The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-20
newspaper The Osservatore Romano
published denial and vigorous pro-
test, sr'

movement mas Deen lnauSuraCeQ y1Or :
the erection of a Catholic Cathedral
at Belgrade, Serbia This is one of a
number of signs of the growth of Cath
olicism in this little nation. The little
chapel which has so far been used has
become inadequate for the purposes
for which it is employed. The need
for larger church is growing more
and more acute. An effort is being
made by Mgr. Bauer, the Primate of
Jugoslavia, for the erection of Cath
Ollie cathedral. The plan is to dedicate
it to the Slav Apostles, SITS. Cyril and
Methodius.
Mexico to Erect Shrine.-Imme-
diately after the celebration of the
silver jubilee of the coronation of our
Lady at Guadalupe in Mexico, the
Bishops who were in attendance there
! held council which was presided
over by the Primate, the Most Rev
erend Jose Mora y del Rio, DID,, Arch
| bishop of Mexico City. The delibera-
tions of that meeting and it's resolu-
tions were promulgated in the form of
Joint letter addressed to the clergy
and laity of Mexico. The first portion
of this letter contains a resolution
| which was unanimously adopted to
erect fitting monument to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus in the form Of an eXpia-
tory national shrine upon the top of
| Mount Cubilete, in the state of Guiana
juato, which is the geographical cen
| ter of Mexico. This national monu-
| ment will be reared in the near future
and will be constructed in keeping
| with the style of those built by the
Spanish missionaries in the colonial
period.
America Holds First Place.-The Os-
| servatore Romano publishes a long
| account of Catholic activity in the
| United States, accompanied by an ar
ticle by it's director in which it is
said that America holds the first place
| in the chronicles of Catholic life pub.
lished by that newspaper because in
| America grows and ferments the leav'
en- of spiritual and religious life, and
| in America Is to be found positive
orientation of minds and consciences
toward the integral truth determined
by Catholicism. The writer praises
the American spirit of liberty and Of
respect toward religion, contrasting II
with the sectarianism and anti-cleric
alism of old European nations. He
concludes by affirming that, on the
American horizon, there breaks the
dawn of a new day for the Church
whose hopes are certain to be fulfilled
Paris Church, Shelled In 1918, Re
opened-The Church of st. Gervais
was reopened lately with solemn Mass
after having been closed since Coco
Friday of 1918, when shell from thu
long range cannon which bombardet
Paris from st. Gobain Forest destroy
ed the pillars, the affairs and historic
windows of the church and killed Isl
worshippers. The service also com
memorated the 500th anniversary o
the Church of st. Gervais. Damage
done by the shell were repaired un
der the direction of M. Hermant, :;
leading French church architect. blu
he was unable to restore the CRANE
organ, the product of the famous Fran
; co.'s Clicquot, as the mechanism of thu
organ was shattered by huge piece
, of the shell.
Cologne acknowledgements have
been made by the Archdiocese of Co
!, logne for about 100000, with which
to pay for repairs on the famous Ca
, thedral, one of the worlds finest spe
cimens of medieval Gothic architect
, ure. It is announced that, unless tn
repairs are soon undertaken, the build
ing will become unsafe for worship
and a danger to adjacent structures
Construction of the Cathedral was be
gun in the Thirteenth Century TIL
cornerstone was laid on August ID
1248. Work ceased in 1447, and TO
almost 400 years was not resumed
During the French revolution the mag
nificent temple was converted into
storage place for hay. Restoration
, and renovation was undertaken il
1928, and the interior was finished il
1868. The completion of the building
, in 1880 was appropriately celebrated
the German Emperor attending. 1t i
not definitely known who drew the OF
iginal design for the cathedral.
Southwark Martyrs Are Common
orated.-The sufferings of the Englis]
, Martyrs for the Faith were vividl
: brought to mind by the Southwark
, Pilgrimage from the site of the oil
Marshalsea Prison to St. Thomas Wa
tering, where number of priests AM
laymen suffered death for the Faith
The Marshalsea has long been de
, stroyed, but in it's vile dungeons mum
bers of the Martyrs were confined be
/, fore being drawn on the hurdles t,
the place of execution where. befor,
they were dead, they were taken dow1
from the gallows and disemhoweled b.
the executioner The pilgrimage pro
cession was in honor of the great Eng
lish martyr, ST. Thomas of Canterbury
and of the six martyrs of the South
wark parish who suffered for the