The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-19
OLD WORLD NEWS

New UnlVersity-.On the occasion
of the episcopal jubilee of Cardinal
Ferrari, Archbishop Of Milan, prof.
ect was launched for the foundation
of a Catholic university in that city
which is the capital of Lombardy. Mi
Ian is the ancient See city of St. Am
brose.
Relics of Saint In Parade.-Birming-
ham, England, observed the festival Of
the translation of st. Chad on Sun
day, May 8, when the Relics of the
Saint were carried through the prin>
cipal streets of the city. The Arch
bishop of Birmingham celebrated Pom
tifial Mass in the morning, and at the
conclusion of the Mass the Sacred
Relics of the Saint were exposed all
day for the veneration of the faith
full. Bands of pilgrims came from all
parts of the city and the diocese.
New Shrine at Tough Derg.-Pro-
fessor Scott of the National Univer-
sity of Ireland has designed a church
which Canon Keown is about to erect
at Tough Derg, the scene of the great
annual pilgrimage of st. Patricks pur-
gatOry. An ancient and trustworthy
tradition consecrates the spot as be-
ing the place where the Saint per-
formed his self-inflicted penance. The
building will be Greco-Roman style,
and Americans are numbered among
the subscribers.
Pope and Germany.-When the new
German Ambassador to the Holy See,
DR.. Won Bergen, presented his creden-
tials to Pope Benedict he assured His
Holiness that his government had told
him to make it his chief thought to
give the relations between Germany
and the Holy See the stamp of genu-
inc friendship. The Government asked
for nothing but justice for the sorely
tried German people and would do
everything possible to aid his Holiness
in his efforts to give effect to the prin-
ciple of fair play. The Holy Father
briefly thanked the Ambassador, and
expressed his satisfaction at the ap-
pointment of Won Bergen.
Farmers On PiIgrimage.-In fulfill
/ ment of a VOW made in 1917, a ma
tional pilgrimage of the French Agri-
culturists took place in the Basilica
of the Sacred Heart in Paris on May
so. In the course Of a night adora-
ton at Montmartre in 1917, the dele
gates of the National Union of Cath.
Ollie Agriculturists promised a national
pilgrimage of Thanksgiving when vic
tory had assured peace. In his appear
the president of the union recalls the
fact that of all classes of people in
France it is the rural class that has
made in the warthe greatest sacrifice,
about one million men Of that class
having been killed and about as many
mutilated or so disabled as to be rem
dered unfit for tilling the soil.
French and German.-During the
whole war Mgr. Schultz, Bishop of
Paderborn, now Archbishop of Col
ogne, showed a great interest in
French prisoners of war. On behalf
of the Seminarians, and with the help
of priests of the French army, he or
ganized at Munster a Theological Sem
mary, where many we're enabled to
pursue their preparation for the priest
hood. But above all, in compliance
with the Holy Fathers wishes, he gave
his attention to the task of tracing the
French soldiers reported missing in
action. He organized an office which
be placed in the care of priest and
started an index which, at the end
of the war, contained no less than
$4,000 names.