The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-12-02

CeSG OF cologne there are 3,l4U,1UZ
Catholics, and only 100000 non Cath
olics. The Prince Bishop of Breslau
has more Catholics under his jurisdic-
ton than the Cardinal-Archbishop of
Cologne-no less than 1926, 1S8-but
the non-Catholics in the diocese are
nearly three times as numerous as
his fiock-9, 10000
Catholic ChapIains Decorated.-Two
more Catholic chaplains have been dec
GRATED for gallantry in the field
| Father StrattOn, S. j., is Glasgow
priest and has been with the troops in
France for the last eight months. He
receives the Military Cross. Father
OConnor, who receives the same dec
| Grafton, is a Lancashire priest and has
been eighteen months with the forces.
A third chaplain, Father Wilson, of st.
Helens, who is attached to the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, also re-
ceives the Military Medal. All these
priests have been received at Buck
ingham Palace by the King, who him.
self conferred the decorations.
A Priest the Idol of Paris.-A re-
marZable change has come over the
| spirit of France when we find the
gayest and most popular song of the
day is that inspired by the bravery of
a soldier priest. Everyone is singing
lie Cure de Roclinque," which, COM
| posed by soldier in the trenches, is
set to Bruant's celebrated air of Belle
| vile Menilmontent." 1t is really writ
| ten around the Able Lefevre, Vicaire
of Menilmontent, who had lost an
arm and been decorated with the Cross
of War, but everyone loves it because
| it expresses the pleasant camaraderie,
the bravery which characteriZes all the
priests in the fighting line.
| German Cardinal Visits Belgium
Cardinal Won Bettinger, Archbishop of
Munich, returned recently from a visit
to the Bayarian troops on the western
front He left Munich to go to Stras-
burg, where he presided at a confer
ence of military chaplains. From
thence he went to Colmer, Saarburg
and Metz. After stopping two days at
st. Mihiel, he went to the general
headquarters of Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria, and then continued his prog
ress, taking en- route Cambria, Douai
Lomme, Wambrechies, Commines,
Nanbourdin, and Lille. At each place
his eminence celebrated Pontifcal
Mass and visited the ambulances. On
October II he celebrated Mass at the
high altar of the Cathedral of St
Gudule, Brussels, in presence of Gen
eral Won Kissing and representatives
Of the German Government and sew
eral Bavarian officers. He also cele
brated Mass in the Cathedral of Liege
On his return journey he paid a visit
to Cardinal Won Hartmann of Cologne
and that celebrated Cathedral was il
Illuminated in honor of his presence.
Dublin Police and A. o. H.-The
Dublin Metropolitan police, who have
been waiting for some months for {
| reply to their request that salaries
(Which range from 23s. to 33s. pei
week., should be increased by Us. pei
week, and war bonus given, decided
recently that the best way to bring
: matters to head was by joining the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, and III
: to the present, it is said, almost 700 o
: them are enrolled. The chief commits
sioner and other officials warned then
against this course, but the men, i
would seem, made answer that they
q as Catholics, had as good a right t.
Joint the A. O. H. as Protestant mem
bers of the Dublin Metropolitan polio
had to join the Freemasons Society
When an Irish policeman Cd. M. P. o
. r. l. CO. is sworn in, he is forbidden
, to join any political or sectarian soc
ETY. unless the Society of Free
!. masons." Interesting Development
, are expected. At any rate the polio
have been promised an increase of pa
= by the government, but special legis
/ 1 lation is necessary. The men hav
. the fullest support of the Protestan
members of the force.
Cosmopolitan Rome.-The visitor t
/ ICOI1lC ID DIV dy NY AC1 mag
- nificent basilicas and churches, he
= mammoth ruins, her catacombs, muse
. ums, gardens and fountains. But Their
= is another item that proves more in
= pressive in his eyes, i. e., the seminar
= ans belonging to the foreign colleges
- From the historic hills around tn
Eternal City, where their summer vi
~ las are situated, the students of tn
North American, South American
Irish, Scottish, English, Canadian
Armenian, Maronite, Greek, Polisl
= Spanish, Portuguese colleges have r.
: turned after their holidays. And NOR
: important than all; are those of tn
- Collegio de Propaganda Eide haflin
: from the United States, Australia, Sc
eral parts of Europe, Africa, China an
Japan. Truly a living testimony
the universally and strength of tn
Church are those white and colore
- young men, who gather twice daily
II the lecture halls of Propaganda, an
= who will scatter as priests in fe7
= years to all parts of the world.