The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-25

days of ST. Ignatius by the Blessed
! Peter Canisius, one of the original
founders of the Society of Jesus, in
| ammergau.
italian SoIdier-Priests.-In reply to
petition to demobilize the body of
priests who are in the Italian army
| because of the need of their services
in their parishes, the Minister of War
says no exception can be made, and
besides the wounded and sick soldiers
have still need of their religious and
moral assistance.
Engine For christianity.The' Ang-
lican Bishop of Exeter, England, said
the other day that in his opinion the
man that best used the war was Car
dinal MERCER. who took it with it's
devastating effects and turned it into
great engine for Christianity.
| Ciemenceau, Mercier and Foch.-
| The Jagellan University of Cracow,
one of the oldest in Europe has be-
slowed the degree of Doctor Honoris
| Causa on Premier Clemenceau, Mar
shall Foch, and Cardinal MERCER.
| Pope Expresses Regret.-Pope Bene-
dict. when informed of Col. Roosevelt's
death by Cardinal Gasparri Papal Sec
| of tot RI
regret The Pontiff said that as Presi-
dent Mr.. Roosevelt was most favorable
! to Catholics, one of his Cabinet mem
| bers being of that faith
| PrimatiaI See of Africa.--On the &C.
casion of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the promotion of Archbishop
| Combes to the primatial See of Africa
the Holy Father deigned to raise the
| Cathedral of Carthage to the rank of a
minor basilica. comforting on it all
the honors, insignia and privileges
that accompany that title. There are,
! therefore, at present three basilicas
on the Dark Continent. that OF Our
Lady of Africa at Algiers. that of
| Hippo in the Diocese of Cons tantine,
and that of Carthage in Tunis.
Catholic ltaIians.-The Osservatore
Romano, the organ of the Vatican,
prints an emphatic denial of statements
| that have appeared in the Italian
newspapers concerning the formation
of special Catholic party in Italy
In December the correspondent OF
the Catholic Press Association wrote
that reports were current in Rome
that the Holy Father would issue a
document authorizing the creation OF
Catholic political party. 1t was
stated at the time that the organiZa
ton had already been started.
King Albert Visits Cardinal Mer
cier.-king Albert of Belgium, accom-
panied by his prime minister. visited
Cardinal MERCER in his Cathedral city
of MalineS recently to invest him with
the Grand Gordon of the Order OF
!, Leopold. The King thanked the great
prelate for his devoted patriotism dur
innate conversation His Majesty in
spected the damage to the Metropoli
tan Palace, which suffered consider
ably from bombardment During the
Kings visit the beautiful carrillon OF
the Cathedral rang out for the first
time since the invasion. and vast
crowd, assembled in the Grander Place
sang the 'Brabanconne" with yerve
!, Foch Professorship at Oxford.-AI
announcement of great interest has
just been made public at Oxford. Sill
Basil Zaharoff, X. B. E., has intimatee
to the e-Chancellor his desire tt
offer to the University the sum O
$125,000 for the establishment of {
Chair of French, to be called the Mar
shall FOch Professorship of French
Literature, and for other purposes con
nected with the promotion of French
studies. A decree will be brough
forward by which the University will
gratefully accept this munificent bene
faction and will ask the ViceChancel
Tor to take the necessary steps foI
carrying the founders wishes into eff
feet.
The Roman Question: recen
quasi-official despatch from Rom,
says: THE utmost caution should b,
exercised regarding the credibility o
ecclesiastico-politic developments
suggesting the settlement of the Re
man Question. 1t is true that, partl.
as the result of the Sacred Uniol
brought about by the war, certain
reorganization of Catholic action il
proceeding here, which will result il
Italian Catholics taking more activ,
and open part in the public life of tn,
nation. 1t is also true that among
Catholics here and throughout tn,
world, there is a growing feeling that
at this historic moment of universe
re-settlement, the world might alst
well think of regulating the presen
abnormal position of the Papacy. But
beyond these things. at present all i:
rumor, and is largely imaginative
: Cardinal Logue's Letter.-On tn,
eve of the general election in IRELAND
Cardinal Logue issued an importan