The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-11-17

Pope Thanks Bishops.-The Holy
Father has replied to collective let
ter of the Swiss Episcopate, thank
ing the Bishops for their charitable
attitude towards interned war pris-
oners, and stating that Switzerland
has been magnificent theater OF
charity during the world war
Mgr. Gasparri Dead.-From Naples
comes the news of the sudden death,
while on visit there of Mgr. Aris-
tide Gasparri, an honorary chamber
lain of his holiness, a well known
figure in the Roman Curia and an
expert in matters of Sacred Rites. He
was not related to the Cardinal Sec
rotary of state.
Chose the Better Part.-Mademoi
selle Evahne Lavalliere, for many
years prominent and popular in Pari-
sian society, has distributed her val
liable works of art and the other fur
nishings of her palatial apartments
among her friends and has become
novice in the Carmelite Sisterhood.
Veterans of crimean War.-Two
Crimean veterans, probably the last
in Ireland, have just died. One was
John Hayes, age 90, who was wound
ed at the siege of Sebastopol, and
the other Denis Helligan, age "a, who
had thirty-eight years service.
Honor kosciuszko.-The centenary
of the death of Kosciuszko, Polands
great hero, was celebrated last week.
The Polish colony in London cele-
brated the. occasion on Tuesday by
attending a Requiem Mass at the Jes-
uit Church in Farm street, for the
national hero and for all Polish sol
diers who have fallen in the present
war.
On Bishops Rights.-Mr. Meehan
asked in the House of Commons on
Tuesday if, in searching for arms,
the county inspector visited the resi-
| dence of the Bishop of Raphoe and
his administrator, and gave orders to
break into building which was paro-
chial property. though assured there
were no arms there. Mr.. Duks said
he was making inquiries.
Switzerland and the Pope.-The
"Osservatore Romano" has printed a
letter addressed to the Pope by the
Swiss Commission of the Internation-
al Union of Catholics, expressing sym
pathy with the Pontifical appeal, and
| endorcing the Pope's efforts for secur-
| ing just and durable peace.
A Chaplain Honored.-An Austria.
liam chaplain, the Reverend w. De-
vine, has been awarded the French
Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct
| and devotion to duty under fire. F'a-
! Their Devine is a native of Castle.
berg, Ireland, and went to Melbourne
from the Diocese of Derry about four
years ago.
Honors to acknowledged salts
faction has been felt in Ireland on
the decoration of Mr. Redmond's gal
liant son, Captain Redmond, on the
field of battle with the d. S. O., and
at the autograph letter sent by the
| king to the Irish leader on this occa
| sion. A deputation from his native
county has also been invited by the
military authorities to visit the grave
of the late Major Redmond in France
Cologne Cathedral Protected.-The
stained glass windows of the Cologne
Cathedral, according to the German
newspapers, are being replaced with
plain glass as precaution in case OF
air raids. The Cologne Cathedral is
one of the most magnificent gothic
edifices in the world Some of its
stained glass windows date from 1908
but most of them are modern. The
older windows are among the finest
examples of early sixteenth century
art
| st. Peters Tomb.-St. Peters tomb
| is in the Vatican hill. The mighty
| Basilica of st. Peters encloses it
Under st. Peters mighty dome is the
| chapel of the Confession and beneath
| the Confession is a chamber or me-
| moria built by Pope Anacletus in the
first century under which is the vault
wherein lie the remains of st. Peter.
This vault and chamber above it have
not been accessible since the ninth
| century. 1t has in all these centuries
been too endeared to the Church to
risk opening. The international
Archaeological Congress in 1900 re
quested Leo XIII that it be opened,
but so far the Church has not given
consent.
A Bigot Discomfited.-A certain
| Glasgow minister, bearing a strongly
Irish name, who is at present engaged
in munition work, has rendered him
| self so obnoxious to his Protestant
fellow-workers by his attacks on
| Catholics and Catholicity, that they
have taken vigorous measures to
show their resentment of his bigoted
| outburst. On recent Sunday, when
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