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nDAE, Italy hay Until Nay -ol
ARome viii be the scene Of unusual
ecclesiastical activity. for during the
period there viii be q series OF beati-
1iczficng and combinations a. 81
Peters which viii reach It's climax on
Nay Is. IN the cancellation OF Joan
OF Arc, whose history is perhaps the
most romantic and has created the
widest modern discussion Of any saint
IN the calendar.
Next IN Interest 70 this GROWING Of
the life OF the Maid OF Orleans WIN
81 the beatfffcaton OF Oliver Plum
lzst. arch bishop OF Armagh and pri-
mate OF all Ireland, who was hung
drawn and Quartered on the SUISSE
Quently proved false charge OF having
been implicated in an irish repelllon-
All OF the Irish bishops VIII 80 20
Rome for this ceremony, headed BY
the venerable cardinal Logues the
present arch bishop OF Armagh. and
primate OF Ireland. This VIII be on
Nay %.
Both OF these events viii be cele-
brated IN the United States, especially
that OF Joan OF Arc, in New York on
Canonlzation day, sunday May %.
The Catholic Actors guild VIII direct
2 great pageant OF parochial school
children on the campus OF Fordhan
university There VIII be lO0e5 chill
dren IN the pageant
Thirty African Boys.
Perhaps never IN the history OF the
church have there been so many
Qualifications an6 cancellations At
one time. In addition 20 the two
msufionsd, there viii be many others
Eanctined whose names have never
become known outside OF their own
mel Ehborhoods. Among these other
ceremonies wiz be the Qualification
africa, who were burned 70 death BY
order OF king Mozanga on their re-
fusai TO forsWear the Christianity TO
which they had been converted by the
Catholic missionaries The priests
who labored IN that field were known
missionary order founded by cardinal
Lzviglieri-
In king E0nauFa'E boyhood he vas
very friendly r. the fathers ana their
converts. and With this friendship the
work OF the missionaries prcEpered.
But when Monznga grew up and be-
came king, his attitude changed com
pleteir and ne became a bitter enemy
OF Christianity He devised all sorts
OF cruelries to punish those who re-
NAMED faithful, ana one day sum
mcneu al OF his pages and asked
them how many chose 70 remain
Christians. OF the 80 boys in the line
only three stepped out as a sign that
they would not conform TO the Chris
tlan prartces. Thereupcn the 80
steadfast ones we're condemned and
burned
Archbishop FIunket.
Archbishop Oliver Plunzst vas
born near OldcaEtle. county Meath, in
1893 and came Of one OF the most
conspicuous families OF the section, |
two earls. RoscOmmon and Fingan, /
and two lords. Louth and DunEauy, I
being blood relatives. Sis uncle. the Z
abbot OF St. Mary's in London. looked (
after divers early education When I
the lad was 16 he went 70 Rome 10
Study for the priesthood. he was Or
dained in 1871, and remained IN Rome Z
as the representative OF the Irish I
bishops
He was appointed archbishop Of I
Armagh "a 1859. bit Il was s year
later when he went 70 London Here /
he remained for some time. seeking I
zmelioration OF the Errictest laws I
against Catholics in Ireland The /
church had 8 BRIEF respite from tie ]
more or less continuous prosecutions I
Of the government II the beginning
Travelled all over his archdiocese .
mostly on foot. administering the sac l
rameuts, generally in some open air
amuitheater, there being few
churches that had been left intact 4
after the CromWe1Han invasion and I
the varying prosecutions under 4
Charles H. Re established schools, /
too. notably a high school IN Drog-
hedz. sad when il opened nearly one
third o. its pupils were. OF Protest
INT parents.
Victim Of a Conspiracy.
In 1873 the Shaftesbury persecution
Of Catholics in England began and .
was relentless and the Catholics Of 4
Ireland did not escape. Archbishop L
FlunEet. accompanied fer the greater
part OF the time By Dr. Brenna, arch
bishop CT Cashef, succeeded IN eFad-
years, but at last was captured. In
fhe meantime hosts Of Catholics had /
been arrested and tried IN Ireland on I
the testimony Of such Witnesses as 4
Titus Oats
But finally Titus and his corrobo- /
rators had 50 often been proved liars I
that Il vas no longer possible 70 4
make q Dublin jury believe anything 4
they said. 50 the archbishop and IT, I
tus ard his helpers were taken 70 I
London. The archbishop was tried on I
the charge o. cousuirinE to bring /
French and Spanish leeta 20 Ireland, /
but the CHIEF justice charged tbs jury !
that Hroua eating Catholicism was the /
Eravsst imaginable crime hateful /
alks IN the eyes OF Cod and mankind. I
bishop had done his best 70 propagate /
Catholicism. he was convicted and I
sentenced 10 be hung. drawn and 4
Quarterec, and the sentences was car I
ried cut At ITburn on July II, 1851.
The trial provoked even official re- ]
volt and the next day lord Shafts I
bury and Titus Oats were arrested 4
and the anti Catholic crusade ended. /
The Maid Of Orleans.
In canonizing Joan OF Arc the
church. after 400 years. viii give the
crown OF martyrdom 70 a victim Of
one Of its own courts. For - was on I
zhe charge Of heresy that the Maid 7
Of Orleans was tried BY a great court /
Of izzrued divineE and on conviction 3
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