The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-20


antry and in particular the grievance
OF Catholics. He is firm believer in
organization, and is at the head of all
the leagues. He has written several
books.
Petition for Nuns Return.-Doctor
Eugene Vincent, of Lyons, and M.
Jean Domin have taken the initiative
of a petition which has been sent for
signature to all the hospital doctors of
France demanding the reinstatement
of the religious Orders in the State,
departmental and municipal hospitals
of the country. The petition repudi-
ates all idea of political party strife.
The reinstatement of the Sisters in
the hospitals is demanded solely from
the point of view of liberty and hui
mainly.
Our Lady's Shrines in China.-Ac-
cording to the Ceylon Catholic Mes.
senger, there are throughout China a
thousand shrines and chapels dedicat.
ed to the Blessed Virgin. In the prov
ince of Chefoo, which is under the
charge of the Franciscans, it is con-
templated to erect church under the
title of Mary, Help of Christians, to
commemorate the fact that despite
the revolution and the general disor-
der through the district chapels were
preserved.
Tombs of Ninth Century 3. c.-In
the heart of the Campagna, fifteen
miles to the north of Rome and not
far from the interesting remains OF
the great Etruscan city of Veil, which
was taken by Camillus in 1876 B. c..
traces of human life much more an.
cient still are now being unearthed
These relics, said to date back to the
pre-Etruscan civilization of nine cen.
turtles before Christ, consist of mum.
Der of tombs in which bodies were
evidently buried extended at full
length, although in consequence OF
their extreme antiquity all traces OF
the skeletons even have disappeared
Beside each grave smaller recep
tacle was dug out to hold the vases
which were always buried with the
dead.
Last Lay cardinaI.-The last lay
man in the Sacred College Of Cardi
nails, was Cardinal Mertel, a lawyer
He was created by Plus TX, and died
in the Pontificate of Leo XIII.
Notification of PreIates Electric
Holy See gives a Cardinal-elect forty
days previous notice and Bishop
elect thirty days in order that thei1
preparations may be made.
New Bishop of Observation-Disclosures
Reverend Prior Heavy, of the Angus
tinian Order, has been appointed
Bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic O
Cookstown, Queensland.
olics in Bulgaria are numerous in thu
South in the region of PhilippopoliI
and towards Indianapolis. In thu
northern part, on the shores of tn,
Danube there are strong centers o
Catholics, the so-called Bulgars of thu
Banato. Emigrants to Hungary il
the times of Maria Theresa, they re
turned to their native country in thu
last quarter of the 18th century. VI
to the time of the late war they had +;
bishop residing in Rutschuk with thu
title of Bishop of Nicopolis, and alst
a Vicar Apostolic residing in Philip
popolis, called Vicar Apostolic of Soft;
and Philippopolis. Mgr. Mennini, thu
present Vicar Apostolic, receives ;
yearly stipend from the Bulgarian
State. Catholicity may be said t.
exist in peace beside the Bulgarian
Exarchate, and to enjoy a certain free
dom of action, consecrated especial.
and expressively by the Fundamental
statutes of the state voted by the Ma
tional Assembly of 1879 and 1911 AM
scrupulously observed by the govern
ment.
African Mayor Honors Nuns.-Th
mayor of the village Arabe-Bedouin
in, Tripoli, North Africa, Giovanni
Capisanta, has presented four Fran
ciscan Missionary Sisters of Mar
with gold medals in acknowledgment
of their devoted and untiring zeal i
behalf of the many poor and dis
tressed of the village.
Pope and Bishops Aid Sufferers
| During the recent terrible earthquake
in Sicily, priests and nuns did heroi
work. Cardinal Nava, Archbishop o
Catania gathered the survivors a
Bongiardo and celebrated Mass TO
them on an. altar erected on Law
peak, commanding view of the Who'll
region Then he and a number of hi
priests went among the sufferers gi1
ing temporal and spiritual reliet
Bishop Arista infinitely informed tn
Holy Father of the awful disaster
Pope Plus at once sent his specia
blessing and the sum of $4,000 to NEE
the first urgent needs, promising othe
HELM on the reception of more precis