The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-26
OLD WORLD NEWS

ULU WUNLD NEWS
Irish Bishops JubiIee.-Right Rev.
erend James Browne, Bishop of Ferns,
Ireland, has just observed the golden
jubilee of his ordination. He has been
head of the Ferns diocese since Sep
TENDER, 1884.
st. Patrick's Day orator.-Mgr
O'Riordan, Rector of the Irish Col
lege, will preach the panegyric on the
Apostle of Ireland in the Church of
st. Patrick, Rome, on March II.
Highest PapaI Knighthood.-T
highest decoration the Sovereign Pom
tiff can bestow is the Knighthood of
the Order of Christ. 1t is rarely con-
ferred outside of royal circles. The
late Prince Lancillotti was such a
Knight.
Paris Clergy at Front.-The clergy
of the city of Paris has lost thirty
three of it's members killed on the
battlefield. The Passionists have
now 800 of their body, priests, stu
dents and lay Brothers, at the front
doing ambulance work or obliged to
fight.
Monastery Requisitioned.-The city
of Tivoli, Italy, has requisitioned the
celebrated st. Michael's Monastery of
the Irish Dominicans
Personal Privilege of PaIIiums.-
In addition to the Bishop of Orleans,
His Holiness has conferred the sacred
Pallium on the Bishops of Loretto,
Italy, and Trier, Germany. The
Pallfums thus conferred are pro tenn
pore personal privileges.
Client Aids Sisters.-The city of
Client, Belgium, is allowing the Little
| Sisters of the poor, a subsidy of one
thousand dollars month. Since the
beginning of the war, they have cared
| for many orphans of soldiers.
Exposition a FaiIure.-The Italian
Government has just made known
that the exposition in Rome in 1911
ended with deficit of $2,460,000.
That exposition was held to COM
memorate the fiftieth year of Rome as
the capital of United Italy, or in other
words, of the spoliation of the Holy
See.
Pope in Peace Conference.-A dis.
patch from Rome states that Count
Soderini, member of the Italian Cham.
Der of Deputies, is urging that the
Pope shall participate in the Peace
Conference which is expected to be
held at the conclusion of the war or
when conference is held for the
purpose of bringing about a cessation
of hostilities. The Pope's participa.
ton in such conference, says the
| Count, would exercise an immense
moral influence in the solution OF
questions regarding Poland, Belgium
Serbia and Armenia.
Received Into the Church.-Lieuten.
ant E. R. Hicks, attached.to the First
Royal Munster Fusiliers, the youngest
son of the Bishop of Lincoln, was
received into the Roman Catholic
Church on December in the chapel
of the Convent of the Sacred Heart
at Ramleh, Alexandria.
Vincentians Killed in BattIe.-The
January issue of the Bulletin of the
Society of st. Vincent de Paul says
that CTS members of the Society in
France have, up to the present, been
mentioned as having fallen for their
country.
Children Interest king.-The King
of Spain has become interested in
Juvenile courts and has instructed the
minister of justice to draw up and
submit to parliament bill creating
children's courts in various parts of
Spain. The plan is to have pre-
siding Judge, who will be assisted by
one or more lay judges, who will have
| jurisdiction over children under Is
years old. 1t will have authority in
cases of vagrancy and delinquency,
and where the parents are shown to
be irresponsible they may be deprived
of their guardianship.
Catholic Women Medicos. - Two
Catholic women-Miss Mary G.. Cald-
well and Miss Kathleen O'Donnell-
successfully passed the second ex-
animation for the degree of Bachelor
of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
in Manchester, England. They were
pupils of the Sisters of Notre Dame.
The dearth of medical men throughout
the country makes it necessary for
women to qualify for the profession.
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