The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-15

HE Ia HI
Blessed Sacrament may gain the In
diligence by making a vocal act of
alteration.
zionists Appeal to Pope.-According
to news dispatches received from
Switzerland, the international Zionist
committees have appealed to the Pope,
the kaiser, Emperor Charles and Pre-
mier Lloyd George to establish a
neutral zone twenty miles around Je-
rusalem to protect the Biblical spots
from war damage. In the circle would
be the tombs of Abraham, Isaac, ia
cob, Sarah, Leah and Rachel, Mount
Zion, the Mount of Olives, Bethlehem
and the villages of Madelchanin, Ne
chewath, Ekron and Machpelah.
Mgr. chas. o'Hern, D. D.-Cable dis
patches from Rome announce that the
Very Rev. Mgr. Charles O'Hern, d. D.,
rector of the American College in
Rome, has been appointed domestic
prelate to His Holiness, Pope Bene-
dict XIV. Rev. Bernard Mahoney, D.
D., spiritual director of the college,
has been created monsignor with
the rank of papal chamberlain. This
is the second high honor conferred
on Rev. Father O'Hern, who, at the
death a year ago of Bishop Kennedy,
former head of the American College,
was named by the Vatican as his sue
cessor Mgr. O'Hern is we'll known
in the Chicago Archdiocese, where he
received his education and early train
ing. He is thirty-six years old. Mgr.
Mahoney belongs to the Diocese of
Albany.
Irish Jesuits kilIed.-The death of
the Rev. M. Bergin, S. j., in action
brings the number of Irish Jesuits
who have lost their lives in the war
to four, the others being the Rev. j.
Gwyan, Rev. w. Doyle and Rev. T. Ma
her 1t is announced that Rev. F.. M
Browne, S. j., c. F., has been wound
ed.
Clergy Of Venice.-All members oil
the clergy in Venice have been di
rected by Mgr. La Fantaine, Patriarch
of Venice, not to leave the city in any
circumstance, but to remain to en-
courage and minister to the inhabit
ants. The order was read by the pre-
late at an assembly of the clergy a
| the diocesan palace.
Seven Killed in Air Raid.-A Catho
lie mother, Mrs. Kingston, in the Die
cese of Southwark (South London)
had her seven children killed by +;
bomb in a recent German air raid OF
London. They were buried togethe
with one other Catholic child victim
of the brutal method of warfare, OF
the last Thursday of October, and tn
Bishop of Southwark sent letter o
coincidence to their sorely-stricke
mother. The funeral procession o
other victims was combined witt
| theirs, and an English Catholic paper
in it's account of the event, notes tn
fact that two distinguished general
who are none Catholics, saluted the pre-
cessional cross as it passed them.
l. Notable Swiss Journalist Dead
notable journalist has passed away i
the death of Colonel Secretan, edito
and manager of the Gazette de Lat
same, Switzerland Though not
Catholic, he always showed himself
friend of Catholic interests in Swi
zerland, and since the war has been
devoted friend of the allies. Born a
The Hague in 184S, he had been ed
tor and manager of the Gazette d
Lausanne since 1874.
| Archbishop Walsh. Archbisho
Walsh of Dublin, Ireland, in letter t
the press of that city, calls attentio
to the fact that whilst the Universit
of Dublin and it's colleges of the Hol
Trinity are represented in parliamer
by two members, the National Unive
sity of Ireland with it's three constitl
ent colleges of Dublin, Cork and Ga
} way, and the Queens University {
Belfast are absolutely unrepresentet
He describes the inequality as pull
lie scandal. He does not, he say
desire to see the University of Dul
lin deprived of it's valued privilege {
| parliamentary representation. Whs
he objects to and protests against
the system of government which mail
} tains to the present day a glazing il
equality which surely no statesma
J would venture to defend.