mothers prie-dieu, accompanied
by her lady-in-waiting, or sometimes
by her father, Prince Waldemar, who
frequently went to church with his
wife, the late Princess Marie, during
her lifetime.
The Christian School In Saxony.-
At time when campaign for ex-
Guiding every mention of Christianity
in the schools is carried on in the
Latin countries, it is with pleasure
one finds that educational reform in
some of the northern nations places
the need Christian instruction in the
front rank. The Grand Duchy of Lux
enbourg and Saxony lead the way in
providing liberal measures respecting
!. Christian instruction in the schools.
The measure now before the Landtag
, of Saxony is specially important, mas