The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14
OLD WORLD NEWS

OLD WORLD NEWS
Appeal to Pope.-A Berlin-London
dispatch of November Is says: Ger
man Catholics are appealing to Pope
Benedict against the heavy burdens
of the armistice conditions, which
must throw the German people into
the direst need"
Church at Aome.-His Holiness the
Pope, in letter on the recent Victory,
saws: "The Church's mission of sane.
tification adapts itself to the different
forms of government, and accepts
without difficulty the legitimate ter
ritorial and political variations of the
people"
Praises PoIes,-Pope Benedict XIV,
in an Apostolic Letter, says: His
tory has written in golden letters what
Christianity and European civilization
owe to Poland. Documents in the
archives of the Vatican will show the
almost indescribable martyrdom of
the Polish nation
Able is Cited.-The cure of Haul
dainville, the Able Gruey, an aged
priest of seventy-six years, has been
cited in dispatch of the French army
and has received the CroiX de Guerre
for bravery. The Able Gruey distin-
guished himself particularly at Yer
dun.
Must Build BeIgium.-Mgr. De
Wharf, of Belgium, now in this coun-
try, says: "If new Belgium is to be
built; America must do it; it will take
generations to rebuild physical Bel
GUM. Education has been disorgan-
lied, tuberculosis is rife, men and
women are suffering from malnutri-
ton; recent born children are under
weight"
Soldiers Good ExampIe.-The good
example of British and American sol
diers, Catholic and Protestant, has
had excellent effects. Cardinal Dubois
in letter to one Of the priests of his
Cathedral, calls attention to the way
in which they observe Sunday, and
expresses the hope that the day will
be equally reverenced by all the
French soldiers.
Catholic Bologna.-Bologna, Italy, is
city of about 10000 souls. In Ro
man times it was called Felsina. Its
houses are high and massive. 1t con
| tains the tomb of st. Dominic and the
incorrupt, sitting body of st. Cath
crime, 2 leaning towers, one of which
| is 321 feet high. The Church of St
Petronius is one of the largest in
Christendom; it is 750 feet long.
Sainted Missionary.-In 1854 there
| died in Maurice Island, Africa, Father
Jacques Laval, missionary of the
HolyGhost Order. In his % years
of missionary life there he baptized
more than $1,000 slaves. His funeral
was attended by about $4,000 persons
and many prayers have been an
| swered at his tomb. The Holy Father
Benedict XIV has authorized the first
steps towards his Beatifcation.
Feast of ST. Francis.-On the feast
of st. Francis the venerable Church
and Convent of st. Francis a Ripa
in Rome, was visited by many pill
grims. st. Francis himself built this
church in 1881. The convent was
up to his time Benedictine hospice
Pope Gregory TX gave it to his Or
der, and there st. Francis always re
sided when in Rome. After Assist, il
is the most venerable place of the
| Franciscans.
The Late Professor TonioIo.-Just
when rounding his fiftieth year as pro
fessor in the Universities of Padua
Modena and Pisa, has passed away in
the last named city Professor Giuseppe
Toniolo, a man who has been foremos
among the militant Catholics in Italy
these thirty years. In every political
social, economic and religious move
ment sanctioned by the Holy See the
great scientist was in the van, regard
less of sacrifices and trouble, hi.
services were ever at the disposal o
Leo XIII, Plus x and Benedict XIV.
Historic Nazareth.-Nazareth, tn,
dwelling place of Jesus, Mary and Jo
seph, now figures in the war 1t il
about seventy miles north of Jerusa
lem. About nine miles from Nazareth
is Mount Tabor, 1000 feet high; nea
Mt. Tabor is the Mount of the Beat
tudes on which the Lord delivere,
His sermon. Cana, the scene of Hi
first miracle, is about three miles from
Nazareth. The Sea of Galilee, Gale,
also the Lake of Genesareth is near
by; 1t is pear-shaped and is about /
miles long by nearly seven miles il
width.
Rheims Cathedral interview
of Albert Balm, if we are to credit il
gives us an idea of what would hav
been the lot of Europe under GEL
many. From the Ural Mountains +
the Bay of Biscay was to be German