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

Holiness to revive the Papal practicet
of sending out Apostolic Visitors.
Within the past year or two Apostolic
Visitors have been sent from the Holy
See to Poland, Egypt, Mesopotamia,
the Caucasus, China and other places, |
with the most beneficial results to
the spread of the Catholic religion.
The Holy Father now turning his
kindly eye towards the Churches OF
the North, has sent Mgr. Van deepen,
Bishop of Hertogenbosch in Holland,
to visit in the name of the Holy See
the Churches of Norway, Sweden, and
Denmark. The three Scandinavian
countries are governed from Propa-
ganda, and under the supervision of
Wears Apostolic. The Vicar Apostol-
ic of Sweden, Mgr. Bitter, is native
of Germany; so, too, is the Vicar Apos-
tolic of Denmark, Mgr. Van Euch, an
aged prelate now in his seth year.
Mgr Fallize, Vicar Apostolic of Nor
way, is a Luxemburger and now Is
years of age.
Exclusion OF Pope is BIunder: The
Bishop of Limerick, DR.. Mailman, calls
attention to the consequences of the
exclusion of the Pope, the represen-
tative of the Prince of Peace, from
the Peace Conference. The seeds, not
of future peace, but of more destruc-
tive wars are being planted. The
principles of justice, truth, and char
ity have been forgotten, and those of
selfishness, jealousy, and mutual dis
trust have taken their place. Com
mercial and national rivalries have
supplanted the ideals for which it was
proclaimed the war was fought. Yet,
observes the Prelate, the whole world
today is converging towards the Vat
lean. When the Papacy was robbed
of it's temporal attributes fifty years
ago, cry of triumph went forth from
the enemies of the Church that it had
ceased to exist 1t was-but it would
be no more. Vain was the victory.
| The world is slowly realizing that
Might has still to reckon with Right.
That moral fact looms larger every
hour, now that the alliances formed in
/ the stress of battle are going to pieces
under the solvent of conflicting am
| billions.
| Catholic Press in Foreign Lands:
From it's foreign correspondents the
National Catholic Welfare Councils
News Service has gathered large
amount of exceptionally interesting
| facts and figures relative to the Cath
Ollie press in other countries. One OF
the surprising features of this inves
| devastation of the war in many of the
countries from which this information
was secured, the Catholic press in
such countries is particularly rich in
the possession of powerful daily papers
Germany, for example, has no less
than 277 Catholic dailies; Austria has
10; Belgium has 81; Ireland 4; France
has Is distinctively Catholic dailies
and large number of others that car
be classed as Catholic in their sym
pathies remarkable example O.
journalistic enterprise is furnished by
Holland where the Catholic population
is in great minority, numbering be
tween two and three millions, in to
tai population of some six millions
who profess the Catholic faith. Yet
Holland has no less than 26 Catholic
dailies and "a vigorous Catholic week
4 lies. Even Mexico can show no les:
than 80 daily newspapers classifiablt
as Catholic, and the Catholics of thu
Province of Quebec can proudly poin
to no less than ten Catholic dailies
one of which is the paper of larges
circulation in all of Canada.
| French Boy Scouts: Boy scoutins
under Catholic leadership in France
: / far from supplanting the Association
!, of the French Catholic Youth, is work
ing alongside and cooperating with it
according to NJ. Georges Goyau, on,
of the leaders of the movement TIL,
Catholic boy scouts of France have i;
distinctive organization of their own
This Catholic federation binds togeth
er associations that have been formed
in Paris and throughout the country
enables lads to work out the ideal o
: Christian charity with the energies o
youth, makes it's rule of conduct tn,
observance of the Ten Command
: ments, recognizes God in nature, ant
!, thereby cultivates love of plants ant
, animals, urges the practice of thrift
and prompts it's members to be pur,
in thought and word and action. TIL,
spirit which animates the summer ex
: petitions, which are based ON tn,
models furnished by American DO,
!, scouts, is well illustrated in the fol
: lowing prayer offered up by the scout
master in planting the camp: "Christ
!, my Lord and my Chief, Who has
chosen me in spite of my weakness t
J be chief and guardian of my brothe
scouts, grant that my word may be
!, light to their PATH that l may SHOW
!, them Thy Divine imprint in the worl,
Thou has created. Teach them TIL,
holy law, and lead them on to Thee