The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-09
EUROPEAN NEWS.

Association of Governesses.-An as
ISOLATION for English governesses in
Rome has been founded under the
auspices of the Poor Servants of the
Mother of God in Via Sebastian.
Radical Succeeds Catholic Leader
DR.. Peter Spain, leader of the Center
party in the German Reichstag, who
was recently elected president of that
body, resigned, refusing to act with
the Socialist deputy Schiedemann, who
was chosen first deputy president
Joannes Kaempf, the radical deputy
who carried Emperor Williams dis.
trict of Central Berlin, has been elect
ed in his place. The Conservatives
and Centrists all cast blank ballots.
/ Nuncio to Austria.-Mgr. Scapinelli
Archbishop of Laodicea, and recently
appointed Nuncio to Austria, is a
trained diplomat of nine years official
service. For quite while he had
been one of the faculty in the Academy
of Noble Ecclesiastics.
Diocese of Argyll and the isles
The official figures for this English
Diocese are: Priests, including the
retired, Il; missions, q; public
churches, chapels or stations, Is.
Catholic Papers in HoIIand.-In Hol.
land are published Is Catholic daily
papers, rs weekly Catholic papers, 81
fortnightly, and So monthly and quar-
terly. In the United States are pub
lished no daily English Catholic pa
pers but several German Catholic ones
Positions That Pay.-Many may i'm
agine that persons holding high place
in the household of the King of Great
Britain and Ireland receive small sal
aries, but a glance over some of the
Offices show that very large amounts
are paid to their holders. For in
stance, the Catholic Earl of Granard
K. P, who is Master of the Horse, has
a yearly salary of $4,000, and there
are some valuable privileges and per.
quisites, including the use Of the royal
horses and carriages, with the attend.
ance of the servants belonging to the
same. 9"
Power Of Centre Party.-The ascen'
dancy of the Socialists in the German
Reichstag will oblige the Government
to lean heavily upon the support OF
the Catholic Centre members and
party.
Changes in Diocese OF Rome.-The
Bishop of the Diocese of Rome, is the
Pope. His Vicar-General is always a
Cardinal. This Cardinal administers
the Vicariate of Rome. Very recently
by decree of the Pope, the Vicar-Gen
erals Vicariate has been divided into
four parts or departments, over each
of which prelate of high rank is
placed; all four prelates are subject
| to the Cardinal Vicar-General of Rome
Congregation of Our Lady Of Mercy
Recently the Holy Father gave spe
cial audience to the Mother-General
and her assistants of the Congregation
of Our Lady of Mercy, whose heaG
house is at Tilburg- Heikant, Holland
They were presented to him by the
newly-created Cardinal Van Rossum
of Holland. This religious institute
numbers about {, 400 religious with ovel
1O2 houses in Holland, Belgium, East
India and in North America. The Hol.
Father presented her with golt
medal.
irishman Speaks Persian.-The Irisf
missionary is found in every land ant
the Irish journalist is a good SECOND
in globe-trotting. For instance, Reu
ter's correspondent in Teheran, Persia
is an Irishman, w. J. Maloney, wht
was at one time student of St. Alphon
sus' College, Limerick. In Teheran b,
has made himself very much disliket
by Russia, but Maloney doesn't mind
He speaks Persian as well as Arabic
and as correspondent has, of course
faithfully confined himself to chron
icling the various events-some O
them exciting enough-which hav,
been passing in Persia during the pas
couple of years. Mr. Maloney, by tn,
way, is a good writer and speaker o
Gaelic.
Disciplinary Changes in Diocese 0
Rome.-Recent reforms Of the Roman
Diocese increase the powers OF tn,
Cardinal Vicar, abolish long standin,
privileges enjoyed by members of tn,
Sacred College, reorganize the admin
; istrative work, which is distribute,
among four departments, and provid,
for the discipline Of the secular clerg,
who in the future, WIN be placed Il
: direct dependence upon the Cardina
Vicar
Sultan Decorates Archbishop.-Th,
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