The Catholic bulletin., 1916-10-28


are walled up for protection.
Pope Assists at Rosary DEVOTION
On Sunday, October /, Pope Benedict,
accompanied by the noble court, was
present at the solemn recital Of the
Rosary, followed by the supplication
Litanies and by Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament, in the Pauline
chapel, in the Vatican.
Cardinal on Battleship.-Cardina
Bourne, of London, pontificated at
Mass on board of one of the British
battleships, heard the confessions of
the men on board and received into
the Church three Protestants.
Generous Gift Of Holy Father.-The
Holy Father has placed in the hands.
OF Mgr. Scozzoli, Bishop of Rimini, the
sum of 1000 lire for the benefit of
those who have been injured by the
recent earthquake. The sum of 1000
francs has been sent by His Holiness
for the repairs of the churches that
have been most seriously damaged
and are now closed.
CuriaI Appointments at Rome.-Mgr.
Luigi Sincere, Auditor OF the Rota,
and Father Raffaele di San Giuseppe,
a Discalced Carmelite, have been
named Consultors of the Sacred Con-
gregation of Seminaries and Univer-
stiles. Father Reuter-, General of the
Minor COnventuals, has been named
Consultor Of the Congregation Of the
Index.
Mgr. Benson Leaves Home to Cor
dianI.-The beautiful fifteen-cen-
tury home of the late Monsignor Ben
son-Hare Street House--has become
the country home of the Cardinal of
Westminster. The private chapel at
tached to the house, remodeled from
an ancient barn, was MADE dream of
beauty under the capable hands of the
dead priest-novelist.
Some Prominent CathoIics.-The
daughters of Count Herbert Bismarck
are Catholic; the President and Pre-
mier of Switzerland is Catholic; the
Kings of SaXony, Bulgaria and Ru-
mania are Catholics; also the grand
daughters of Byron and Walter Scott
Valuable Records Found. - Four
wooden cases containing bundles of
parchment and papers, concealed at the
time of the Revolution, were discov-
cred in the course of recent repairs
carried out in one of the chapels of
the Cathedral at Lyons, France. They
proved to be records of the old metro
politan chapter, and to date from the
ninth to the eighteenth century.
Anglican Tribute.-Tne Anglican
Bishop of Birmingham, England, speak,
ing at Aston the other day, said that,
in France, members of the Church of
England who had gone 10 fight, had
seen the Catholic Church at it's best
and when they came home they would
want to find their own Church imbued
with the same spirit, more democratic,
and forming part and parcel of the
everyday things OF life.
Irish Time AboIished.-English or
| Greenwich time is to be enforced in
Ireland. On October 1 Irish time was
abolished and time tables and other
schedules re-arranged. Much incon-
venience will be caused by using for
eign for meridian time. Nearly all the
public boards in Ireland protested
against this change, but to no purpose.
The existing Irish time is that of the
meridian of Dublin and is twenty-five
minutes later than Greenwich time. In
the west of Ireland there is still fur
thr difference Of sixteen minutes, and
in Kerry and Mayo the new time will
be forty-one minutes ahead of the sun.
| Advocates Conscription of Wealth.
Bishop Chisholm of Aberdeen, Scot
land, has astonished and terrified the
| less patriotic members of the com.
munity by advocating in the local
press the conscription of wealth. He
declares himself willing to live on half
of his income while the war lasts, and
to give the rest to the state, and he
suggests that every one should do the
same. He says that his income, in
Guiding private means, is only $4,000
per annum. Compare this with the
$4,000 of Protestant Bishops. Bishop
| Chisholm thinks that wealth should be
cOnscripted in the same way that men
and munitions and inventions have
been conscripted, and thinks that peo-
pie need not grumble, for he believes
that the war will be over within two
years from the present time.