The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-09-30
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ne rope HfOtGSlSs--FOp0 DGuSulCl
according to the "Vossische Zeitung,"
has formally protested against the
seizure by the Italian government of
the ancient palace of the Republic of
Venice, the Palazzo di Venezia, in
Rome. The palace was being used by
the Hungarian ambassador &C.
credited to the Holy See.
Death of Archbishop Doulcet.-The
death has occurred at his brothers
country residence at Palaisean, near
Paris, of Archbishop Henry Doulcet,
C. P, formerly Bishop of Nicopolis,
in Bulgaria. The Archbishop was born
on the 26th day of April, 1857 in the
Palais Bourbon, Paris, where his
father was then archivist. u
To Help Irish Prisoners.-Efforts
are being made by influential people
| in Ireland and England to have those
Irishmen, confined in prisons as the
result of the rebellion, treated as po-
litical prisoners instead Of forcing
them to undergo the penalties and in
dignities melted out to criminal pris-
oners. 1t is known that Prof. John
MacNeill, President of the Irish Vol
unteers and the Gaelic League, re-
garded as one of the most learned men
in Ireland, is being treated as COM
mon felon.
Amicable Aereement.-A modest
little news item tells us of an agree
ment between Russia, Germany and
Austria to allow twenty-four nuns
from their respective countries to
inspect the prison camps in each
others domains and remain to nurse
| and care for wounded prisoners of
war. 1t is a small enough concession,
perhaps, but is bright with the evil
dence that concessions are possible.
Memorial Masses.-On the occasion
of the second anniversary of the death
of Pope Plus X. many Holy Masses
were offered up at his tomb, and
thousands made pilgrimages to the
tomb, the crypt and the cross, the
| pavement above the last two being
covered with flowers Cardinal Merry
del Val celebrated a memorial Mass
for the soul of the illustrious Pontiff,
there being present at it the sisters,
the niece, and the nephew of Pope
Plus, Monsignor Parolin.
Succeeds Mgr. Ward.-The new
president of st. Edmund's College,
Ware, the diocesan seminary for
Westminster, England, has been ap-
pointed in the person of DIR. Burton,
| vice president. He succeeds Mgr.
| Bernard Ward, who was brother OF
| Wilfrid Ward. DR.. Burton entered
| the priesthood comparatively late in
life, being educated for the law and
| practicing for a time as solicitor.
| Most of his priestly career has been
1 spent in teaching and in writing. He
has made his own the study of the
penal times in England and has pub
| lished a number of interesting books
on the men and manners of those
times, editing old works of priests
who suffered for the faith, and un-
Il
feed the lamp that never was extin-
| guished.
Notre Dame de la Garde.-A press
dispatch says that the celebrated hill
| of Notre Dame de la Garde, on which
rises the famous basilica crowned by
it's great statue of Our Lady, land
mark to all who enter or leave the
harbor of Marseilles, is at last to be
classed as an historical monument
| The hill is honeycombed with gal
leries and passages by three great
quarries which have been at work for
some years, taking advantage of the
apathy of the authorities. The clergy
| several times protested, as they saw
| the sacred edifice threatened with
destruction. But it needed a vigorous
press campaign to save the mOnu-
ment beloved by thousands of Catho-
lie pilgrims, not only in Providence
and the South, but the world over.
This campaign was commenced by
LA Croix," and the Catholic press
was assisted by the local journals.
After two years of ceaseless effort
the quarries have been closed.
Pope Benedict's kindness-The
sentence of hard labor for life to
which the Germans condemned M.
Van den Bossche, Mayor of Bree,
Limbourg, on the charge of treason,
has been committed to one of three
months imprisonment, thanks to the
Holy Fathers Intervention.
American Catholic Honored.-The
King of Spain has conferred the
Knighthood of the Grand Cross of the
Order of Isabella on Mr.. William M.
Collier, of Auburn, N. Y, former
United States Minister to Spain. Mr.
Collier was a frequent visitor ct the
royal residence and has written a
book, AT the Court of His Most Cath
Ollie Majesty"
Portuguese Army chaplains.-The
Portuguese Episcopate, headed by the
Patriarch of Lisbon, have approached
the authorities of the Republic with