The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-01-22

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Tragedian saIvini Dead. Tomasso
the eminent Italian tragedian,
died recently at Florence, Italy. Sal
VIM was great actor and staunch
Catholic.
consuItors of New Congregation
Father Hertzog, Procurator-G General of
the Sulpicians; Father Bailly, SUI
perior-General of the Augustinians of
the Assumption; Father Benedict,
Procurator-General of the Missionaries
of the Sacred Heart; and Father Pic
ciardelli, Procurator-G General of the
Priests OF the Mission, have been
named Consultors of the Sacred Con-
Of Seminaries and Univer-
stiles.
Death of Irish Member Of ParIia-
Notwithstanding Roche, M. p. for
North Louth, died in Cork City, De-
cember IA, aged sixty-six. He repre-
sented Cork City from 1905 to 1910,
when he was defeated, but a year later
was again returned to Parliament for
North Louth, unopposed.
English Catholics in Wharf.-The
Bishop of Stafford, England, has ascer-
tanned through the rectors of churches
in the diocese that 31,346 Catholic
men enlisted since the outbreak of
war-excluding recent enlistments. OF
these 1857 have laid down their lives.
Fourteen priests of the Stafford do
cese are serving at the front as chap,
lains.
st. Peters Closed Basilica Of
st. Peters in Rome was closed re-
Gently because a young man named
Antonio Giovanolo attempted to COM
nit suicide in the sacred edifice
Giovanolo shot himself with a re-
volver. The wound was slight, but as
blood had been split the basilica was
closed in accordance with the rules of
the Church, and will not be reopened
until it has been reconsecrated.
Epiphany Celebratons.-The Rev.
Anthony Brennan, Capuchin; the Rev.
Charles Macksey, S. j., Professor at
the Gregorian University; and Father
Chatterton, Vice-Rector of the Scotch
College, were chosen to preach the
three sermons in the English language
at the series of celebrations held in
St. Andrea della Velle, Rome, during
the octave of Epiphany, in accordance
with the annual custom. No sermon
in German or in Polish was preached
this year.
Merry Del VaI's New Office.-The
Holy Father has made his Eminence
Cardinal Merry del Val one of the
members of the Sacred Congregation
of the Propaganda.
Brazilian PreIate Dead.-News has
been received in Rome of the death
of Mgr. da Silva Britto, Archbishop oil
Olinda, Brazil, which took place on
December 8. He was born in 1S4C
at Sac Bento de Peri, ordained priest
on July 10, 1864, and elected Arch
bishop in February 1901, succeeding
Mgr dos Santos Peseira. The diocese
contains 81 parishes, 365 churches
and chapels, and 10 priests. The
population is 1,178,00O, all Catholics
except about 1900 Protestants.
Decree On Prayers After Mass
Doubt having arisen in some localities
and dioceses as to the continuance Of
| the obligation of reciting after Mass
the prayers prescribed by Pope Lee
XIII, the Sacred Congregation of Rites
has decreed that these prayers are
still of obligation. His Holiness Pope
Benedict XIV, November "a, 1915, ap
proved the decree and ordered it to be
carried out.
Old Catholics Submit.-The ''olC
Catholic Church in Great Britain has
been dissolved by Archbishop Mathew
who has annouced his unconditional
submission to the Pope. Five of thu
suffragans and several priests have
taken the same step. IN a letter ex
planning his reasons for disSolVins
the Church, Archbishop Mathew say:
that he began the movement in thu
hope of restoring the nation to Roman
Catholicism, but that he is now con
vinced, after two months of solitude
| and DraUor 0+hot +I,o attitude x,yo !, =
vocated of an interior union with til,
Pr1mate of Christendom, unaccom
panied by exterior submission, to
gether with His Holiness recognition
must prove futile. | regretfully &C
knowledge that fell into the error o
| attaching secondary, instead of pr
mary, import ice to the Papal pr
macy"
| Honor for Missionary Bishop Hi
Holiness, Benedict XIV, has pre-
claimed Mgr. Augouard, of the Congre
CATION OF the Holy Ghost, and Vica
Apostolic of the upper French Congo
Titular Archbishop of Cassiope, unde
which title he will henceforth b,
known, instead of that Of Bishop o
Sinita, in partibus infidelium, which h,
has borne for the last twenty-fiy,
years. The new Archbishop is wei
known throughout France and thu
Christian world and his name as tn,
Bishop of the Cannibals," is a by
word in. every household where tn,
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