The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-01-24


the Spanish episcopate. Official sta
tistics show that in 1883 total of
1887 new pupils were registered in
the seminaries; in 1910 the number
had gone down to 1929, and this year
there are only 6,998 pupils presented.
The Spanish episcopate, in consulta-
ton, are seeking means of lessening
the danger which threatens the religi-
Gus future of Spain. 1t is danger
of the day which seems widespread
even in the most Catholic countries.
Academies Honor Bishop.-Mon-
signor Lopez Pelaiz, Bishop of Jaca
and Archbishop Preconized of Tara
gona, has been unanimously elected
corresponding member of the Spanish
Academy. The Bishop is already a
member of six royal academies in
Spain and also honorary member of
several foreign academies.
Chinese Priest on Countrymen.-
Father Lebbe, the Chinese priest who
has labored with such zeal and success
as a missionary among his fellow
countrymen, recently gave lecture to
the Societe des Conferences, in Paris,
on the Influence of Christianity in
China. He considers that the two
main defects of the Chinese, lack of
courage and feeling, can only be rem
edied by Christian influences, and he
says that where these have been
brought to bear on his fellow-country-
men, the transformation has been
amazing.
Catholic Physicians Honored.-The
National Academy of Bordeaux has
awarded the great prize of philosophy,
the Lalande prize of 1000 francs, to
two Catholic doctors, M. M. Louis and
Paul Murat, friends and collaborators,
who act as physicians to the Pilgrim
ages of Penance to the Holy Land
which goes annually from France. The
prize is given for the work of the two
Murats entitled "The Idea of God in
Contemporary Science" and "The Mar
wells of the Universe and of Life"
Farewell to Young Missionaries
In the Chapel of the Foreign Missions
of Paris last month fifteen young
priests, newly ordained, made their
religious adieu to home and country
before leaving for their long exile.
The young missioners, drawn up be-
fore the altar, sang the Litany of Our
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on the beauty of sacrifice. This was
followed by the ceremony of adieux.
Trouble in Brussels HospitaIs.-The
laicization of the hospitals of Brus-
sells, Belgium, by the Socialists now
in control has been followed by much
dissatisfaction. The lay nurses,
brought from Switzerland and Scan
dinavia at great expense, dissatisfied
with conditions, are leaving. The doc
tors have protested against the parsi-
mony of the committee in providing
comforts and even nourishment for
their patients. Many are demanding
an official investigation of the man
agement of the hospitals.
The Trappist Order.-The late Car
dinal Rampolla was the Cardinal pro-
tector of the Order of Reformed Cts
ttercians, known as Trappists. The
Trappists have 20 monasteries in
France, in Belgium, in Italy, 2 in
Ireland There are at present, 3 or 4
in the United States, / in Brazil, 1 in
Canada, 3 in England and in Hol-
land. Some of the Trappist monas-
teries are abbeys, with mitred abbots,
such as that of Gethsemane, KY.
Children Ten Cents Each.-Bishop
Bermyn, B. F. NJ, Vicar Apostolic of
Western Mongolia, has the task of
clothing, feeding and lodging 3,245
children. Conditions in Mongolia re-
garding infanticide are deplorable.
Child slaughter goes on continually,
custom rendering the natives quite in
different to this crime. The Bishop
can buy ten of these children for a
dollar.
Interdict in italian City-By order
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sistorial Congregation has laid under
interdict the town and suburbs of
Catalina in Italy, owing to the sacri-
legious assaults committed upon the
person of the Archbishop of Otranto
by a mob.
Bulgarian Exarch to Sofia.-Another
step towards the future reconciliation
of the Bulgarian Church with Rome
is the departure of the Bulgarian Elk
arch from Constantinople, where until
now he has been more or less infiu-
enced by the Orthodox Patriarch.
The Exarch has now boldly trans
ferred his residence to Sofia, the Bull
garian capital.