The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-02
The Pope and Roman Archaeology.

the Propaganda, Rome, visited the Holy
Father recently. The Cardinal-Vicar
is the President of the Commission for
Archaeological Studies, and he brought
with him the second volume of Roma
Sotteranea Cristiana," compiled and
published by the members of the Com
mission. Comm. Marucchi explained
the nature OF this contribution to the
knowledge OF underground Rome. The
Holy Father complimented the Car
dinal and Comm. Marucchi.
Irish Governor of Victoria.-Colonel
Sir Hamilton Could-Adams, who has
just been appointed to the governor
ship of the Australian state of Vic
toria. is an Irishman, being the son of
the late r. W. Gould+Adams of Rhine
crew Abbey, County Waterford. Mar
ried to Miss Elsie Riordan, a daughter
of Charles Riordan of Montreal, who
received her schooling in New York,
he is soldier by profession, having
served in the Royal Scots regiment
and having taken part in the Bechu-
analand war under Gen. Sir Charles
Warren in 1885.
Granddaughter of o'conneII Dead
The death of the Rev. Mother O'Con-
nellFfrench occurred recently at Lor
etto Convent, Dublin, Ireland. The
deceased nun, who was q daughter of
the late Mr.. Nicholas Joseph Ffrench,
of Ffrenchlawn, Co. Roscommon, and
granddaughter of the Liberator, was
beloved by all who knew her. Her
demise cuts off one of the links be-
tween the present generation and a
momentous period in Irish history.
Brothers Miraculous Escape.-One
of the French LaZarist Brothers has
returned from the fighting line, where
he had been wounded in a most extra
ordinary manner-a wound, which the
doctors exhibit, and which they agree
with the nurses and the patient him.
self is nothing short of miraculous.
Indeed, he is now called "The Mira
cule" The young Lazarist is certain
he owes his life to Our Lady, whose
medal he wore, the chain of which was
broken by the bullet The latter en-
tered his neck, graZed some nerves of
the left arm and passed out below the
shoulder without touching the lungs,
the throat, or any other organ indis-
pensable to life. Anatomists are quite
interested in this phenomena
Prayer-books for Catholic Prisoners.
1t appears that since going to Eng
land the Catholics among the German
prisoners of war have greatly felt the
want of prayer-books in their own
tongue. This want is now being sup
piled. With the approval. of his
Bishop, the Right Rev. DR.. CasartelIi,
a priest Of the Diocese of Stafford, has
now printing at the Buckley Hall Or
phanage handy and interesting little
manual, containing all the usual pray
ers and devotions in German. 1t will
be supplied to the soldier-prisoners
free of charge.
The Pope and Dante.-The Pope has
written to Archbishop Inorganic, OF
Ravenna, Italy, pointing out that Cath
celebration of the sixth centenary Of
Dante's death, soon to be held in that
city. Among the reasons which the Holy
Father advances for the participation
of Catholics in an official manner at
the approaching fetes of the centenary
iC that 80 A liohjnri ic of tn
whom he adds, perhaps no poet can
be compared since the time of Homer"
Pope Benedict answers those ire
ligious bodies of Italy and elsewhere
that audaciously attempt to arrogate
to their side Dante Alighieri, the great
Catholic poet.
Old testament Manuscript Pro
lessor Kennedy of Edinburgh Univer-
sity describes a hitherto unknown
manuscript of the Old Testament,
which he names the Codex Eden
burgensis, which he has discovered in
the Advocates library, Edinburgh,
Scotland. 1t is said that for size, con
dition and caligraphy it has few rivals
among similar manuscripts in any
library in the world. Strangely enough
is has hitherto escaped the notice of
Old Testament scholars. The manu-
script is contained in two huge folio
volumes. The material is parchment,
the leaves of which are bound up in
quires of eight folios-i. e., sixteen
pages, with catchWords at the left
hand bottom corner of each quire.
A Good Move.-An association has
been established in Wexford Ireland,
for the purposes of removing the pref
udices and correcting the erroneous
anti-Catholic ideas of Irish non-Cath-
diics, and thus promoting Irish unity
and the spread of the faith. The asso-
citation makes use of prayer, Catholic
literature and personal explanation OF
Catholic beliefs and practices. Sew
eral Bishops, priests and prominent
laymen have joined in the good work.
The association was started by Father
Murphy at the House of Mission, En-
niscorthy, County of Wexford.
Most Populous Archdioceses.-
There are 3,S73,751 persons in the
Archdiocese of Cologne. 1t is the
largest Archdiocese, in point of popu-
lation, in the world. The second larg-
est is Breslau, with 3,675,30O Catholics.
The Archdiocese of Paris has Cath
nlt Of