The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-09-18
OLD WORLD NEWS.

Roman Hospital for Wounded. The
hospital of Santa Martha near the
Vatican has been given by the knights
of Malta for wounded Italian soldiers.
franciscan Named TituIar Bishop
His Holiness has elevated to the epis-
copal dignity the Very Rev. Pacifico
Monza, eK-General of the Order of
Friars Minor. Father Monza becomes
Titular Bishop of Troy.
5000 Nuns Aid Wounded.-The nuns
of Italy to the number of 5000 are car
ing for the wounded at the front and
in the military hospitals. 9
Jurisdiction in Trent.-The parishes
of the Austrian diocese of Trent, now
occupied by Italians, have been placed
under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of
the Bishop of Padua, Italy, by Car
dinal Gasparri, Papal Secretary of
State.
115,000,000 Catholics in War Zone
According to the latest statistics that
have been compiled, it is figured out
that there are no less than one hun
dred and fifteen million Catholics resi-
dent in the countries already drawn
into the maelstrom of the European
conflict.
A Woman of Genius.-The only per-
son who has received two Nobel prizes
is a woman, Nine, Curie, of Paris,
France, who is a Polish Catholic.
Redemptorist ProvinclaI.--The Very
Rev. Father Charlton, G. IS. R., has
been appointed to succeed Father Hull,
G. SIS. R., as English Provincial of the
Redemptorists.
Rosary Society.-In England, Mr..
Lister Drummond has come forward
with the proposal that the Catholics
of the United Kingdom join in a
crusade, saying daily five decades of
the Rosary for the five Intentions:
The victory of British and Irish arms
in conjunction with the Allies, the
sick and wounded, the dead, speedy
and lasting peace with honor, and
prisoners. Appeals have gone forth
for the evening recitation in village
chapels.
Jesuit Historian.-Rev. A. J. Elder
Mullan, S. j., who has been in Rome
for the past ten years is returning to
this country. Father Mullan went to
Rome to assist in the preparation of
a history of the Jesuit Order and to
act as secretary to the Jesuit General.
His return to this country will prob
ably be only for a short time.
Catholic Recruits.-It is estimated
by an English paper that each Catho.
lie parish in the diocese of Southwark
has given an average of $50 men to
the Expeditionary Forces now serving
in France.
Miraculous Cure at Holy WeII.-A
IcudAhdul0 cure IOOk pldC0 IOC0uLIy
at one of Erin's numerous Holy Wells.
A Protestant farmer, who had for
some time been a cripple from sciatica
and comes from Derry, of all places,
evinced a desire to join the pilgrimage
to the Well of Doom in Kilmacrenan,
Co. Donegal. After making the sta
tons he suddenly threw his crutch
and stick away and declared himself
completely cured, to the delight of all
the assembled pilgrims. Before he had
only been able to move with great diff
Guilty and terrible pain.
Interesting Discoveries. Professor
Marucchi, the great Christian archie
ologist, in an exhaustive article exam
ines once more the proofs for the
placing of the spot of the martyrdom
and first burial of st. Peter on the
ground now covered by the central
church of Christendom. examining and
lrefuting ali that can be said for the