The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-19
OLD WORLD NEWS

Cardinals Baggage Stolen: Five
pieces of Cardinal Bourne's baggage
were stolen between Lake Como and
Milan. The Italian police have search
ed fruitlessly for the missing articles,
it is said.
Vatican and the ayr: The Vatican
is receiving depressing reports regard
ing the propaganda which the Y. M.
c. A. is conducting against the Church
in the territories where it was intro
duced during the war, as in Austria,
Czecho-Slovakia and Serbia. The Holy
Father is deeply grieved, and wishes
America to know how the Y NJ C. A.
employs it's activity in ruthless fight
against Catholicism.
Anglican Chaplain Convert: The
Rev. Roland Tudor, chaplain to the
nuns of the Episcopal Convent, Dun
dee, Scotland, has made his submis-
sion to the Church. He was received
at the Benedictine Abbey at Fort Au-
gustus. He is graduate of Durham
University, ana prior to going to Dun
dee, labored in missionary work in
the Western Highlands of Scotland
Golden Jubilee: 1t is planned to OBJ
serve appropriately the fiftieth ami
versary of the founding of the Socie-
ty of Italian Catholic Youth. On this
occasion it is hoped there will be held
in Rome a great assembly to transfer
in solemn procession the remains of
Pope Leo XIII from their temporary
sepulture in st. Peter Basilica to
the tomb already constructed in the
pliance with the deceased pontiff' S
wishes. This project has not yet re-
ceived approval, but it is being con-
sidered with great favor by the Vati-
can.
Holy Fathers Letter on Austra's
Plight: Pope Benedict's recent letter
to Cardinal Gasparri, in which the
Sovereign Pontiff requested the Papal
| Secretary of State to bring to the at
tention of the diplomats accredited to
| the Holy See the grievous plight of
Austria and make appropriate repre-
sensations to their respective govern
ments, has produced favorable COM
ment and brought practical results.
DR.. Ludwig Pastor, Austria's Deputy
Ambassador to the Vatican, has cred
tied the Holy Fathers letter with a
very helpful influence, and the secu-
lar as we'll as the Catholic press of
Italy and other European countries
has applauded the Pope's benevolent
act and praised the sentiment which
| inspired him.
Not to Commander Convent: Pro-
tests by Archbishop Kordae and de-
predatory statement by Miss Alice
Masaryk, daughter of President Mas
aryk, have temporarily halted the at
tempt of the Government Housing
Commission to commander the con-
vent occupied by the Barnabite Nuns
In the Hradcany, near the presidential
palace. Certain premises near the
presidential quarters in the Hradcany,
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fees are situated, are to be vacated
for the greater comfort and security
of the Presidents household. Arch
bishop Kordac promptly and vigor-
ously protested against the proposal
to dispossess the nuns He showed
that they do all the washing and mend
ing OF linens for the various churches
of Prague. The Government then
withdrew its claims on the convent
Miss Masaryk, president of the
Czecho-Slovak Red Cross, also an
nounced the unwillingness of that or
ganization to accept the use of any
converts or ecclesiastical buildings.
Preparing English Women for Vot-
| ing: Teaching women how to use the
vote is new work undertaken by
| Lady Edmund Talbot, wife of Lord
Edmund Talbot, who holds the high
rank of Deputy Earl Marshal of Eng.
land during the minority of his neph.
eW, the young Duke of Norfolk. Lady
Edmund Talbot is the eldest daughter
OF the seventh Earl of Abingdon. She
IS they founder of the Catholic Social
Union clubs for girls in London and
Sheffield, and has taken prominent
part in Catholic settlement work in
the East End of London, where among
other things she has founded school
clinic. The Talbots are Unionists in
politics, and the new organization oil
which Lady Edmund Talbot is the
head. is organizing the women voters
of the Unionist Party.
Apostolic Visitors: The solicitation
OF Pope Benedict XIV for the welfare
of all mart & of tho Ch.,rol, l,a. Ioxl Lie