The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-08-05
OLD WORLD NEWS

SoSldi REFORM Observation-Disclosures
by conditions which are said to be de-
stroying the moral fibre of England,
leaders in many walks of public life
will meet in London next October in
an international conference. It seeks
to re-establish the family and home as
the sole basis of national welfare and
would fight against "the canker of
free love-" said to be so malignant
throughout the world today. A stimuli
taneous appeal will be made to civic
and religious leaders in the United
States.
Rebuild Destroyed Church.-The
Annamites offered to the French gov
eminent to aid some village which had
been devastated by the war, and re-
membering that Mgr. Pigneau de Be-
haine. missionary Bishop in the
XVIII century, had been the great
benefactor of AMMAN, they adopted in
preference to all others the native vii
lage of the prelate, Origny-en-Thie-
rache in the st. Quentin district. They
presented large sum for the recon-
struction Of the church. Mgr. Pigneau
de Behaine was the great uncle of M.
Raoul Peret, the present president of
the Chamber Of Deputies. When he
was building chapels in AMMAN, the
great prelate certainly never foresaw
that one day the Annamites, including
majority of Confucianists, would in
their turn rebuild the devastated
church of his own village.
Priests From AIsace Visit Paris
| Sixty pastors from towns and villages
| OF Alsace have been visiting Paris
where they have received many at.
tentions from the clergy and faithful.
The religious edifices of the capital
were visited in detail under the guild
| ance Of psychologists, and many
phases of social work were explained
to them by the directors of various
Catholic clubs and institutions for
working classes. An official recep-
| ton was rendered the visiting priests
| by the Hotel de Vile of Paris, and
the president welcomed them to the
Elysee Palace. On this occasion, M.
Millerand recalled how happy he had
been over the relations he had with
| the clergy while he was High Com.
missioner in Alsace. He promised to
| insure respect for all the advantages
enjoyed by the Alsacians and to be
the first to intervene in case any at
tempt might be made to withdraw
them.
Missioner Given Automobile.-If
| there is happy priest in Algeria, it
| is the pastor of Aumale. When he
| opened his door the other day, he
found standing before it beautiful
new automobile, fully equipped, which
| had been delivered to him with all
charges paid. The story is as follows:
Some time ago, traveller fell serious.
priest. He was told that there was
no priest nearer than Aumale, 1875 xii.
| ometers away. "Has the pastor of
Aumale an automobile?" he asked
NO, he has nothing but a motorcy.
| cle," was the answer. We'll, if get
WCAA, i oAd11 Give u1Nu oil
The traveller recovered and went to
Aumale, where he informed the priest
of the promise he had made. And
| now the pastor of Aumale is the proud
owner of handsome automobile in
which during the past three weeks he
has already travelled over 800 kilome.
tiers in the service of his missions.
Pope lnnocent's Forest.-The site
of the Etruscan city Of Fregene, which
flourished twenty centuries ago on
the shores of the Mediterranean and
near which virgin forest of Roman
pine was planted in 1878 by Pope In
nocent XII, is to be made an immense
pleasure resort for French, English
/, and American visitors, according to an
announcement made in Rome on be-
half Of American, English and Italian
capitalists. Fregene, according to
one Of the promoters, will be q com
bination Of Atlantic City and Monte
Carlo, with bathing establishments, a
race track and other amusements. In
| this connection, it is interesting 70
note that Pope Innocent was one Of