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

College of Cardinals Cosmopolitan.
The Sacred College of Cardinals is
not, and is not meant to be, repre-
sentative body in the strict sense of
the word, but it so happens that at
present nearly all countries are rep
resented in it: South America, United
States, Canada, Ireland, England, Hol-
land, Belgium, Portugal, Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Italy, France and
Spain. The Orient has no Cardinal,
neither has Russia, Africa, Australia
STA or Switzerland.
Missionaries Respect Indian Gus
toms.-Mel Sittamor, or "The City of
the Will" is famous place of pill
grimage for the Brahmins in India.
Like all cities in India it is divided
into two parts, one for the Pariahs
and the other for the Choutres. The
latter are those who are supposed to
be without stain, superior to all 9TH
ers by birth and not to be classed
with the Pariahs who are defiled and
who were born from the feet of Brah-
ma, the Choutres having sprung from
his brain. With the exception of
single family all the Pariahs of the
town are Catholic. Most of them date
their conversion back to the famine
of 1877 and the rest to 1895, '96 and
81 when there was another great fam
inc and the mission rendered them
great assistance. The chapel is cru
ciform in shape, which enables the
Missionary to keep separate the Pari-
abs from the Choutres, for caste Gus
| toms must be observed.
diocese of Geraldton, West Australia,
| headed by Bishop Kelly, is extensive.
It covers an area of over 100000
square miles, and in this vast tract
of country fifteen priests labor. The
Bishop has rather adventurous time
on his periodical visitation. 1t takes
him days to travel from mission to
! mission, and he covers the ground as
best he can. Sometimes the steamer
will help him on his way; sometimes
1 the train and ramshackle carts; but
often he has to journey on horseback
On one exciting occasion he and his
companion found themselves, owing
to delay, in the heart of a wild stretch
of land far from the haunts of men,
without provisions, which had given
| out. In these desperate circumstances
| they we're driven to subsist on birds
| eggs until other relief was fOrthcom-
ing.
"The Jesuit."-In connection with
the centenary of the restoration of
the Society of Jesus, an article by
Father Bernard Vaughan entitled
"The Jesuit in Fact and in Fiction
has appeared in the June number of
/ the Nineteenth Century and After"
Diary of Black Prince Found.-A
volume of the 14th century, the per-
sonal diary of "The Black Prince" the
son of King Edward III of England
has recently been found among large
collection of old books and manu-
scripts. 1t is bound in age-blackened
! calf, ornamented with blind tooling.
In reality it is a letter book, contain
ing copies of communications sent out
| by the Prince, and similar to three in
the Record Office. At the top of each
page the month is written in a small
neat hand in ink that has become
brown with the passing of the cen
turtles Latin and French are the Ian
guages employed, and each word is
] contracted in manner that makes
translation exceedingly difficult. The
document has not yet been thoroughly
examined, but translation will prob
ably be available for publication soon.
1t throws valuable light on Poictiers
and the expedition into Gascony. 1t
also includes documents relating to
all the Princes property in England
outside the Duchy of Cornwall and the
Earldom of Chester.
German Catholic Foreign Missions.
i Professor Schmitlein recently re-
turned to Muenster after extensive
travel among the German Catholic
Foreign Missions. He proposes to
publish his impressions and deduc-
lions in volume form OF China he
says she is ripe for Catholicity but the
laborers are too few, and he advocates
German missionaries going beyond the
German Colonies in their efforts to
evangelize the people. He also pleads
for secular priests for the work as
well as Religious. In India and Japan
he says the number Of German mis-
sionaries is too small. To remedy
these conditions he proposes, first to
found and endow an international In
stitute for Scientific Research among
the missions, and to establish other
scientific institutions in connection
with the missions, that the vast work
done by missionaries for science may
not be lost but may impress the civil
lied world. Secondly, he wishes to
, develop the mission leagues among in
telligent people and particularly In
, colleges and seminaries, that event
ually there may be founded what is SC
greatly needed, a teaching order fol
Western Asia, from which missionary
teachers may be recruited. Finally
{ he points out that German Catholicity
is developing powerfully year by year
! and that no nation finds itself in
! more favorable situation than Ger
+ many to take up the great burden
: of the missions.