The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11

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feeling of petty revenge. The latest
instance of the kind is the trial Of
the Mitred Abbot of Este, Mgr. Dalla
Vale, who, before he came on for
hearing, had to submit to many in
dignities.
Holy Irish observation-disclosures the
Irish martyrs whose Cause is being
promoted for qualification is Father
Edmund Mulligan, of the Cistercian
Order. Father Mulligan suffered death
at Ballycroin, in County Monaghan,
three miles east of Clones, where a
fight took place in 1643, and certain
spot there is Tor was) called by the
people of the district "Leacht
a'tSagairt,," meaning 1.-The priests
monument" The place has not yet
been identified, the name having prob
ably been altered out of recognition
since the time of the occurrence, but
it is hoped that it may be located,
and a member of the Cistercian COM
munity from Mount Melleray is about
to visit Clones for the purpose.
Benedict XIV and Invaded Territory.
Mgr. Heylen, Bishop of Namur, re-
Gently intimated to the Holy Father
that he had distributed to the priests
in the invaded parts of France sums
of money which he had received for
them He expressed regret that he
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clergy are in great distress. The Holy
Father has again come to their aid.
He sent Mgr. Heylen ten thousand
francs ($2,000) to meet the require
ments in the most urgent cases. In
the parts of France which have not
been invaded the movement to secure
a modest stipend for those worthy
priests is receiving increasing support.
No cause could be more deserving of
it. Mgr. Heylen has not spared his
efforts in this matter, and the Catho-
hes in the invaded territory know that
in the Holy Father and in him they
have sterling friends.
Three Palms.-Three palms as usual
were presented to the Holy Father on
Palm Sunday: one from the admins
tration of the apostolic palaces, one
from the Brescia family of San Reno,
according to the privilege granted
them since the days of Sixtus v
through the well-known incident dur.
ing the raising of the obelisk in the
Piazza of st. Peters, and one which
the Camaldoli nuns established at
Santa Prisca present every year.
This last is always work of art
bearing some special device. This
year it bears on one side the Holy
Fathers arms, on the other the fig.
ures of Justice and Peace with the
notes worked in "Justitia ct Pax
OSculatae Stunt"
Priceless CarmeIite Library Burned
The East has had it's book-burners
The destruction of the Alexandria1
| library by the Arabs is the crucial
| instance but the books then con
Sumed were of alien faith. There is
| something of self-immolation in the
destruction of the Oriental library
collected by the Carmelite Fathers ir
Bagdad, which is one of the recently
reported features of the campaign il
Mesopotamia. The Carmelites, who
had established their order in Bag
dad in the seventeenth century, haC
collected more than 10000 volumes OF
subjects connected with Mesopotamia
consisting in the main of French anC
English, but also some Italian ant
German works, including many rare
Arabic manuscripts These latter
many unique, numbered 2,753. They
were bought in the course of the las
century at cost of thousands of dol
lars, and were the works of Arabic
scholars, written between the seventh
and eleventh centuries. AS most O
them had not been printed, no othel
copies exist.