The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-11

e THE CATH
Lyon, and Bordeaux, have deemed it
necessary to raise protest against
the. suggestion put forth in recent
issue of the Revue des Deux-Mondes"
by an anonymous writer who advo-
Gates the acceptance at this time of
the Associations Cultuelles" con-
demned in 1906 by Pope Plus x.
Ruthenian Preiate Invited to London.
The Ruthenian Archbishop of Lem
berg, Count Szeptyczki, has been in
vited to a conference in London for
the purpose of discussing the Galician
problem. In 1914 Mgr Szeptyczki was
sentenced to three years imprison-
ment for defending the rights Of the
Ukrainians against the Russian Gov
eminent. He is said to enjoy the con-
fidence of various European govern
ments.
Chapel to Observation-Disclosures Tis
sier of Chalons, France, and the gen.
eral commanding the sixth army corps,
dedicated on November 3, on Houdain
Hill in the Champagne, the chapel
which is to commemorate the soldiers
of the Foreign Legion, who fell on that
spot. The chapel is the gift of Will
liam Farnsworth, father of Henry
Weston Farnsworth of Dedham, Mass,
who was killed at Houdain September
Is, 1915. Premier Leygues was rep
resented at the ceremony.
Jew Praises Pope.-Abbe Lemire's
recent speech was applauded by a
great majority of the Paris chamber.
Mandel, deputy for Bordeaux and po-
litical secretary to former Premier
Clemenceau, said that, although an
Israelite, he acknowledged formally
the necessity of official relations with
the Catholic Church. Refuting the ar
guments of Herriot, M. Mandel made
this remarkable statement: eff the
people had known exactly all the
Pope's acts during the war, in behalf
of prisoners and hostages, and against
all wrongful violence, they would have
given their unanimous approval"
Irish Clergy Hounded.-Clerical res
licences in Dublin have become I'M
safe; and one Bishop has had to leave
his home, owing to serious threats.
Father Kennedy, of County Clare. de-
scribes how he was seized by officers
accompanied by an armed party,
dragged through the church, treated
with desperate violence, menaced with
death, and then driven twelve miles,
half naked, in lorry and left on the
road.
Pope Receives Envoy Of Irish Re-
pubIic.-Pope Benedict on November
10 received Marquis MacSwiney (of
SPAIN in private audience. The mar
quis, who was sent by the Irish epis-
| copacy and other supporters of the
Irish Republican cause, explained at
length to the pontiff the situation in
Ireland and the condition of the coun-
| try. He asked the Pope's intercession
to put an end to what he called "a
shame on Christianity and civiliza-
ton"
Chapel to Blessed OIiver.-In con-
nection with the translation Of the
body of Blessed Oliver Plunket, the
great Irish churchman recently hon
| ored by the Church. from it's Temporal
airy resting place to a more worthy
| shrine at Downside Abbey, comes an
| nOuncement of plans for the setting
| apart of noteworthy chapel of the
martyr. 1t is proposed to cut off
the whole chapel by a screen. Thus
the transept would become separate
| Chapel of the Martyr The martyrs
chapel would become a self-contained
place of pilgrimage.
Italian Bishops Oppose Anarchy
In view of the present state of unrest
prevailing throughout Italy, owing to
| the activity of a number of Bolshe.
vik propagandists, the ecclesiastical
authorities have impaired special in.
structions to all parish priests exhort.
ing them to avail themselves of their
ministry in order to throw oil on the
| troubled waters. They are directed to
| point out from the pulpit the dan,
gers of the present situation and the
| irreparable ruin which must neces.
sarily follow if the majority allow
themselves to be imposed upon by the
| u.
vine and human laws and advocate
violence as the means to achieve their
end.
Protestant Irish Bishop Denounces
Observation-Disclosures of the Brit
ish tyrannies and brutalities in Ireland