The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-03

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Churches Of 6ologna.-Bologna, of
which Archdiocese Pope Benedict, XIV
was the Archbishop, has about 800
parishes, LIP churches, chapels and
oratoriees, $40 diocesan priests, 120
regular priests, over 500 Sisters, and
a population of about $4,000. 1t
has a great university. At the
beginning of the thirteenth century
it had 10000 students. st. Thomas
Aquinas lectured at it, and the great
linguist, Mezzonfanti, studied there.
The nevercompleted church of st.
Petronius, in Bologna, is 1856 feet long;
when completed, il ever, it is to be
$50 feet long. The Cathedral is St.
Peters; the next largest church is St.
Dominic's containing his chapel and
tomb which is one of the finest in
Christendom. Another ancient church
in Bologna is st. Stephens, which is
a cluster of seven different churches.
Pope's Pilgrimage to Lourdes.-MOn-
signor Schroepfer, Bishop of Tarbes
and Lourdes, publishes in the form
of an open letter a panegyric of Pope
Benedict XIV, recalling the Pontiff's
pilgrimage to Lourdes at the head Of
several thousand Italians in 1913, when
he was Archbishop of Bologna. The
document recalls the Pope's admins
tration of Holy Communion to a null
titude of the faithful, his prayers and
tears during the ceremonies and his
request for fragment of the rock on
which the Blessed Virgin placed her
foot during the apparitions.
: Catholic RuIers.-Catholic rulers of
: Europe are: H. I. NJ. the Emperor
. of Austria, Apostolic King of Hungary
: and of Bohemia; the Car of Bulgaria.
: the Kings of Belgium, Spain, Rouman-
ia, Italy, Saxony, Bavaria, the Grand
: Duchess of Luxembourg, and the
, Prince of Monaco. The heir presump-
tive to the throne of Wurtemburg al
so is a Catholic. So that on the death
of the present King of Wurtemburg,
the only reigning Protestant royal
house in Germany will be that of
Prussia. The non-reigning royalties
are: Ex-Empress Eugene of France,
ex-Empress Carlotta of Mexico and
King Manuel of Portugal
Promptness of PapaI Elections
The promptness of Papal elections
, since the death of Plus VII may be
| learned from the following dates:
> Plus VII. died August 20, 1923; Leo
, XII. became Pope September 28, 1928.
) Leo XII. died February 10, 1929; Plus
) VII became Pope March 81, 1929
Plus VII. died November 80, 1880;
Gregory XVI. became Pope February
!. 2, 1881. Gregory XVI. died June 1,
: 1916; Plus TX. was elected June Is,
1896 Plus TX. died February Z, 1878;
Leo XIII. was elected February 49,
: 1878. Leo XIII. died July Fl, 1908;
: Plus X. was elected August 6, 1903.
The Oldest 5ishops.-Mgr. Monnier
: Titular Bishop of Lidda, now living
2 in retirement in France, is the Oldest
! bishop in the world, in point of age,
= having seen no less than 95 years
, The oldest in point of service is Mgr
Laspro, Archbishop of Salerno, who
was consecrated as far back as 1860
: and is still in active service at the
age of 81. In the English-speaking
> world the oldest bishop still in active
service is Cardinal Gibbons, Archbish.
op of Baltimore, who was cOnsecrated
" in 1868 and is now 80 years old. After
him come three other bishops appoint
ed by Plus TX, who are still in charge
l of their dioceses. They are Mgr
Cuthhert Hedley, o. S. B., Bishop of
;" Newport in Wales, who was elevated
to the Episcopate in 1873; Archbishop
: Redwood of Wellington, New Zealand
: who was consecrated in 1874 and
Archbishop Ireland of ST. Paul, who
: was consecrated in 1875 as co-adju-
tor of the See he now holds. In the
College of Cardinals the oldest mem
Der in point of age, Cardinal di Pietro
who is 81 years old, is also the old
est bishop, having been consecrated
in 1865.
Tomb of the "Pope of Peace
Down below the marble pavement of
), ST. Peters on the original pavement
of the Church of st. Augustine, amid
other and great Popes, hard by the
e tomb of the first Apostles, three cot
fins lie one within another. Two bear
, the inscription: Corpus PHI PIP x
: Pontificis maximi-vixit amos LXXIX
/ Menses II-Dies XIX-Ecclesiae Uni
r versae Praefuit amos XI Dies XVI
Oblit die Xxx August MCMXIV." The
Pope of Peace lies in the Basilica of
the Emperor by whom Peace came to
the Church Last year, the year of the
) commemoration of Peace, Plus X lay
/ on sick bed while the world held
it's breath-but he arose. This year
, war killed him. There is many a
one in Rome who, now that the first
shock of the loss has passed, is thank
: ing God that Plus x is spared wars
further horrors.
Empress Eugsnie's Charity.-We
learn from our English exchanges
that every assistance is being render
ed to the Red Cross Society by the
Empress Eugene, who, in addition to
donation of 9200, has now fitted
up one wing of her house at Farm
borough for the reception of eight
| uoundod ofinorc Wo Iparn also that