The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-06

Olics and Protestants in equal number.
One-fourth of the population has had
the same representation as three
fourths. With Parliament for the
six counties of the northeast in being
and about to function in Belfast, all
the Professionals in the country with the
exception of 100000 or so, will be.
under that Parliament's jurisdiction.
Unless peace is restored and a settle
ment effected there will be no Parlia-
ment for the 26 Catholic counties. On
this assumption Catholics are asking,
Are Protestants still to be allowed
equality on the Southern Education
Board? 1t would be manifestly absurd
that mere fragrant of the Southern
should still have a repre-
sentation as large as that of the
vast majority. A protest against
such an arrangement has already been
made by many Catholics.
Polish Bishop Thanks France
Cardinal Lucon, Archbishop of
Rheims, who prescribed a collection
and prayers for Poland, has just re-
ceived the following letter from the
Polish Bishops, thanking the French
Hierarchy for the proofs of sympathy
given to the cause of their country in
recent years. "Your Eminence: The
Polish Bishops, assembled at Cracow
for the conference of the Hierarchy
warmly thank the French HER.
archy as we'll as the faithful, for the
sympathy and friendship shown by
your Eminence in the pastoral letter
of August Is, last year, and also for
the prayers ordered in your diocese
Poland is convinced that the sympathy
expressed in this letter is a proof OF
the universal friendship of France fo1
our cause. These sentiments are new
neither to France nor to Poland, since
they have been confirmed, for many
years, by frequent relations, by mutual
attachment to the Catholic Faith, tt
true freedom and, more recently, by
the common trials borne during the
long war which was used by God tc
resurrect Poland and renew the glory
of France"
Czech Catholic Unity.-Secula1
newspapers and political leaders, in
Guiding President Masaryk, have beer
| impressed by the great demonstration
of Catholic strength and solidarit,
given in the two recent convention.
in Prague within the last few weeks
Delegates to the Catholic Peoples
Party, to the number of $3.50, packet
one hall, while another was thronget
by representatives of the Catholi,
Young Mems Association, which nov
has $4,000 members. These organiza
tions and others among Czech Cath
olics are forming political force tina
is giving the government and tn,
various partisan groups a good dea
of concern. When it is understood
that there are now twenty-five politica
parties in Czecho-Slovakia and that
coalition of even several of them fail
to constitute a majority, the signif
| canoe of this Catholic unity is apparen,
In all, the Catholics have a total O
| 400 organizations, local and national
Their strength at the next election i
foreseen, so that it is not strange tina
they are now being invited int
alliance with the Government in tn
formulation and execution of it's pre-
grams. In the short time that ha
elapsed since the erection of tn
Czecho-Slovak republic, Catholics hav
striven upward from subsection an
persecution to position of large in
fuence. They have demonstrated i
this country, as elsewhere in Contra
Europe, that after all they are tn
most safe and dependable element il
the state and the one most likely t
upbuild and preserve the new repuf
lies.
Urkainians Declare for Pope.-Th
| 'Nouvelles Religieuses' of France
publishes some very interesting infol
nation in regard to religious life il
the Ukraine. sThe most characters
tic trait at the present time,' it says
is the movement of the clergy an
the people to free themselves iron
the influence of the Muscovite pa
triarchs and to found nationa
Ukrainian Church. This movement
widespread throughout the whole o
Ukraine, but especially active in tn
provinces of Cherson and Tauride
The faithful of entire parishes deman
the Ukrainization of the old Church
that is to say, the Introduction of tn
Ukrainian tongue in the liturgy an,
in religious instruction. In severa
localities the schismatic priests ar
forced to omit the prayer for the Rus
sian patriarchs during the service, an
to preach in the Ukrainian language
An ecclesiastical congress was calle
at Cherson to discuss these question
and to agree on the foundation of
national church, but after a debat
which lasted two days the congress
decided that the Ukrainian churcl
should be Independent of Russia an
united with the Pope; that the syno
of the Ukrainian Church should b
dependent upon the Metropolitan @
Galicia, Mgr. Andrew Szeptycky, {
the Greco-Catholic Church, that tn
Church books should be translated b
the Galician monks of the Order q
Saint Basil Ca Ukrainian Greco Catl
Ollie ORDER; and that the help Z
these same monks would be demande
to reform the Ukrainian monasterie'
| These resolutions were voted unan
mously."