The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-23
OLD WORLD NEWS

A Second Sentence.-M. Prum, the
Mayor of Clerf and leader of the Cath
Ollie party in Luxembourg, after being
informed in Germany, was sent to
prison for three months for having
again stigmatized as a crime the in
vasion of Belgium and Luxembourg.
He will now be freed.
"The Day of the ead."-Saturday,
November 2, the ''day of the dead
was observed along all the fronts.
The civilian populations went to the
cemeteries to place wreaths and
flowers on soldiers graves.
CongratuIates Cardinal. - Cardinal
Gibbons has received document
signed by Cardinal Logue, primate of
Ireland, and the other bishops and
archbishops of Ireland, congratulate
ing him on his fftieth anniversary as
a bishop.
Sunday Rest-Cardinal Dubois, in a
remarkable letter to the Able Carrel
formerly vicaire at the cathedral OF
Rouen, France, but now serving as a
military chaplain, and who has re
ceived the Legion of Honor, praises
his proposals, and expresses his own
wishes, for the observance of the Sun
day rest in the French army as it eX
lists in. the Allied and enemy armies
He says a remedy, which would sup
press at one blow all the evil, would
be the official recognition and organi
cation of the French military chap
laincy.
Down With Ship.-Among the pas
sengers on the Inflated Irish mai
steamer, the Leinster, which was tor
pedoed by the Germans with every
sign of wilful outrage just outside
Kingstown HarboT, were severa
priests and nuns. Some of them per
ished and the bodies await identified
ton, but among the victims whose
bodies have been recognized is Rev
w. j. Campbell, o. S. B., rector of st
Mary's Church, Coventry, who wa!
crossing from Ireland to England.
Bishop Champions Movement. =
Following on his recent triumph owe
the party intrigue of DR.. Shusteritch
the Prince Bishop of Laibach, Rt. Rev
DR.. Yeglitch has issued pastoral let
ter to his clergy charging them t.
work for the policy outlined in thu
South Slav declaration, and Urgent!
exhorting them to join the Pan Slo
vene Peoples Party. The failure o
the efforts to make the Catholic Pub
fishing Association a mere cat's-pav
in Austrian political intrigue ha!
strengthened the Slav nationals
movement, and confirmed the Bishol
of Laibach in his championship of thu
| oppressed Slavs of the Austrian EN-
pire.
ST. Remi's Relics.-The Bishop o
Dijon has lately given us more par
ticulars about the translation of st
RENTS relics from the City of Rheims
When the civil authorities compelled
the Cardinal to leave the city he tool
the precious relics to the priory o
Binson, noted as the birthplace o
Urban IL, Pope of the Crusades. The
military carried them to Champauber
and on to Romilly, all the while ig
norant of what they were transport
ing. A priest, on July II, equally ig
norant of what he carried, took then
finally to the Bishop of Dion. There
they now remain
Italy Reioices.-Bonfires were burn
ing the night of November on al
hills throughout Italy, spreading IA
and wide the news of the occupation
of Trieste. Church bells were ringin:
and guns were fired. All the window
in Rome were Illuminated, regardless
of the police orders concerning re
stricted lighting. BY strange coin
cidence the Italians entered Triest
on the feast day of San Juste, tn
| patron saint of the redeemed city
which all the population, including tn
Jews, formerly celebrated under Aus
trian rule as a patriotic demonstration
of their Italian nationality.
| Dominican Master General
Master General of the Dominicans ha
returned to Rome after a visit of tn
establishments of his Order in tw
hemispheres. The Dominicans hav
not ceased to glorify the title give
centuries ago by a Pope of defend
ers of the faith, and true lights of tn
world" Their missions are scattere,
in all quarters of the globe, and the,
bring the light and peace of the Cos
pei to thousands of souls sitting il
darkness and shadow of death
Father Theissling will draw up re
port of the observations he made OF
the state of his Order during eighteen
months of visitation. There will b,
much in it to claim the attention o
Catholics especially those who ar
interested in the missions of the Fa
East.