The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-13

Gregory, Mr.. Charles Joseph Magnan
of Quebec.
Gives Cross to Brave Priest
Georges Clemenceau, the veteran
French premier and war minister, who
has long been an enemy of the Cath
Ole Church in France, recently had
occasion to pin a Cross of the Legion
of Honor on the breast of Capuchin
priest. The priest had distinguished
himself by devotion to his men while
acting as chaplain. Father" said M.
Clemenceau, as he prepared to pin
the cross on the breast of the brave
chaplain, Il haven't the honor of being
a Capuchin Ia sly reference to his life
long hostility to the church,. new
ertheless | am sure you will accept
from my hand what | bring; for it is
cross, and it is France who offers
it to you"
| Visit of Prince.-An attempt to re-
vive the mo Popery" campaign was
made in the house of commons, when
Colonel Craig, a noted bigot, asked
questions regarding the visit of the
Prince of Wales to the Pope. The
question of the responsibility for the
visit was greeted with laughter, the
governments reply that it was respOn-
sible and that the visit was according
to precedent, eliciting cheers. This
is an indication that if the rumors
which are current are true, and the
Prince of Wales thinks of taking an
Italian bride, the smoothing away of
difficulties in the way of a Catholic
queen for England may not be so
great as timid people seem to think,
and a princess of Rome would be
welcomed after all to those shores.
A Swiss Catholic View.-Comment-
ing on the Irish situation in Les An
males des Nationalities," of Lausanne,
d Swiss Catholic publication, after re-
viewing at some length the situation
and what led up to it, says: 1T is
our wish as Catholics that the ques-
ton will shortly be solved in equity
for our SympathieS are awakened by
the miSfOrtunes Of ireland. We do
not forget her sufferings, her attach
ment to the Church and her fidelity to
the ideal of liberty. We understand
her because we have known what it
costs to accept the laws of a neigh
Dor when one wants to be master at
home. We are certain of her good
fojth MonN of tho ENY1n1,olH cI
in America have crossed the ocean
and shed their blood on the fields of
France, responding to an appeal of
the land of their adoption"
Church in HoIand.-A new Cath
Ole church has just been opened at
Scheveningen, Holland 1t is intended
to serve the interned British prisoners
there of whom a large number, in
Guiding many Irish soldiers, are Cath
oics. There are also broken" men
from Switzerland among it's congrega-
ton and civilians, too. For the present
it will also serve those of the allied
prisoners in the vicinity who belong
to the Faith. There is resident chap
lain and there was quite a large at
tendance at the first Mass celebrated
in the new church. The Dutch Cath
olics have helped willingly in this
good work and it has been a source
of mutual surprise and satisfaction to
find SO many Catholics among both
hosts and entertained. The Faith is
making great strides in Holland, whose
journals, the Maasbode and the Tyd,
both Catholic papers, have come to
the fore greatly during the present
campaign. The Tyd has a great repu-
tatiOn for accuracy and value Of it's
| foreign correspondence.
English Chaplain kiIIed.-Another
| Catholic chaplain, Father Charles
Whitefoord, G. F., of the Diocese of
Shrewsbury, has been killed. The Sc
| niOr Catholic chaplain reports that
| Father Whitefoord was badly wound
ed and passed through the corps main
| dressing station, where Father Harker
of Hexham and Newcastle Diocese
gave him the Last Sacramento. He
was taken on to q casualty clearing
station, and when Father Harker in
quired how he was getting on, he found
he had died just before the casualty
clearing station was severely bombed
Unfortunately his body has not yet
been discovered in the ruins" He
adds: Father Whitefoord has done
excellent service out here since his
arrival in January, 1917, and has been
with the same division the whole time
He was an excellent priest; and has
done splendid work among his men
besides being a great help to other
| chaplains by his zeal and example.