The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-03-29

Where Is The True Church of
Christi" and complete manual of
prayers, to say nothing of transla-
ton of Cardinal Wiseman's famous
''F'abiola," nor of the original in Es-
peranto, "The Reds" concerning So
cialism. The Union is organizing an
international pilgrimage to Rome for
4th-10th of September.
For Pilgrims to Rome.-In Rome
may be seen the room of st. Ignatius,
at the Gesu; of st. Aloysius, at st.
Ignatius'; of st. Stanislaus, at st. An.
drew's on the Quirinal; of st. Philip
Neri, at the Chiesa Nuova; of st.
Dominic, at st. Sabina's; of ST. Camil-
lus of Lellis, at st. Magdalene's; of
st. Catherine of Sienna at the Min
erva. The National Churches and Col
leges in Rome are: The North Amer
lean, the South American, the Ar
menian, the Belgian, the English of
st. Thomas; the French of st. Louis
St. Vyves, ST. Nicholas, St. Denis, st.
Claude, st. Claire; the German of S.
Maria dell Anima, the Greek, of st.
Athanasius; the Irish of st. Agatha,
ST. Isidore, st. Patrick; the Portu-
guese of St. Anthony, the Scotch of
ST. Andrew, and the Spanish of Maria
Monserrato.
Congress of Priests League.-A
congress of the Priests Eucharistic
League of Italy will be held in Rome
during the Constantinian Jubilee,
this year, in September. The Holy
Father, in an autographs letter,
approves and blesses it.
Missions During Present Pontificate.
During the nine years of his pontifi-
cate Pope Plus x. has done much to
aid the spread of the faith in mis-
sionary countries. He has created
twenty-seven procedures apostolic and
twenty-seven vicariates apostolic. This
represents remarkable development
in the missionary Church during less
than a decade for every vicariate
means an additional Bishop and the
project apostolic, as far as territorial
rule is concerned, covers in most cases
far more territory than even Vicar
Apostolic. He is Bishop, practically,
save for his orders.
Libel Against CardinaI.-The respon-
sible manager of the anti-Catholic
"Corriere Toscano"-the Tuscan
Courier-has been condemned by the
court to pay heavy fine and go to
Jail as we'll for having published a
criminal libel concerning Cardinal
Mafi, Archbishop of Pisa.
Old Frescoes in FIorence.-Tn the
Church of the Holy Cross in Florence,
Italy, in removing the paint or wash
along it's north wall, a superb fresh
colored fresco of the "Crucifxion," of
the Giottesque period was brought to
light. Frescoes have also been I'M
covered in the Church of st. Mary
Novela in that city.
Prehistoric Ruins at Pompeii.-
Under the ruins of Pompeii, which was
destroyed, or rather buried by Vesuv-
ius in the year 70, A. D., are found
also the ruins of earlier, successive
civilizations.
Worlds PopuIation.-The population
of all Europe before the 18th century
hardly exceeded 100000. Today it
is 40O,0O0,000, while North Americas
alone, is 110,0OO,OOO. The worlds popu-
lation is estimated at 1925, 100000.
EngIand's Irish League.-Irish Ma
tionalist from England intend to make
great invasion of Dublin at Whit.
suntide, on the occasion of the annual
Convention of the United Irish League
of Great Britain.
Queenstown Cathedral.-The tower
and spire of the Cathedral of Queens
town, Ireland, will be completed soon
thus finishing a great edif1ce which
has been fifty years in construction.
| 0bs SOINtIbo TIOty IoldH0" II AOA
the Hebrides, Father McClymont
writes and says that he believes Gamma
is the identical holy island of Himba
mentioned in st. Adamnan's life of ST.
COLUMBIA.
Catholic Duke Refutes Charges
The reply to the charge that the Duke
of Norfolk left twenty thousand acres
of his Sussex property under-utilised
and derelict and was content to see
the people driven from the country
side" is that seventeen thousand out
of twenty-three thousand acres are let
to agricultural and other tenants and
that the Dukes estates are in districts
in which, as a matter of fact, the
population is increasing Moreover, as
a landowner his Grace has built one
hundred and thirty-five cottages.
Disposal of Ecclesiastical Legacies
The $4,000 legacy Of the late Father
Nixon, of Great Crosby, to Archbishop
Whiteside, of Liverpool, England, has
been handed over to the treasurers
of the Ecclesiastical Education Fund
of the diocese. The $4,000 left by the
late William Leeming, ESQ.,, will be
devoted to the future interests of the
clergy of ST. Paul's, West Derby, Liver
mol