The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-01-17

TOW uOSS InS SnuTCn uSIcnO USSH
for the persecution and death of Joan
of Arc who after five hundred years
was canonized and sainted? This
question has been the cause of much
argument lately in Chicago between
the Church and the independent re-
Iigionists and | send the question to
you hoping | may be able to receive a
satisfying answer.
We would advise you to be a little
more careful about your statements.
In the first place, the Church does not
have to defend itself for the persecu-
ton and death of Joan of Arc, be-
cause the Church did not persecute
her or put her to death and no i'm
partial student of history has ever
made such charge. Secondly, Joan
of Arc has not been "canonized and
sainted." The process of her canoni-
zation has so far advanced that it is
very likely that she will be declared
a saint during the present year. She
has already been officially declared
blessed" Some weeks ago in this
department we gave the reasons why
Joan of Arc was put to death and
stated very clearly who was respon-
sible for her death. The Church, as
such, had nothing to do with it; and
as soon as the Pope became aware Of
what had been done he placed the
matter in the hands of an appellate
court whose duty it was to examine
the process by which Joan of Arc was
condemned This the Court did, and
after a thorough scrutiny it nullified
the sentence and declared the process
by which Joan of Arc was put to death
illegal. This took place twenty-four
years after Joan's execution. So you
see the Church took the earliest OPP
portunity to show that she had no
hand in the preparation of this crime
against an innocent girl.
1. Please name a good short work
explanatory of the ceremonies of the
Mass, one that would be interesting
to non-CathoIics? 2. Some years ago
there was edited a beautiful work en-
titled, "ReView of Catholic Peda-
gogy." Do you know of such a work
and where is the same, or similar
work, edited? 8. What attitude
should be taken towards persons who
prosecute and SANDER an innocent and
sanity priest and then to prove to
the world their righteousness-and by
sheer nerve-put themselves forward
into prominent positions in the Church
and Catholic societies? Is not their
being allowed to be leaders a scandal
to the world?
1. One of the simplest works of this
kind is Catholic Ceremonies"
translation from the French of Father
Durand. 1t can be obtained at any
Catholic book store. There are num-
Der of other works that explain more
or less fully the ceremonies of the
Mass-a list of which can be obtained
from any bookseller. 2. The Review
of Catholic Pedagogy" to which you
refer was a monthly magazine edited
by the late Father Judge of Chicago,
which ceased publication some time
before his lamented death. There is
work along similar lines called ''The
Catholic Educational Review" pub
lished under the direction of the De-
partment of Education of the Cath
olic University at Washington. 1t ap-
pears monthly, except during July and
August The subscription price is
three dollars year. 3. Any person
who ISLANDERS another, whether that
other be priest or layman, should be
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
law as a lesson to others. If persons
are known publicly to have slandered
an innocent priest it is Incompetent
sible how they could attain prominent
positions, even by sheer nerve, in
Catholic societies. Such positions
are the gift of the members of the
society and if they know that these
persons are public slanderers of an
innocent priest and still place them in
positions of authority, they them
selves are little better than the SIAN
derers.
I. Was Philip Won Myers, who wrote
a general history, Catholic? 2. Are
any of the books written by the fol-
lowing persons forbidden: r. Kipling,
J. London, and H. Holmes? 8. Give
me the name of a history Of the
United States written by a Catholic
and where published?
1. AS far as we know he is not
Catholic. g None of their books are
on the Index of forbidden books. 8.
The Essentials of American History"
by T. B. Lawler, published by CHM
& Company, Boston and Chicago.
I. Can any indulgence, partial or
pIenary, be applied to living friends?
2. Has the Church such jurisdiction
over the dead that if thirty consecu-
tive Masses be offered up for them
they will be released from Purgatory?
| read somewhere that Our Lord
made this promise to st. Gregory, but
am not sure that it be so.
1. We can gain indulgences for our
selves or apply them, by way of suf-
frage for the benefit of the poor souls
in Purgatory; but we cannot gain an
Indulgence for any living person ex-
cept ourselves. 2. The Church has
no such jurisdiction over the departed
as would justify her in promising
that the offering of any number
of Masses will infallibly liberate
soul from Purgatory. All she can do
is annlv tho fr11itc 0f tho Moss RI fboco