The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-08
OLD WORLD NEWS

Collection in Observation-Disclosures
Ireland on Septuagesima Sunday,
collection is to be made to cover the
expenses of the Cause of the Blessed
oliver Plunkett and of the Irish Mar,
tyrs.
Venerable Francis Gonzaga.-It is
most probable that the Venerable
francis Gonzaga, uncle of st. Alloy
sius, will be beatified. His process is
pending. He died in 1920 in the Udor
Of sanctity.
Episcopal Questionnaire.-The Holy
See has despatched to the Bishops
md ordinaries of the universal Church
, "Remotissima' or formula of ITO
questions, which shall embody the
quinquennial reports of their respec-
i've dioceses.
Vatican White Book.-The white
look" of the Vatican, now ready for
publication is a volume of 1926 pages,
md is entitled THE Work of the Holy
See in the European War Report
avs it has been prepared with scru-
Ulous care and that it's proof sheets
lave been revised by the Holy Father
himself. 1t is devoted exclusively to
he efforts of the Vatican on behalf of
eligion and humanity.
Concordat News Premature.-The
Jews of a Concordat between the Holy
is certain that with the conclusion
Of peace, some arrangement of the
sort will come, in view of the large
numbers of Catholics accruing to Rou'
mania in the Transylvanian province
,ong under Hungarian domination
md of the necessity of intercourse
With the Holy See as to the ecclesias
tical organization.
Esteem for Belgian Mfnister.-It is
announced that one of the representa-
ives of Belgium at the Peace Confer
3nce will be NJ van den Heuvel, al
resent minister to the Holy See, who
will shortly be received in farewell
audience by the Holy Father. The
Jews has caused great regret in Rome
where M. van den Heuvel has had the
sympathy and confidence of the Holy
See for the way in which he has car
led out his mission through exceed
| ingly difficult times.
Roosevelt and Rome.-Col Theo
lore Roosevelt had many friends ant
admirers in Rome. Pope Benedict
when informed of Mr. Roosevelt;
| leath, by Cardinal Gasparri, papal sec
| tetary of state, expressed profount
| egret. He also recalled the visit o
| William H. Taft to the Vatican durin!
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration for thu
purpose of negotiating the matte
'elative to the friars' lands in the Phil
| ppines. All newspapers there pub
ish long biographies of Mr. Roosevelt
Albanian Seminary In Rome
A seminary for Albanian priests, say
| the Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Morning Post, was recently in
augurated in the historic Monastery o
Grotta Ferrata, ten miles from Rome
where the monks come mostly from
| the Albanian colonies in Southern
| italy. The new foundation is, how
ever, mainly intended to draw close
the ties between Italy and Albania
and especially as the "Corriere d'Ita
| ia" intimates, to compete with He
,enism in Southern Albania, as Croft
Ferrata belongs to the Greek Church
and the population of that region i
mostly Orthodox.
French In JerusaIem.-There are i
Jerusalem nine French institutions @
learning. Besides teaching the Frenc
language, the pupils have courses i
Christian doctrine, commercial cours
es, mathematics, and the subjects usr
ally taught in the schools for pupil