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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
Bishop of Zamboango, P. |.
RECTOR OF CHURCH OF THE
NATIVITY 3. V. NJ, MEDIA, PA,
WILL BE SECOND TO HEAD DID,
CESE.

The Right Rev. Monsignor James P.
McCloskey, rector of the Church of the
Nativity B. V. NJ, Media, Pa, has
been appointed by His Holiness Pope
Benedict XIV. to the Bishopric of the
Diocese of Zamboango, Philippine
Islands. The Diocese of Zamboango
was erected on April 10, 1910, and it's
first Bishop was the Right Rev.
Michael ]. O'Doherty, D. d. He has
succeeded the Most Rev. ]. ]. Harty,
D. D., as Archbishop of Manila. The
latter was recently installed as Bishop
of Omaha. The Bishop-elect is ma
tive of Philadelphia, having been born
in that city on December 8, 1870. He
returned to this country in May OF
last year in company with BishoI
Dougherty, who was on his way tc
Buffalo as the newly elected BishoT
of that diocese.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
Death of Count Bencken-
dorff
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENG.
LAND WAS A CATHOLIC.

1t is unusual for a Russian of high
position to be a Catholic, but this be-
ing so in the case of Count Bencken-
dorff, the late Russian Ambassador to
the Court of st. James, his funeral was
the occasion of a solemn and historic
ceremony at Westminster Cathedral
in London last month.
In the absence of Cardinal Bourne,
the Requiem was sung by Bishop Butt
of Cambysopolis in presence of one of
the largest and most distinguished
congregations which has ever gather
ed i'm the Cathedral. Amongst those
present were the Duke of Connaught,
representing the King, the Grand Duke
Michaeland the Grand Duchess George
of Russia, representatives of the
Prince of Wales, Queen Alexandra. the
Ambassadors of the Allies, the Minis
ters of neutral countries, represents
tives of the army and navy, the gov.
ernment and many well-known people
The band of the Irish guards, station
ed without, played the anthems of the
various nations as the ambassadors
arrived, and at the close of the Re
quiem, while the absolutions were Civ
en-, the organ played the Russian ant
British national anthems while the
congregation stood.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
JOINT PASTORAL OF ONTARIO BISHOPS

In the case of schools not on the list,
but containing French-speaking pu-
pills, or in the case of new schools or
ganiZed since the adoption of Regu-
lation II, in 1913, the use and study
of the French language are provided
for by Section "a (b) of the Public
Schools Act, and by Section II CD
Of the Regulations for Public and Sep
arate Schools. These enactments,
which have for many years defined
the place Of the French language in
Ontario Schools, have not been
amended or rescinded."
That we are also confident there is
no ill-will on the part of the French
Canadian people towards the Govern
ment or the majority of the people of
Ontario, and are of the opinion that
much of the agitation against the edu-
cational measures of the Government
has been caused by the misunderstand-
ing of Regulation II. Nor is this sur
prising, since the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council in delivering it's
formal judgment on this Regulation,
expresses itself as follows:
Unfortunately it (the Regulation
is couched in obscure language and
it is not easy to ascertain its true eff
feet
Meanwhile we exhort Our priests
and people to pray for harmony and
to do nothing that could tend to dis
turb it,
This letter shall be read without
comment on the first Sunday after it's
receipt at all the Masses in each
church and chapel CT the Province,
and on the first convenient opportuni-
ty in the chapels of the religious COM
munities. And we humbly beseech AL
mighty God to bestow His most abun-
dant graces and blessings upon you all.
c. H. Gauthier, Archbishop Of Ottawa.
N. Mcneil, Archbishop of Toronto.
M. ]. Spratt, Archbishop of Kingston.
Arthur Beliveau, Archbishop of st.
Boniface.
D. J. Scollard, Bishop of Sault Ste.
Marie.
w. A. Maedonnell, Bishop of Alexan-
dria.
NJ. j. Fallon, Bishop of London.
M. P. O'Brien, Bishop of Peterboro.
E. A. Latulipe, Bishop of Haileybury.
Patrick. Ryan, Bishop Of Pembroke.
Ovide Charlebois, Vicar Apostolic of
KeeWatin.
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CONGREGATION OF RITES
VARIOUS CAUSES TO BE EXAM
INED THIS YEAR.

On June 10 the Sacred Congrega-
tion of Rites will meet to discuss the
martyrdom and miracles attributed to
the intercession of the sanity primate
of Ireland, the Venerable Oliver Plum
kett. During the year 1917 the Cardi-
nails attached to this congregation will
hold tWenty-one meetings, two on an
average each month except Septem.
ber, which will be free. Among other
servants Of God of special interest to
readers whose cases Will be discussed
this year are:
Feb. 13. Preparatory Congregation
On. the martyrdom and miracles attrib
uted to the Ven. Marie M. Fontaine
and Marie Clothilda Angela and com
panions, Daughters of Charity, and
Ursulines of Valenciennes.
May %. New Preparatory Congre
cation on the miracles attributed to
Blessed Mary Alacoque.
Nov. 27. Preparatory Congregation
on the miracles attributed to Blessed
Gabrielle dell Addolorata.
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Death Of Cardinal Falconio
HE WAS ONCE APOSTOLIC DELE
GATE TO THIS cOUNTRY-WAS
A NATURALIZE AMERICAN
CITIZEN.

Cardinal Falconio, former Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, died
in Rome on Wednesday, February Z.
according to press reports from that
city. His illness was very brief.
The Pope sent his Apostolic blessing
a few hours before the Cardinal
passed away.
Cardinal Diomede Falconio was
born in Pescocostanzo, in Italy, Sep
tember 20, 1872 He was a member
of the Order of Minors Conventual.
In 1866 he came to the United States,
and was ordained priest by Bishop
Timon of Buffalo in 1866. Two years
later he was made President of ST.
Bonaventure's College, Allegheny. He
became a citizen Of the United States
at Little Valley, N. Y, and voted in
the presidential election of 1872.
After leaving Allegheny he became
the Vicar General of the Harbor
Grace Diocese, Newfoundland, and a
few years later returned to New York
city, where he assumed charge of the
Sullivan Street Mission, conducted by
the Franciscans.
He was called to Italy by the i'll
ness of his parents, and while there
was made Bishop of Lacedogua and
in 1892 Archbishop of Acrenza and
Marcia. In 1899 he returned to the
United States, and in 1902 he was
made Apostolic Delegate to the
United States. He remained in Wash
ington until 1911, when he was ap-
pointed Cardinal on November q OF
that year. He was called to Rome
to receive the red hat. He was one
of the Cardinals in Curia, Prefect of
the Congregation of Religious Affairs,
and many others, and on account Of
his intimate knowledge of conditions
in the United States he was frequent
ly consulted on matters pertaining to
this country.
Former Apostolic Delegates were
Cardinal Satolli. 1S93-1S96; Cardinal
Martinelli, fS96-1902; Cardinal Fal-
cCnio, 1902-1911. Mgr Bonzano, ap-
pointed in 1912, is the present in
cumbent.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
THE DUKE OF NORFOLK
HE WAS THE FOREMOST cATHO-
LIC LAYMAN OF GREAT BRITAIN
WAS NOTED FOR GREAT
CHARITIES.

The Duke Of Norfolk, ranking men,
Der of the English nobility and the
foremost English Catholic, died in
London Sunday, February II. The
death of the duke was sudden. The
first announcement of his serious i'll
ness was made on Saturday. Prayers
were offered in the leading London
Catholic churches for the repose of
his soul The heir to the dukedom,
the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, who
is years old, comes into an estate
estimated at $1,500,000 annually.
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, fifteenth
Duke of Norfolk, was born Decem-
ber 27, 1S47, in Carlton House Ter
race. He was the son of Henry Gran
vile, fourteenth Duke, and Augusta
Mary Minna, daughter of Edmund,
Lord Lyons. At the time of his death
he had borne his title for a longer
period than had fallen to the lot of
any other English Duke outside the
Royal Family He received his
Knighthood OF TIE Garter in 1886,
from Queen Victoria, the Order of
Christ from Leo XIII, and the Golden
Fleece from Plus X. He was Presi-
dent of the Catholic Union Of Great
Britain since its foundation in 1871,
and was chairman of various Catholic
organizations. He was earl marshal
and hereditary marshal and chief
butler of England. In virtue of his
office as marshal he was the titular
manager Of ceremonies upon Occa-
sions of royal pageantry, and as such
officiated at the conronation of George
v. =
The Duke of Norfolk was notably
prominent in English Catholic affairs
In 1887 he was the special envoy
of Queen Victoria to the jubilee OF
Pope Leo. The duke also had been
| active in politics at times and in
1895 was made postmaster general
as such doing notable work in the
organization of the imperial penny
postage. Until 1912 he was colonel oil
the Fourth Sussex regiment and saw
service in South Africa. He was
| chairman of the executive commit
tee for relief in Belgium.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
Appointed Domestic Prelates
TEN AMERICAN PRIESTS RAISED
TO THAT DIGNITY.

The "Acta Apostolicae Sedis" Off
cially announces that the following
American priests have been appointed
Domestic Prelates to the Pope, with
the title of Monsignor: Rev. Daniel
J. Riordan, Rev. Francis Bobal, Rev
Stanislaus Nawrocki, Rev. Edward
Kelly, Rev. Francis Rempe and Very
Rev. E. F. Hoban, Chancellor, of the
Archdiocese Of Chicago; Very Rev.
William A. Browne, " F., Very Rev.
William P. Fitzgerald, V. F., Rev
Thomas S. Keveny, and Rev. Daniel
F. Curtin, of the diocese of Albany, N.
Y. Monsieur Montplaisir, of the dio-
cese of Trois Rivieres, in the province
of Quebec, Canada, has been made a
Knight Commander of st. Gregory
the Great.
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Editor Remembers Charities
THE LATE WILLIAM n. HUGHES,
OF MICHIGAN CATHOLIC,
LEAVES REQUESTS.

The will of William H. Hughes, edi-
tor of The Michigan Catholic, just
filed for probate, leaves bequests, in
addition to $500 for Masses, to chari-
to st. Francis Home for Orphan Boys,
Highland Park; the House of Provi-
dence, Detroit; the Home for the Aged
of the Little Sisters of the Poor, De-
troit; st. Joseph's Sanitarium, Grand
Rapids; Mercy Hospital, Bay City;
Little Sisters of the Poor, Grand Rap.
ids; Catholic Orphan Asylum, Mar
quette; st. Vincents Orphan Asylum
Detroit; Detroit Conference of st. Vim.
cent de Paul.
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BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS

law at the great University of Sala-
manca. He was gifted with a mind
of unusual brilliancy and his promise
in the legal profession was very
great. He decided, however, to fore
go the opportunities which Spain Of
fered him, and chose rather to try
his fortune in the newly found land
of the Americas. And SO, on April
Is, 1902, with an expedition of some
$500 Spanish emigrants, he sailed for
New Spain, where his father had ac-
quired large estates. For a time
after his arrival in America, he gave
himself to the managing of these
estates and to acquiring wealth in
farming and mining with Indian slave
labor
First to be Ordained in America.
The next we know of him, we find
him duly ordained priest Of the
Continued on page 50
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AMERICAS FIRST APOSTLE OF
THE CATHOLIC FAITH.

It is an unfortunate thing that so
little is known by Catholics and by
the world in general of the early
missionaries in the Americas. There
is certainly no other department in
American history which has been so
neglected and ignored as has been
the work of the earliest pioneers of
the Catholic religion on this conti-
nent. One of these earliest Apostles
of the Faith in America--the earliest
of them indeed-was Bartolome de
las Casas. He was the first Ameri-
can priest and missionary.
Native of Seville, Spain.
We know little of his early life.
Tie was born in Seville in the year
1874 OF a family of noble extraction
He studied and received degrees in
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
CATHOLICS TAKE THEIR RELIGION SERIOUSLY

ers, persons whom they have learned
to trust, accept the authority Of the
Church in all questions of religion and
morals, and they reasonably conclude
that it must consequently be reason
able to do so.
The well informed Catholic, how
ever, is able to make his own investi-
cation as to whether the Church is
really what she claims to be; that is,
the infallible teacher of all that God
asks him to believe and to do. He
does not take her word for it until he
has satisfied himself on other grounds
and on independent outside testimony
that her claim is really well founded.
In the most critical and scientific way,
he is able to satisfy himself % that
there is plenty of historical evidence
to prove beyond all doubt to any rea-
sonable man that Christ was truly
God; (2) that He founded one, imper-
ishable, visible society which He
called His Church; (3) that he ap-
pointed an infallible teaching author
| ity and a supreme spiritual govern
ment in that society, and (4) that the
Catholic Church, as we know it today,
| is that society.
CATHOLICS ACT lNTELLlGENTLY.
Every one of the four points 1 have
mentioned can be studied most ex-
haustively so as to prove that the
Catholic acts not blindly, but wisely,
in taking his religion upon trust from
the Church.
| 1t is clearly impossible to overstate
the vital significance of satisfying one
self on these four points. If one can
prove these four points, not merely on
the claim of the Church, but on the
clear testimony of history-and I in
sist that any good historian can do it,
although many refuse to do so-then
the Catholic Church in it's official
teaching is essentially the living voice
of God and its laws are the very will
| of God. In that case, we can no more
hesitate to accept the teachings of the
Church than we can hesitate to accept
the word of God Himself, and we can
| uO IuOI0 SCI dS1u0 Ju0 laws Vi IDS
Church than we can set aside the laws
of God Himself.
In view of the fact that for nineteen
hundred years millions of the best and
brainiest men in the world have been
able to satisfy themselves fully that
the Church is really the living voice
and will of God, it is certainly crimi-
nal for professor of history or for
any one else to assert ignorantly, in
J sultingly, and without investigation
that Catholics accept their religion
: blindly upon trust. The acknowledged
greatest Teacher that ever walked the
: earth, Jesus Christ, gave His follow
ers the strongest possible reason for
accepting His Church as His own liv-
! ing voice and will. Sending forth His
!. disciples, He said: HE that heareth
: you, heareth me, he that despiseth
you, despiseth me and Him that sent
me-
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General Remarks.

When a doubt exists as to whether
ones condition or circumstances allow
exemption from the precepts of fast
ing and abstinence, counsel should be
asked from confessors or pastors, who
are the authoritative interpreters Of
the law, and who even are empowered
in special cases. for good and suffi-
cient reasons, Indicated or suggested
in Catholic theology, to commute the
precepts of fasting and abstinence to
other penitential works.
In enjoining upon the faithful the
precepts of fast and abstinence, Holy
Church is mindful Of the evangelical
law of self-denial, Of which the Saviour
and His Apostles were, by example
and by word, most eminent teachers.
Without self-denial there is no Chris
tianity. Indeed, without self-denial
there is no natural morality. The
man who has not acquired by habit
the power of self-restraint will not be
victorious over sin amid the storms
and temptations of life which all are
compelled to encounter.
The observance of the fast and alb
stinences prescribed by the Church is
| taken as a public and fearless pro-
fession of Catholic faith. He who
without sufficient or obvious reasons
eats meat or takes his usual meals
when abstinence or fast is enjoined
| becomes an occasion of scandal, and
is not accepted as practical Catho
lie.
Let Catholics, therefore, have the
courage of self-denial for the sake OF
Christ and of their own souls, and be
on their guard lest by their acts scan
dial be given, and the fair name o1
their religion be dishonored.
During Lent pastors will hold spe
cial exercises of devotion in their sev
eral churches at appointed times. In
structions of a practical character
upon the Christian duties, the nature
Of the sacraments and the preparation
for their reception, should be giver
on those occasions.
The devotion of the Way of tn
Cross will be observed, if at all posi-
BILE, in all churches and chapels OF
the Friday evenings throughout Lent
X JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop Of ST. Paul.
Whatever collection is taken UP il
churches on Good Friday is, as usual
according to a letter Of the Hol
Father, to be applied in aid Of tn
, mission of Palestine.
st. Paul, February 18th, 1917
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Christian Brothers Sell
St. Louis Property

Brother Emory of Christian Broth
ers college, has notified the chairman
of the ways and means committee of
the board of aldermen, of ST. Louis,
that the Brothers would assume the
$500 assessment resting against their
property for benefits growing out of
the improvement of Kings highway.
He accepted the city's offer of 1885,
$50 for the property. The price was
fixed by commission. The twenty.
seven acres will be park.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
YER PICRIC ACETYLIDE
NEW MASTER EXPLOSIVE DIS
COVERED BY PRIEST.

Silver picric acetylide," new eX.
plosive discovered by the Rev. DR.
julius A. Nieuwland, G.. S. S., dean OF
the science department in the Univer
,sity of Notre Dame, will prove more
destructive than any other agent
known to the scientific world, if the
experiments now being conducted in
the local laboratory indicate it's actu
al power Dr. Nieuwland first came
upon an atom Of the new compound
two months ago, when a minute parti
Gle completely wrecked an apparatus
being used by one of his students.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17
The Church in Uruguay
CONGRESS CONSIDERS DlSESTAB-
liSHMENT AS STATE INSTl-
TUITION.

The Uruguayan Congress is con-
sidering a constitutional amendment
provided for disestablishment of the
Roman Catholic church as state in.
stitution in Uruguay. The amend
ment if adopted, will deprive the
church of future government support
but will leave it in control of all prop
critics it now holds, placing all re
ligious denominations on an equality
and exempting them from taxation.
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THE WELL-INFoRMED CATHOLIC
A CREDIT TO THE CHURCH
DOCTRINES OF CATHOLICITY
ARE EASILY PROVED - ONLY
A BIASED PERSON WILL RE-
FUSE TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS.

The other day student quoted a
professor of history as saying that
Catholics take their religion blindly
upon trust, declared Rev. H. G..
Hengell, rector Of st. Pauls Univer-
sity Chapel, in Madison, Wis, recent
ly. l hope that, the professor knows
more about history than he does about
the motives which actuate Catholics
in taking their religion, for, if he does
not, his students are wasting their
time under him.
The remark that Catholics take
their religion blindly upon trust is
false. Catholics do take their religion
upon trust, but they do not do so
blindly.
l am grateful to the professor, how
ever, because it affords me the oppor-
tunity to show briefly:
1. That Catholics very reasonably
take their religion upon trust and
2. That they have most intelligent
reasons for so doing.
AUTHORITY OF CHURCH.
1t is quite true that Catholics ac.
cept large body of Divine truths and
moral precepts on the authority OF
the Church. They cannot be genuine
Catholics unless they do SO. Their
doing so marks them off sharply from
all non-Catholics. Intellectually as
| well as sentimentally their firm &C
ceptance of the doctrines of the
Church gives Catholics unique sense
| of religious peace and security to be
obtained nowhere else. Catholics
may, of course, assure themselves by
personal research of the truth and
reasonableness of the individual doc
| trines and laws of the Church, bui
their faith is really just as strong
without such personal research. II
| fact personal research in individual
religious teachings is impossible fol
| most people. Few have the time ant
/ the talent to become expert theolo
1 gians. In religion as in history, il
science, and even in mathematic
most people must depend upon author
| tiles who are experts in their particu
lar line. 1t is, therefore, supremel.
reasonable that Catholics should TAX
their religion upon trust, but the.
have intelligent and convincing rea
sons for accepting the Church as tn
authority on which they can unhesi
tatingly rely in all questions of RI
Iligion and morals. Even simple an
| unlearned Catholics have good reason
for accepting the Church as thei
guide in religion and morals. The
4 notice, for instance, that good an
! learned priests. their parents, teaci
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UNITED EPlscoPATE PLEADS FOR
HARMONY IN LANGUAGE DIS
PUTE IN CANADIAN PROVINCE
CLERGY AND LAlTY ARE Ex-
HORTED TO CONSIDER LAWS OF
CIVIL AUTHORITY-APP Is
A RESULT OF RECENT LETTER
FROM THE HOLY FATHER.

To the Clergy, Secular and Regular,
the Religious Communities, and the
Catholic Laity, of the Province of
Ontario.
Dearly Beloved in the Lord
The undersigned Archbishops and
Bishops, exercising ecclesiastical juris-
diction in Ontario, at a meeting held
in Ottawa on the oath of January,
1917, after careful study, mature deli
beration, and fervent prayer, arriv-
ed unanimously at the following cen
clusions:
That we view with sorrow and
alarm the divisions and dissensions eX-
listing in this Province because of the
bilingual controversy, and being ear
nestly desrous Of promoting civil and
religious peace and harmony, We sol
emnly eXhort and enioin the clergy
and laity of our respective dioceses to
obey all the just laws and regulations
enacted from time to time by the civil
authorities; and we respectfully ask
the majority in this Province to con-
slider sympathetically the aspirations
and requests of their French Cana
dian fellow-citizens in the matter of
the establishment and operation of
English-French schools, facilitating an
equitable teaching of the French Ian
guage together with thorough acQui-
sit;on of English.
That we are confident there is no
desire or intention on the part of the
Government or the majority of the
people of Ontario to prescribe the
French language. This is set forth in
the official statement of the policy OF
the Government of Ontario issued on
the 14th day of March, 1916, as eX.
pressed in the following words:
Regulation II applies only to- the
list of schools annually designated
by the Minister as English-French
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Military Trai ming for
Dubuque College

At the recommendation of Adjutant
General H. p Mccain, the Dubuque
College has accepted the services of
Frank w. Dawson as professor of
Military Science and Tactics. Captain
Dawson served as official college in
spector in 1916. Under his able super
vision the students will drill four
times weekly and~i is expected that
rapid progress will be made in this
the most recently established course
at the college.