The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-06
OLD WORLD NEWS.

EngIand's New CardnaI.-Abbot
Gasquet, now His Eminence Cardinal
Gasquet, is having the old plazzo S.
| Calisto in the TraStevere district reno
waited both as place of residence for
himself and as the seat of the Vulgate
| Commission. Heretofore the Abbot
each year stayed six months in Italy
and six in England, thing that the
rules of the Sacred College forbid
Once settled as a cardinal in Rome
one is not supposed to return to his
own country unless for some very spe-
cial reason. Leo XIII. scarcely ever
allowed it; and, though Plus X is
more lenient in this way, the late Car
dinal Wives Tuto never got back to
Spain, great though his desire was to
visit the Land of the Cid.
Historic Cross DcmoIished.-In re-
venge for the Communion procession
which they were unable to prevent,
the "anticlericals" of the Testaccio dis
trict one night last month tore down
the cross which has stood on Monte
Testaccio for centuries, leaving a mes
sage of Long live the Republic; Ven
geance." The Union of the Catholic
Women of Italy, indefatigable people,
are at once taking steps to erect an
other and a stronger one.
Hispano-Amcrican Congress. - An
Hispano-AmeT. IN Congress- was held
last month at willie under the presi-
dency of Cardin | Almarez. The sit
tings closed with a solemn Mass at
which the cardinal gave the blessing
to all the congressists. Several reso-
buttons were approved which have for
their end the drawing closer of the
bonds which unite the ancient Metro
pOlitan See to Latin America, and it
was decided to create a central bureau
at Seville analogous to the Pan-Amer
lean Bureau at Washington. An office
of studies will be annexed to this bu-
reau. The congressiSts also expressed
a wish that Panama should provide a
monument at the spot where Vasco
Nunez da Balboa first saw the Pacific
ocean, project which will probably
be carried out
Sanity King of France Remem-
bered.-While through the length and
breadth of France the question of the
elections was vehemently discussed,
the Bishop of Versailles presided at
the nine days celebrations organized
!, by him in honor of the seven hun
dredth anniversary of the birth of ST.
Louis, King of France, at Poissy, in
the diocese of Versailles. Mgr. Gibier,
the Bishop of this important diocese,
is exceedingly energetic, and the re
suit of his efforts is that new life has
spread through the diocese of Yer
Sailles.
The New Capuchin GeneraI.-The
, Very Rev. Peter Venantius, the new
Superior General of the Capuchin Or
der, elected in Rome two weeks ago,
has been Procurator General of the
order for the past six years. He was
a lawyer in Paris before entering re-
ligiOn and made a remarkable stand
some years ago as guardian against
the spoliation and confiscation of &C.
clesiastical property in France.
Hollands Catholic President-Hol-
land has a Catholic president of her
second chamber, sure sign of the re-
markable Catholic advance in the
Netherlands Il is the custom for the
president of tx second chamber to be
chosen from largest group of the
party in majo Y, the Crown making
the choice. A 4cancy occurred owing
to the sudden death of Baron Schim-
melperminck. 1t has been filled by
the appointment of Baron Worst tot
Worst, a member of the Guelder no.
bility, and Catholic Senator for south
ern Holland 1t is fact that the Cath
Ole grouppis now larger than the two
other Christian groups of the major
ity put together. The late president
was Protestant.
May Professions in DubIin.-The
three great centres in Dublin where
May professions in honor of Our Bless
ed Lady are carried out with special
, solemnity are Mount Argus, the Pas
sionist Church; Inchicore, the Oblate
, Church; and st. Joseph's Parish
Church, Berkeley street, where Canon
Downing, p. p, receives the children
each Sunday. At Mount Argus and
Inchicore immense crowds of the Cath
Ollie citizens throng to these impress
sive outdoor demonstrations of faith,
and delegations from the great contra
.ternities and sodalities of the Irish
capital invariably attend at these
churches during the Sundays of May.
J Catholic Artist Collecting Works.
Mr.. John Lavery, whose fame as
} portrait painter is worldwide, is ar
ranging for an exhibition in the eros
! venor Gallery, London, during June
} and July which will show his art in
retrospect since 1880. That really
!, covers his whole career as painter,
which has been SO successful in itself,
and so interestingly associated with art
movements, that this review is of the
highest Importance. Mr.. Lavery, who
IS G.. .holic and a native of Belfast,
i is represented in the national CALLER