The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-10


Redemptorists. The whole city ap-
preached Holy Communion. For the
procession the street had been plant
ed with young trees, and triumphal
arches were erected at all the cross
roads One hundred and forty open
air affairs were erected along the route
of the procession.
Pope Helps Africa.-Pope Benedict
has received in audience the Ri. Rev.
Father Desemptinne, o. S. B., Pre-
fect-Apostolic Of Katanga, in the Bel
gian Congo, to whom he gave a gener-
Gus contribution of fifty thousand
francs for the building of a new
church at Elizabethville, which was
planned in 1914, and which had to be
postponed on account of the war. 1t
is all the more urgently needed now
on account of the development of the
region largely through American en-
terprise.
Baltimore Girl Decorated. - Lady
Bagot, formerly Miss Lillian May of
Baltimore, a Catholic, has won num-
bers of British and French war deco
rations for brilliant patriotic service.
1t may be remembered that Lady Bag
OF was some years ago much in the
public eye because she insisted on
having her little daughter, Honorable
Barbara, baptized Catholic, her hus-
band being a non-Catholic. Lord Bag
OF refused to allow the baby to be
baptized by priest. His sister, how
ever, solved the difficulty by taking
the baby secretly to Father Vaughan,
S. j., by whom it was baptized.
A Universal Cathechism.-We learn
that Pope Benedict is about to re-
sumo the work of the Vatican Council
in behalf of a universal catechism.
The preliminary work has in fact al
ready begun. The proposed doctrinal
unification will be a kind of a codi-
fication. 1t is expected that the new
catechism will do for Christian Doc
trine what the new code has done for
canon law. 1t is clear, of course, that
such a comprehensive work can only
be forecasted in a general way. 1t
will require years to bring the project
to completion, and in that time many
important notifications may be made.
Relics in Jerusalem.-There has
been a good deal of anxiety on the
part of Catholics as to the safety of
| the Christian relics and treasures in
| Jerusalem, during the time of the ex-
| pulsion of the Turks from the Holy
| City. There was rumor that the
Turks, before they abandoned Jerusa-
| lem, had laid hands on the Holy
Places, and had plundered the Catho-
| lie churches and converts of their
sacred treasures. The Abbot of San
| TeodorO, Genoa, the Right Rev. DR..
Allaria, states that he has heard from
the Commissary of the Franciscans in
| the Holy Land that the Custode in
Jerusalem affirms that the Holy Places
and the shrines have not been pill
| LACED in any way.
Father O'FIanagan.-The Irish In
| dependent of Dublin reports that
Father O'Flanagan of RoscOmmon,
vice president of the Sim Fem soci.
ETY., has been suspended by his bishop
for his activities in the East Cavan
election last June, when Arthur Grit.
fifth, the Sim Fein leader, though I'M
der arrest, was elected to the House
of Commons. Father O'Flanagan' s
successor to his church at Crossna
has been appointed but, the newspaper
says, the people have refused to re
ceiVe the new occupant and have
barred up the church, asserting that
nobody will be allowed to say Mass
there until Father O'Flanagan has
been restored to his office.
Schools in France.-Rev. J. Hard
ing Fisher, S. J., says in America
that the prevailing ruling power in
France, comprising 100000 function
aries, has, as it's openly and officially
expressed purpose to deprive French
children of their Faith and to keep
the public schools nurseries of athe
ism. The ruling political power in
France has been and still is, says
Father Fisher, the sworn enemy and
prosecutor of the Church; it's public
schools, despite pretense of neutrality
ARE so dangerous that Catholic par
ents and the United French Hierarchy
are prepared to suffer any conse-
quence rather than permit Catholic
children to attend them"
Royal Wedding Anniversary.-Car-
dinal Bourne decided to have a sol
emn TIE Deum sung at Westminster
Cathedral in thanksgiving on the oc.
casion of the anniversary of the silver
wedding of the King and Queen,
which took place recently. The car.
dinal sang the Mass at 1890 a. m.
and Immediately after intoned the TIE
Deum, which was followed by the us.
ual prayers for the King and the
Royal family. Catholic members of
the Corps Diplomatique were in at,
tendance, besides Catholic M. P.'s and
members of the Royal household. The
King was represented and the ma
tional anthem was played at the close
of the ceremony.