The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-20
OLD WORLD NEWS

May Defer eremones.-Apprehen
sions are expressed that, owing to the
disturbances now prevailing in soci-
ETY., the cost of travelling, etc, the
solemn Qualifications and Canoniza-
lions in ST. Peters next spring, may
have to be deferred until the follow,
ing year, 1921.
! Ovations to CardinaI.-The Vatican
! has received kilograms stating that
! Cardinal Giustini was given great
ovations on his departure from the
Holy Land, and in Egypt during the
religious demonstration at the dedi-
cation of the monument to st. Iren-
| aeus at Cairo.
Thomas kempis.-Metheun, of
London, has just published the long
announced edition of de Imitatione
| Christi of Thomas a Kempis-a re-
| print, edited by DR. Adrian Fortescue,
OF the first Latin edition by Gunther
| Zainer, at Augsburg, in 1471 or 1472.
The best critical edition of the Imi-
tation is that by DR.. NJ ]. Pohl in
Volume II of the Opera Omnia of
Thomas kempis, published by B.
Herder, Freiburg, Germany.
Sir Bertram WindIe.-Sir Bertram
| Windle's decision to leave University
College, Cork, and take up permanent
residence in ST. Michaels College,
Toronto, Canada, has excited a wide
interest in academic and scientific
| circles. 1t is his intention to devote
himself to literary work and the lee
ture duties he has assumed at St.
Michaels. His course will be on sci
ence in relation to scholastic philos-
ophy. He is expected in Toronto this
month
Patron Saint of Airmen.-In select
ing st. Michael as their patron saint
Catholic airmen were particularly
happy in their choice when their Guild
was inaugurated. Now the first
stained glass window in honor of St.
Michael has been erected in the
Church of st. James, London, in which
an aeroplane is depicted, with the in
scription, "Defende nos in proelio."
Surely this must be the first time
that an aeroplane is to be seen in a
Catholic church! In future it may
prove to be an interesting memento of
the world war and the part which
the air service played therein.
Three Priests Elected. = Three
priests have been elected as members
of the French chamber Father Lemire
has been reelected, and in Alsace-
Lorraine Fathers Weckerle and Muel-
Ter were chosen. Father Weckerle
was formerly member of the Ger
man Reichtag, and always assumed
hostile attitude toward the govern
ment. AT the beginning of the war
he was accused of treason, but sue
ceeded in escaping to France, where
he continued his attacks upon Ger
many.
Slav Bishops Named.-After the lib
Grafton of Slovakia, when the Magyar
Bishops, who formerly occupied five
or six episcopal Sees of the country,
resigned their Sees. the Czecho-Slo-
yak government Immediately ap-
preached the Vatican to obtain their
replacement by Bishops of the Slovak
nationality. The Curia admitted the
justic of this demand, and the ap-
pointments have been made, to the
great satisfaction of public opinion.
Important EncycIicaI.-Our Holy
Father, Benedict XIV, has issued to
the whole Catholic world an appeal
for the sufferers of war; The devas-
tated regions are particularly desolate,
and the people, whose misfortunes are
closely allied with the battlefields of
warning nations are the ones who suf-