The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-02-15


ness for the consideration of the
Roman Question at the Peace Confer
ence, the Osservatore Romano official
| ly declares that this statement is I'M
| founded.
National Pilgrimage to Lourdes.-
| The Catholics of Italy have announced
their intention of resuming, as soon
| as the Treaty of Peace is signed, the
| National Pilgrimage to Lourdes, which
was held annually before the war
/ The transport of sick and disabled
! Italians to this shrine is usually a
prominent feature.
| Attacks Churches of Russia.-A spe-
cial cable to the San Francisco Exam
liner says: Under the title of The
| Red Devil a new paper is being pub
lished in Petrograd by the Soviets for
the sole purpose of attacking churches
and religion in general. The first
number contains an article by Lunt-
chariky, Commissioner OF Education,
announcing a plan to close fifty
churches in Petrograd. Other articles
show the authorities intend to impose
a special tax on churchgoers. Relig-
ious teaching in schools is forbidden.
| Belgian Priest Honored.--Two de-
voted Belgian clergy residing in Lon
don have recently been honored. One
hn do
of schools for all classes, and innum-
cradle social and charitable works for
his compatriots, in all parts OF Lon
don, was presented by his Belgian
and English friends with a beautiful
Roman crucifiX in ivory and beaten
| illuminated and containing addresses
in French Flemish and English. The
occasion chosen was the farewell
Christmas treat, given to $50 Belgian
school children of S. w. London, and
there was large attendance
Alsace-Lorraine.-A certain De.
HERE has been appointed to take
charge of religion and public education
in the liberated provinces of Alsace
Lorraine He is man of the highest
standing in Latin Masonry and has
advocated war on God and the Church
for twenty years. The Catholic La
CroiX of Paris, which is authority fol
these statements, warns the people
of the new French provinces to be or
1oi,, ND To
citation for the defense of Catholic lib
critics, traditions and children, sim
liar to the one in France. Otherwise
prosecutions and religious hatred viii
be the bitter accompaniment of theil
return to France.
Difficulties of AngIicans.-The An
glican Church in England is fast pre-
pairing fresh harvest for the Cath
Ollie Church. Just about Christmas
| because the minister of one demon
ination preached in the church of an
. other denomination. Now the Bishop
of London is tightening UP the reins
, Hitherto he has been the highest O
, the High, and has supported hi!
, practices Now he has suddenly de
; clared that he cannot allow Benedic
ton and Exposition of the BLESSED
Sacrament in the churches of his dio
, cese, however conducive to devotion
J and this has produced new revol
! oln
: no longer crafty their love of Cath
Ole practice without Catholic faith
will probably make their obedience
to the one, true Church. where faitl
comes first.
Religious Problem of Czecho-SIavs
No doubt the least of the problems
which will arise in connection wit
r the Czecho-Slavs and their activities
is the religious problem. At the pres
ent time things are in train under tn
direction of the President, Masarycl
who is a renegade from the Catholi
Church, and who is inspired by mi1
ture of Professionalism and occultisn
e He is proposing to introduce into tn
s Czech State the old heresy of job
:, Huss, which was formerly the sourc
e of SO many sanguinary conflicts. Mg1
Huyn, Bishop of Prague, is a prisone
in his palace, the national feast of S.
e John Nepomucene is abolished an
a replaced by the commemoration c
). Huss. The Bishops have received a
l., imperious order to abandon the Ron
4 an Liturgy; and persecution has be
gun against all who do not obey. TIL
Religious congregations are broke
+ up, the Sisters of Menzingen have a
: ready been driven away, and tn
: Fathers and the Religious expelled
d The Abbot of the Benedictines of s.
: Emmaus is interned. This is only tn
f beginning of the work of Masaryc
t and Kramerez, a work, which links u
with the anti-clerical task already az
complished in Russia.
f Irish Manuscripts.-Reg tn
| unfinished statements that a GREAT ~