The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-01-24

nent in the political affairs of the
Reichsland, has been elected for Col
mar. There is reason to believe that
the new chamber will be much less
hostile to the Catholic Church in
France than was it's predecessor. So
far the omens are good.
Aid New College in Rome.--The st.
Francis Xavier Missionary Society OF
Aachen has sent to the Holy Father,
through it's president, Mgr. DR.. F.
Fels, sum of 10000 marks, which
has been collected as a special Of
fering of Peters Pence to be donated
by the Pope to the newly founded
Erithracian College in Rome. The
Holy Father was greatly touched by
this generous Offering, and in an auto
graphed letter to Mgr. Fels His Holt-
ness says: ''This offering, coming
from the pious members of your So
ciety, constitutes an admirable and
convincing proof that your people are
animated with the most loyal desire
for promoting the welfare Of Holy
Church"
Chinese at Mass.-Father Ford of
the Maryknoll mission to China, writes
of a recent feast day: packing the
little chapel were hundred or so OF
| our Christians. Our ordinary Sun
day Masses find every seat taken, SO
the close quarters on special feasts
give a revival appearance to the
| gathering. There's something magic
in numbers, for our Christians seem
| to get religion better when the
| chapel is packed. The hollow roof
| timbers echo the deep tones Of our
rustics and the priest is obliged to
| shout to make himself heard. Men
predominate, yet we have full houses,
and this not for a half hour, but for
| three solid hours and all before
| breakfast"
| Nunciature at VIenna.-On account
of his elevation to the Cardinalate
the Papal Nuncio, Mgr. Valfre di Bon
20, has left Vienna for Rome. The
Pope has appointed to the temporary
charge of the Nunciature Mgr. Clio
vanni Ogno-Sorra, auditor at the
Apostolic Nunciature at Brussels
The temporary appointment is very
excellent one, as Mgr. Ogno-Serra
knows Vienna very well. He was sec
rotary at the Vienna nunciature dur
ing the time that Mgr. Scapinelli filled
the office of Papal Nuncio. Mgr
| Ogno-Serra also took a very promi
nent part in the Eucharistic Congress
when it was held in Vienna and con
| tributed much to making the congress
a success.
| Ancient Roman Church.-Some en-
terprising individual has conceived
, the idea of erecting modern dwell
| ing ON the site of the Baths of No
vato, in Rome, which if carried Out
will result in considerable damage tC
! the ancient Church of Santa Puden
ziana, the Titular Church of His Emf
nence Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop Of
Westminster. Santa Pudenziana is
the most ancient Church in Rome
having been built in the year $50 il
memory of Saint Pudentia, daughter
of Pudens, a Roman senator. The
Church was enlarged by Pope Siriciu:
(383-398), who absorbed into it the
famous hall of the adjoining Baths O.
Novato, which had belonged original.
to the Pudente family. There is a.
ancient story which tells that st. Pc
ter was at one time guest of thu
Pudente household and that he uset
to baptiZe converts in the catacOmb
of Priscilla (the sepulcher of the Pu
dente family.
/ Progress in Hungary.-Since tn
return of a stable government to Hun
gary, which is enjoying the supper
of the Inter-allied Mission under tn
leadership of Sir George Clark, tn
Church is making a wonderful recov
cry from the setback it experience,
during the regime Of the Communists
1t is realized that the Liberal, Anarch
istic and Freemason element took
!, great deal of trouble to corrupt pub
; lie opinion, and special endeavor i
being made by Catholics to correc
|, this state of mind. One of the mos
, energetic protagonists of this cam
paign for right thinking is the Rev
Bella Bangha, S. j., who has toure
the country, and after immens
trouble, has managed to secure tn
foundation of the Central Press Sc
ciety. The amount Of subscription
; Father Bangha has managed to sc
, cure for this enterprise is very re
markable. At present the capita
available for the society is abou
100000 krone; though it is state
that before the outbreak of Con
munism the society had in hand
sum of ten million krone.
: Exposes the Communists.-A re
markable book is being published i
, Budapest entitled "The Memoirs of
, Jesuit" The author is a priest, an
secretary of the Hungarian PROVING
} Of the Society of Jesus. In his boo
] the author describes his experience
: during the regime of the Communist
Y He relates the activities of that arc
| enemy of the Church and of all RI
| Egion, Oscar Faber, who with a grea
!. deal of cunning and fraud apple
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