The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-12
OLD WORLD NEWS

135th Infantry Regiment, and formerly
priest in charge of GrQuville parish,
Jersey, has been decorated with the
"Croix de Guerre" for distinguished
gallantry in the face of the enemy.
The See Of TouIouse.-Mgr. Ray
maud, Vicar General of Toulouse, has
been appointed Titular Bishop and
Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Tou-
louise.
Armenian Christians Massacred.-
The Dominican Fathers at Van, in
Armenia, confirm the report that no
less than two million Armenian Chris
tians out a nation of 100000 have
been murdered by the Young Turk
Government.
Honors for English Priests.-The
Holy Father, at the request of His
Eminence Cardinal Bourne, has con-
ferred the dignity of Domestic Prelate
on Mgr. Carton de Wharf, treasurer of
the Diocese of Westminster and that
of private chamberlain on the Rev. H.
E. DAILY, chancellor of the diocese.
Fourth Centenary Celebration
During this month, at Mylapore, India,
Father Motha Vaz, of Our Lady of
Light, known as the "Luz Church" will
celebrate the fourth Centenary of that
ancient mission church, so intimately
connected with the early spread of the
Faith in India.
Two Ordained Since Reformation
Recently at st. Mary's Church, Comp
ton, England, Father Lea Birmingham
sang his first Mass. 1t is only a year
ago since Father Augustine Berming-
ham-the first Leek-born inhabitant to
receive ordination since the Reforma-
tion-sang his first High Mass in the
same church.
italian Priests Under Arms.-Statis-
tics available in Rome show that TO-
900 of Italy's priests are under arms.
OF this number only about 800 are
chaplains. A few thousand more are
Red Cross and relief workers, but the
vast majority of them are common
soldiers bearing arms in battle.
New Bishop Of Lueon.-The episco-
pal conservation of the new Bishop of
7 T1o N hn ro
Church of Nevers on July Is, on the
feast of st. James the Great. The
consecrating Bishop was Monseigneur
Chatelus, Bishop of Nevers, who was
assisted by the Bishops of Troyes and
Mounlins. Monseigneur Gauthey,
Archbishop of Besancon, gave a dis.
course before the gospel.
Death Of Distinguished Convert
The death occurred at Colway, Lime
Regis, England, recently, of Mr.. Orby
Shipley, one of the last of the band
of converts to the Catholic Church
whose conversion is traceable directly
to the Tractarian movement. Both
his great-grandfather, DR.. Jonathan
Shipley, and his grandfather, William
Davies Shipley, held high preferment
in the Church of England, the former
as Bishop, the latter as Dean, of St
Asaph, while his father, the Deans
fifth son, was Rector of Mappowder
Dorset.
Destructive Hurricane.-A hurri
cane of unprecedented violence has
ravaged the provinces of Saragossa
Soria, Valladolid, Leon and Ponte
vedra in Spain. The village of Torreor
is completely in ruins and three
churches have been swept away by
floods in the village of Ateca in the
province of Aragon. The bodies oil
eleven victims have been recovered sc
far and the material damage is
enormous. The Minister of the In
terror will ask for special appropria
ton to relieve the farmers in the
stricken district, most of whom are
ruined.
Turkish Atrocities.-It is stated
that the Bishop of Kharput, Armenia
was murdered, together with priests
and religious, while on their way to
exile. Mgr. Maloyan, Bishop of Mar.
DIM, with part of his diocesans were
massacred. Furthermore, Mgr. Khad
jadowrian was strangled, and Sister
Regina Ratio, with Chaldean and
Syrian Bishops and a number OF
priests, were assassinated. Other
similar crimes are reported.
Greek Ruthenian Catholicism i'm
portant group of Greek Ruthenians in
Austrian Poland has been accentuat
ing it's union with Rome. Mgr. Cho
myszyn, Bishop of Stanislawow, has
issued a pastoral in which he pre-
scribes that in that diocese the name
of the Pope shall precede that of the
Emperor in liturgical prayers. The
Gregorian Calendar replaces since
March rs the Julian Calendar OBJ
served in Russia.
New Zealand Catholics and the
Wharf.-The New Zealand Advocate
refers to the fact that three of the
Catholic members of Parliament (Sii
Joseph Ward, w. T. Jennings and the
Hon. William Beehan) were quoted by
a local newspaper as having on be
half OF the Liberal party, contributed
to the reinforcement drafts nearly as
many relatives as the whole of the