The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-01-04

i lnterdlocesan Seminary. - Cardlnal
De Lai, Secretary Of the Consistorial
Congregation, has inaugurated the
new interdiocesan seminary at Assist
consuItor in consistory. Very Rev.
Father Lepicier, of the Servants of
Mary, has been appointed Cons.ultor
of the Consistorial Congregation.
Meeting of Irish Protestants.-
At a meeting of Irish Protestant
Home Rulers in London, December 6,
Mr.. T. Tough, M. P, presided and was
supported by several Protestant cler-
gymen, Surgeon-Gen. Evatt, Mr.. Ber-
nard Shaw and Sir A. Conan Doyle.
The chairman said they represented
a local association of 10000 Ulster
Protestants who were in favor of
Home Rule, believing it would renew
the prosperity of Ireland and promote
unity. They also wished to assure
Eprejudiced people that they had no
fear of their Catholic neighbors The
Catholic Church in Ireland had never
been prosecuting Church. Mr.. Ber-
nard Shaw, writer and dramatist,
made the speech of the evening.
Conversion of Baron.-There took
place recently in Germany, the con-
version to Catholicity of Baron Cram
er-Klett, Bavarian Senator. The en-
try of the Baron into the Church sur
prised nobody, inasmuch as he has
| e. - hi ~
titude toward Catholicity, particularly
in the Bavarian Senate.
Descendant Of Empress Josephine
The recently deceased Countess Of
Flanders, mother of King Albert of
Belgium, was a great grandchild of
the Empress Josephine. She married
J Prince Philip of Flanders, a brother
of the late King Leopold II, in 1857
, Her husband died in 1905; and upon
the death of Leopold, who had no
male heir, Prince Albert became
} King of the Belgians in 1909. The
Countess was from the House of Sig
maringen-H ohenzollern and sister of
) King Charles of Roumania.
New Catholic Peeress.-A new Cath
} Ollie peeress in her own right is added
r to the three who already exist in Eng
, land The latest, the Hon. Mary
} Frances Petre, is a young girl of some
: twelve summers, daughter of the late
J Baron Petre.
Spanish Journal Fined.-The anti
) Catholic journal of Spain, Ell Liberal,
was recently sued for libel against
a priest. The case passed through
' several courts, the paper appeal
: ing from one to another when the
) verdict went against it. Last month
the matter reached the Supreme Court
of Appeal, and by it's verdict the news
paper is condemned to pay 100000 and
the costs of the actions The money
will be devoted to Catholic charities.
7 Genoa's "Exequatur" Questionable
i question of the "exequatur" for Arch
bishop Caron of Genoa has been raised
in the Italian parliament. The govern
/ ment was asked to state it's reasons
: for either delaying or refusing to issue
/ it. The Minister of Worship refused
!. to answer.
German Workers Thank Pope.-An
2 association of Catholic working men
: and women in Berlin, three thousand
strong, acting upon resolution unan-
q TWO Ire1ry nI~ 44I 49,
gram to the Holy Father thanking him
for his recent Encyclical and promis-
) ing implicit obedience thereto.
Greek Temple Discovered. - The
foundations of Greek temple dedi-
Gated to Minerva, and dating from the
fifth century before Christ, were dis
: covered at Syracuse last month.
CardinatiaI Appointments.-His EN-
2 inence Cardinal Diomede Falconio, o.
! F. NJ, has been nominated protector
: of the Institute of the Sisters Regulars
. of the Third Order of ST. Francis,
whose mother house is in Allegheny,
: N. Y, diocese of Buffalo. Their Emin-
|
l. Belmonte, Cardinal Bisleti and Car
I dinal van Rossum, c. S. r., have been
nominated to the Sacred Congregation
of the Council.
: Cardinal Vico Leaves Madrid.-Car.
:, dinal Vico, ex-Papal Nuncio at Mad
rid, who went to Rome to assist at
the consistory on December 2, will
not return to Spain. His successor is
believed to be either Nuncio Tacci OF
Brussels or Mons. Ragonesi, the Papal
: Delegate to Colombia For the past
two years Spain has not been repres.
sented at the Vatican by an ambassa
: dor, and new Nuncio may not be
sent to Madrid until a better under
!. standing has been arrived at over the
:. anti-religious policy initiated by the
: late Premier Canaleias.
4 Mohammedan Chief Sees the Pope
: l-Mohammed Ali Elmi, the Senuss
] chief who was received in audience by
/ the Pope, is the first Mohammedan tt
4 receive such favor, excepting the
r Turkish Mission sent from CONSTANT