The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
OLD WORLD NEWS

Prayers for PoIand.-At a solemn
service at the Gesu Church in Rome
on Sunday, August Is, there was sol
emn intercession in behalf of Poland
In letter to Cardinal Pompili, the
Holy Father approves prayers in Po-
lands behalf, and expresses the hopa
that the Church throughout the world
Fer Greek Catholics.-At the Greek
Church in Rome (Monday, August 49,
| MOnSignOr Stratharrasis Kalevessy
was consecrated Bishop of binary for
| the Greek Catholics of Constantinople.
This is most important position, in
view of the political changes in Tur-
| key. Monsignor Kalavessy was in
| America in 1918, while unable to re-
| turn to Constantinople.
Catholic Prime Minister.-The
prime minister of Holland, Rugs de
! Beergengroick, is a member of the
! Third Order of St. Francis. Though
| Holland is strongly Protestant, they
do not seem to have heard that it is
dangerous to allow Catholics in re-
sponsible public positions, says the
! Catholic Herald. Tom Watson of
| Georgia and The Menace are evil
IDENTIFY neglecting their duty in not
| giving the Dutch pointer as to the
danger they are in in having a Cath
Ole at the head of the government.
Saint on Stamps.-FOr the first
time in history the face of a saint
will appear on postage stamp. A
new issue Of stamps in France will
show the French heroine, st. Jeanne
dare. The infdels in the government
who have the Gallo love of logic, even
when most Illogical, will probably
say that they are honoring Jeanne the
patriot-saviOur of her country and not
Jeanne the saint, but since it was her
saintliness that systematically served
her patriotism, grateful French
hearts will not seek to separate saint
and warrior-maid.
Russian Archbishop. - Monsignor
Baron Won Ropp, Archbishop of Mohil-
ev and Catholic Metropolitan of Rus
STA, has arrived in London on an i'm
pOrtant mission regarding Catholic af-
fairs. His chief object is to get the
approval of the British government
for forwarding to Tchitcherin, through
! krassin and Kamenec, the negot:a-
lions for securing the liberty of the
Catholic Church in Russia and the
restoration of Church property seized
by the BOlsheviks. Monsignor Won
Ropp is Russian born, a native of
LiXna, and his diocese includes the
whole of Russia, being the largest in
the world. He was imprisoned during
the war.
Two Thousand at Social Week.
French newspapers give decided
prominence to the Catholic social
week held at Caen, where two thou
sand auditors listened to lectures Oh
sociology by prelates and laymen, in
Guiding members of the French Par
lament. Men of all ranks, including
manufacturers, barristers, physicians
and journalists, took part; and lead
ers of Catholic trade unions were
conspicuous at the various sessions.
Delegates from Italy, Belgium, Jugo-
SlaVia, Switzerland, and the Neither
lands were in attendance.
Famous Doctors Death.-Sir Alex
ander Dempsey, M. D., one of the
most prominent medical men in Ire
land, died at Belfast, recently, aged
sixty-eight. A native of Coldugh, Bal
lymoney, he was educated at st. Nal
achy's College, Belfast, the Catholic
University Medical School, Dublin,
and Queens University, Galway. He
was Consulting Physician to the Ma
ter Infirmorum Hospital, clinical lee
turer in gynaecology at Queens Uni
| versity, Belfast, and member Of the