The Catholic bulletin., 1921-01-08
tero Offamilio, or Walter OF the Mill,
who was archbishop Of Palermo at
fhir noriod Il !. - 1.

IA Bishop ktlteo.-A DOHD was
thrown among members of the Rou-
manian senate, recently, shortly after
it had assembled, and Mr.. Grecceanu,
member of the ministry and Bishop
Demetrio Radu, of Nagy-Varad, were
killed, says a Central News dispatch
from Bucharest. Another minister,
M. Saleanu; Gen. Coanda. two Bish-
OBS and several other members of the
senate were dangerously wounded. A
large number of others were slightly
hurt.
Cathedral Provost Deported.-The
Polish government has ordered Dr..
Schroter OF Pilplin, Provost of the
Cathedral of Kuhn in Gnesen, to be
+, transported across the Polish border.
The ordersrsof the government were
carried out without any previous in
timation to the Bishop of Kuhn. who
has protested against the action of
the secular authorities. The Polish
government has also ordered the re-
patriation to Germany of the regent
of the episcopal seminary and the
dean of the episcopal chancery.
Black Priest Received by King A.
bert.-Before leaving for Brazil, King
Albert gave audience to Mgr. Roelens,
of the White Fathers, Religious-Supe.
rior of Belgian Upper Congo. His
lordship was accompanied by the first
native priest, Father Kooze, born on
the banks of the Lake of Tanganika
in 1886, and ordained priest in July,
1917. The White Fathers possess two
Seminaries, the first having been
| founded some 20 years ago, and the
course of studies of both comprising
a curriculum of 16 years. When they
| have terminated their studies, the
young candidates to the priesthood
are sent for some time on trial to
a mission post" and, once judged
sufficiently trained and tried, are
called back to the seminary, where
they stop one more year for the i'm
mediate preparation for Holy Orders
At present the seminary in Lusaka
has AZ students, while the one in
Baldwin" Town has seven.
i In Passion Play Town.-The yule
tide found Oberammergau on the eve
of plebiscite of the Elders to de
termine whether, in their opinion, the
Christian spirit is widespread enough
} in the world to make it possible fol
, them to enact the Passion Play II
! 1922. The Oberammergau peasants
portray the sufferings and death o
Jesus Christ in fulflment of vow
made by the villagers in 1884 to enac
=, the Passion Play every ten years al
II an expression of gratitude for having
been spared from plague The las
presentation of the Passion Play wa:
, in 1910, the peasants being unable tt
: present it in 1920 because of the un
) settled condition of the world. The
peasants Of Oberammergau are con
siderably divided as to the advisable
, ity of attempting the presentation Sc
/ soon. Many prefer to wait until 1924
: Brilliant Spanish Function. A
series of brilliant ecclesiastical func
i. tins has marked the Inauguration oi
the new seminary for foreign missions
which has been founded by the Arch
bishop of Burgos in Spain. The cere
mony of Inauguration was presided
over by the Papal Nuncio to Spain
Mgr. Ragonesi, who was supported by
the Spanish Minister of Justice, rep
J. resenting the King of Spain and the
Spanish government. A company
from the regiment of San Marcial
mounted guard of honor for the
Nuncio on his arrival at the railway
depot, with band and regimental col
ors. Among the secular authorities
. present at the ceremony were the civil
, and military governors of the prov
! ince, the mayor of Burgos with the
, municipal council, delegates of the
, municipal and provincial bodies, the
, magistrates, parliamentary deputies
i. and representatives of all the civil SO
J cieties.
Catholics Alone Are constructive.-
In the midst of attempts and rumor
of attempts to bring an understanding
: about between the government an
the Irish Republicans, it is apparen
that little that is positive and cor
: structive has come forth from othe
than purely Catholic quarters. TIL
2 proposal of the Archbishop of Tuar
: for truce of God was an entirel
. constructive document. The mantle!
!. to addressed to the Prime Ministe
. by the British Catholic Committee fo
Reconciliation and which called for a
immediate cessation of reprisals, wit
the recognition Of Ireland as an equs
. partner with an equal voice in defi1
ing the terms of partnership was ais
: constructive. The pleas of Cardins
Bourne for the withdrawal of tn
armed forces Of the Crown and fo
placing in the hand of the legitimat
= and responsible Republicans the tas
of maintaining public peace in Irelan
: was extremely practical. Above th
voice of the politicians and politics
u interests, who will see to it, as far a
they are able, that there shall not
. satisfactory settlement, and abov