The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-12-06
OLD WORLD NEWS

OLD WORLD NEWS
Belgian Losses.-On his late visit
to Belgium, Bishop Meerschaert of
Oklahoma, visited one Belgian do
cese which sustained in the war the
destruction of 156 churches and five
towns.
Church in Aisace.-At Strasbourg,
the capital Of Alsace, Clemenceau, the
Premier of France, who has been so
inimical to the Church in recent years,
declared that religious peace must
be assured, and liberty of conscience
must rule
Institutions Destroyed.-Before the
world war not less than thirty-one re-
| ligious institutions existed in parts of
Bulgaria and Turkey. Nineteen of
these were for priests and twelve for
Sisters. The Turks have destroyed
nearly all of them.
Big Price for "St Eustace"-Thir.
ty-two thousand guineas (S160,000)
was paid at an auction sale in Lon
don recently for a picture of st. Eus-
| tace by Vittore Carpaccio, the famous
fifteenth century Venetian painter.
Tribute to St. Francis.-In London,
the Anglican Bishop Gore, in ser
mon, said of st. Francis of Assist ::
Let a man arise-though he be but
man-with the spirit of God within
him, he can move the world. If one
traced back the spirit of democracy,
! it would be found to go back to st.
Francis"
Honors Cardinal. Yet another
| Italian Cardinal has received high
distinction from the Italian govern
ment for patriotic war work. Cardi-
| nal Farrari of Milan has received the
Grand Ribbon of IS. Maurice and Lag
arus.
| Irish Volunteers. - The Bishops of
! Ireland take just pride in saying that
the proportion of Irish Catholic vol
unteers in the late war was higher
| than that of any other religious de-
nomination. Ireland alone gave about
100000 and the Irish race elsewhere
| in the United States and British en-
| pire, more than a million and a half.
New Trappist Abbot.-The blessing
of the Very Rev. Jean Baptiste Olli-
trault de Keryvallan, formerly Supe-
rior of the Trappist Monastery near
kingsbridge, England, as Abbot of
Belleraie, near Chateubriant, France
took place on October %. The Bishop
| of Nantes performed the ceremony.
Anti-CIericaI Prophecy FaiIs.-One
of the most remarkable features OF
this after-war period in Europe is the
number of new states fastening to
establish relations with the Holy See
and the number of old states renew
ing and strengthening their relations
with Rome. This is a striking refuta
ton Of the anti-clerical prophecy that
one of the results of the war would be
the disappearance of the Papacy as
an effective world influence.
Latin Pronunciation. - The Arch
bishop of Algiers, Africa, has the ap
probation of the Holy See in his di
rection of how the Latin language il
to be pronounced in his suffragan dio
ceses. The Church wishes the Roman
pronunciation adopted in all parts o
the world. "In Latium, at Rome
where the Latin tongue originated
and where it has flourished down tn,
ages, the Roman pronunciation origi
mated and has been TRANSMITTED
through the centuries
Want Pope in League.-The Swis
Catholics of the canton of Argovia, il
congress recently assembled, demand
ed that, if the League of Nations b
accepted by the powers, a place b
rendered the Pope, as the Vicar Q
the Prince of Peace in the League
That congress said: "If the Leagu
of Nations intends permanent peace
but does not have the greatest mora
force on earth at it's discussions, tn
, world will not believe in the sincerit
! of the League" ~ &.
{ Pilgrimage to Drogheda.-The pi
grimage to Drogheda in Ireland, Q
the knights of the Blessed Sacrs
, ment, has left many happy memories
, 1t was made for the purpose of visit
: ing the relics of the Venerable Olive
Plunkett, whose head and other relic
are preserved in the convent, an
: were shown to the visitors by. tn
Very Rev Mother Prioress. On tn
arrival of the train the bells of tn
Oliver Plunkett Memorial Churc
pealed out the hymn Faith of Gu
; Fathers
Feed My Lambs. Rev. Father Tai
guy, w. F., who is at Chiluboula, Eas
, Africa cove that If ia fnuching to sc