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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
TRIBUTE Of GOVERNMENT

President Hardfng's condolences on
the death of Pope Benedict were dis
patched Sunday by Secretary Hughes
to Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary
Of state.
Deeply regretting to learn of the
demise Of his Holiness Benedict Ky"
the message said, the president de-
sires me to express to your eminence
profound condolences. His humanity,
his promotion Of peace as we'll as his
kindly spirit and great learning, won
for him place in the hearts of men,
everywhere. His death will be deeply
mourned throughout the United
States
Governor Preus, commenting on the
death of Pope Benedict, issued this
statement:
"Pope Benedict was universally .e-
vered and respected by the people of
this country regardless of their church
affiliations and creeds. He was not
only great leader of great church
and a capable executive, but a states.
man as well. His efforts in behalf
of world peace have earned him a
prominent place in the history of the
world and his death is mourned by al!
our nation"
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information. The utmost speed is used
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information. The utmost speed is used
in despatching this information.
TO simplify matters for those seek
ing information it has been arranged
to handle letters written in any lam
guage Translators quickly review
letters in foreign languages and set
down the facts for the guidance of
the other members of the bureau.
''The greatest care is exercised in
safeguarding these letters so that
they will reach their destination in
Rome, although it is possible for
some to go astray because of war
conditions. Such letters may be adj
dressed in three different ways, name
ly, to the Pope, to the Papal Secre-
tary and to the Director of the Blu
reau for Missing Soldiers. All are
equally effective.
ITO facilitate the handling of the
cases the following facts are re-
CURED: Name of the soldier, rank,
regiment and date on which he was
missed. 1t is also good plan to send
the most recent photograph Of the
missing soldier. Another requirement
| is the clearly written name and adj
dress of the inquirer.
when the above details are re-
ceived the machinery of the. Vatican
is set in motion, with the result that
information about the missing sol
der is generally secured within a rea-
Isonable time
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
FACTS ABOUT BENEDICT XIV.

his fathers permission to study for
the Church. His public career is well
known, and, perhaps, the highest
tribute to his nobility of soul and
greatness of character is that what
ever Office he filled he won the love
of those he governed.
Until he was appointed "sostituto,"
Mgr. della Chiesa lived in Rome in a
house in the piazza SAINT 'Eustachio,
right in the middle of the city, Qppo-
site the Cancelleria, where much of
the ecclesiastical activity of Rome
centers. SAINT 'Eustachio is a busy
and heavily populated parish, and the
pastoral work, which the present Pope
did there in those days, is not forgot
ten. In the confessional and in the
pulpit, his work was not only indie
fatigable, but it was imbued with the
spirituality which brought great
lfruits--the same spirituality which
endeared him, in the higher sphere,
to his people in the great See of b.
logna.
When Archbishop della Chiesa was
| made a cardinal, the Bolognesi decid-
ed that they must do something for
him. Accordingly public subscrip-
| ton was taken up, and they presented
! to the cardinal fine motor car This
paid for, they had a balance of about
800 lire ($100), which they were at a
loss as how to spend They asked the
cardinals advice.
Give it to me-" he said, 'for | have
| been obliged to run into debt on this
OCCASION
Which was quite true. The eXpens-
es of installation as cardinal are
heavy, and Cardinal Chiesa was poor
and generous. No needy person was
ever turned away from his door. So
he had more urgent use for that
money than anyone else.
Benedict was q man of the broadcast
| culture. He had painted some relig-
ious pictures. He wrote poetry in Lat
! in and in Italian. He could talk
equally well on sports, military affairs,
history, philosophy, art and literature.
That he was thoroughly up-to-date IN
his reading is proved by the story of
a Bologna journalist, who relates that
| at a reception after a lecture on Val.
| entina Bistolfi, he repeated the lines:
per la memorial pia di Valentino
Che fedele al suo lutto patir volea,'
| when the cardinal interrupted with:
| "Ah! dAnnunzios lines. 1t is the
| song of Eleanor of France. A great
| song, that
| But Benedict XIV was not the first
| pope to read d'Annunzio. Leo XIII
was a great admirer of that poet and
often expressed regret that he did not
put his genius to better use.
! The pope was accustomed to talk
| standing. Often he held his slender
aristocratic hands hidden in the peck.
cts of his cassock. He had a way
of suddenly twisting his head and
looking fiXedly at the ceiling or out
of the windows, then as suddenly con
centrating upon his interlocutor the
large .spectacles that magnified the
glistening black pupils behind.
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HOLY FATHERS PEACE EFFORTS

On July %, 1915, he entreated them
to consider calmly the just aspira-
lions of all peoples and to satisfy
them in such measure as to end
this war and all other wars.
On August 1, 1917, he made con-
| crete proposals which might be taken
as the basis of peace discussion.
which were hailed with derision by
the British press, which were taken
up almost literally and adopted by
President Wilson and then Landed to
the skies by the same honest and
truthful and honorable British press.
The principles now being discussed
in the disarmament conference in
Washington were first enumerated by
Benedict XIV.
The fundamental point urged by the
Pope was that the moral forces of
right and justice must take the place
of arms; for on this foundation alone
can permanent and just peace be
built up in the world
His detailed suggestions were:
Disarmament Essential.
1. Disarmament and the abolition
of CONSUMPTION which imposes an un-
bearable burden on free men.
2. Arbitration which should be pre-
pared to adjust questions of right and
to see that justice would be done to
all peoples.
5. The freedom of the seas, which
are the natural roadways for com
| merce, given by God to the whole
| world. -N+z
4. Reciprocal conformation of losses
which would be compensated by the
| advantages of the disarmament which
| would free the world from intolerabla
| taxation.
5. Reparation of injuries where de-
manded by justice.
| 6. Restoration of all occupied ter
ritory.
7. Settlement of territorial prob
! lens by conciliatory agreements
which must take into account the just
| aspirations of the people. ~
s. Settlement in accordance with
| right and justice of all other political
and territorial questions.
These were the heads of the Pope's
suggestions. For them he was de-
nounced in the lying Harmsworth
| press and it's satellites here as pro-
German, while six months later Presi-
dent Wilson was praised for announc-
| ing these same principles.
| The peace aimed at by the Pope is
not the peace imposed by might on 4
crushed people who will nourish the
seeds of hatred in their minds. 1t is
peace for the weak as we'll as for
| the. strong, peace in conformity
with the law of God upon which all
social prosperity is based. 1t is a
| peace which takes into account the
| just aspirations of peoples and re-
! presses the prepotence and tyranny
of those who have been the cause of
all wars. 1t is peace which would
restore the reign of charity and make
the world secure for civilization once
| more.
| considering what we have recalled
| in this article with what right did the
Pope say: What more could ! have
done for my Vineyard.
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BENEDICT XIV REVIVED AND FOS.
TERED VARIOUS ARTS-TAP
ESTRY STUDIOS WONDER OF
WoRLD-INTEREs I'M Gaia.
COMBS AND ANCIENT AR.
cHIVES.

A writer recently described Pope
Benedicts interest in art as follows:
/ Pope Benedict, since his accession
to the throne, has not only come to
be recognized as one of the foremost
statesmen of the world, but through
many distinctive activities has gained
celebrity as patron Of the arts and
sciences.
His Holiness interest in archaeology
was manifested in his purchase of ex.
tensive strips of ground in two parts
of the Roman catacombs, which will
be restored, thanks to a donation from
the Vatican, under the direction OF
Professor Marucchi. Also under the
direction of the Pontiff, Cardinal Gas
quet has undertaken to secure the re
turn to the Vatican library of many
important documents which were Ions
ago taken away. Through a favorable
exchange with the Italian state ar
chives, invaluable ancient manu-
scripts have already been returned.
The Holy Father also has inspired
the Vatican galleries to undertake
reproductions of the hitherto unpub
lished maps painted towards the enc
of the sixteenth century by st. Da
mascus, and has ordered Vatican
astronomers to continue the work or
the preparation of Photographic maps
of the heavens to be published in the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
BRIEF SUMMARY OF ATTEMPTS
MADE BY BENEDICT XIV TO
BRING BELLIGERENTS TO
TERMS - DISARMAMENT PRO-
POSED BY PoPE-REJEcTED BY
TISH-LAUDED AS COMING
FROM WILSON.

Three principles, the Holy Father
told us himself, guided him in his
actions during the late war: %
A perfect impartiality towards all i;
CD an earnest zeal to help as far as
possible and to do whatever good lay
in his power for all, irrespective of
creed or nationality: (3) indefatigable
efforts to induce the belligerents to
come together and enter upon calm
deliberations which might lead to a
lasting peace.
We know how nobly he abded by
those principles, and how, in spite of
the insults of those who could not
understand fair play or impartiality,
he continued to labor for all until
none but those malignant enemies of
Christianity, who live by eliminating
the living and the dead, were blind
any longer to the magnificent serv-
ices rendered to humanity by the
Pope.
The Pope is the Father of all Cath
olics, no matter of what nationality
He is bound to love them all as his
children. Even when they quarrel
among themselves he still remains
the common Father of Christendom.
On this truth was founded his impair
TALLY, from which he did not depart
even to please those angry Protestant
ranters who repaid all his goodness
by vile insults. We have already
h0U f,,nnh hn nffnnfn1 fnp a
prisoners of all countries and how
successfully he interfered for the
maintenance Of justice.
His beneficent interference was
only possible because of his impair
TALLY which was recognized by all
Had he not been impartial, his pro.
posals would have been summarily re-
jected by the belligerents and he
could not have done for his vineyard
what he did do.
Among the steps taken by the Holy
Father for the promotion of peace, his
exhortations to universal prayer must
be named first. He issued various
encyclicals and DEGREES exhorting the
Catholic world to undertake crusade
of prayer for the speedy and happy
termination of the carnage. He com.
posed special prayer which was cir.
culated throughout the world, and he
had a special invocation to Mary
Queen of Peace, inserted in the Lit.
any.
Notably on three occasions he sol
EMMY invited the governments to en-
deavor to end the war by reasonable
| methods instead of pursuing the bar
barous slaughter so unworthy of civ
ilized beings.
On September s, 1914, in his appeal
to the Catholic world for prayers he
addressed the rulers of the nations
imploring them to agree to make ar
end of the war and bloodshed
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
SAD BEFORE r TINE
WOULD STOP PRE-LENT FESTiv-
tiles IN GERMANY.

The German Government has been
asked to forbid the annual pre-Lent
carnivals which for four days are held
in many South German and Rhineland
cities. Complaint is made that the
carnival season is too frivolous and
impoverishes the population, which
cannot refrain from participating.
During these carnivals, the whole
population of country and city parade
the streets, dance, throw confetti,
blow whistles and feast. 1t is neces-
sary to purchase tickets for the res
taurants in advance and all stores are
closed for the four days.
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THE MISSING SOLDIERS
THE POPE'S BUREAU FOR MIS-.
SING PRISONERS OF WAR
ESTABLISHED IN 1914-ONLY
CENTER FOR SUCCESSFUL
ICAN-OF PRACTICAL VALUE
TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIGHT
ING IN FRANCE.

The New York Sum-" in 1917, gave
his interesting account Of the Pope's
Bureau for Missing Soldiers. 1t soon
lad practical value for many of our
Boys in France. Soon after the great
battles of 1914, the Pope instituted the
bureau to discover the whereabouts
OF prisoners of war. The Vatican was
the only center for the success of
such work. The Sun says:
'The bureau for missing soldiers
established by Pope Benedict XIV car
ries on a work whose magnitude is
not generally appreciated. It's pur
pose is to search for missing sol
diers and put them in touch with rela.
tives and friends. This is done with
out charge or gratuities of any kind
From the number of letters re-
ceived at the bureau, the vast amount
OF work done in tracing missing sol
diers can be realized. 1t is not un
usual for upward of 1000 letters to be
received in day, and as the work
progresses the mail becomes heavier
Under the direction of an Ameri
can priest the letters are opened by
a force of priests and laymen, who
gather at the bureau and devote two
hours day each to the work. TIC
relieve the anxiety of those who write
to the bureau an acknowledgment is
Immediately sent to each writer
Those who write letters to the bureau
and fail to receive acknowledgements
may assume that their letters have
miscarried. 1t was the special wish oil
the Pope that acknowledgements
should be sent, the Pontiff realizing
that much anxiety would be obviated
If the. writer's knew their letters ha(
been delivered
The meetings of the priests ant
laymen who have this work under
their direction are held in the Vati
can. Their work is to examine the
letters, pick out the salient facts ant
send them in concise form to variou.
parts of Europe.
When the whereabouts of a miss
ing soldier have been discovered hi!
address is Immediately forwarded tt
his family or to those who write fol
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28

Teaching Of evolution as it re-
lates to the origin Of man would
be forbidden in any school, coun-
ty, grade, city, high school, col
lege or university which receives
support wholly or in part from
the state, under a bill introduced
in the House of Representatives
by Representative Ellis of Barren
county, Ky. The measure forbids
teaching Of "Darwinism, atheism
agnosticism or evolution as it per.
tains to the origin Of man.. The
bill provides that any professor OF
teacher who teaches any of the
prescribed subjects shall be sub
ject to fine Of $50 to $500 OF
from ten days to one year in jai
or both. for each offense.
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K. C. ISSUES WARNING
BOGUS AGENTS IMPOSE ON CRED.
,ULoUs PEOPLE.

William J. mckinley, Supreme Sec
rotary of the Knights of Columbus,
has issued a general warning against
what appears to be a group of bogus
"joiners' operating in various parts
of the country. Their stock in
trade he states, sis simply insignia
buttons of various fraternal organiza-
tions, such as the Masons; Knights of
Columbus, Elks, etc. We have evi.
dence that one man who applied for
and received assistance from a K. OF
G. council on the plea that he was a
stranded knight of Columbus ap.
preached Masons with the plea that
he was a stranded Mason. Similar
complaints have been received from
many different points.
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POPE PATRON OF ART
firth volume OF the astrographlc cata.
Revival of Tapestry.

MIN volume Oh the aSLFOBfapHlc cdI3"
logne.
Revival Of Tapestry.
r But perhaps the most interesting,
artistic or scientific work sponsored
by this many-sided Pontiff is the re-
vival of the ancient industry of tap
estry-making, for many centuries a
pride Of tho Vatican, and which was
under the patronage of successive
Pontiffs for centuries, but which
gradually fell into neglect, until. I'M
der Plus X, it was almost forgotten.
The present Pontiff had been on the
throne only a short time when he
set about to reopen the pontifical
school and factory of tapestries, plac-
ing the old papal mint at it's disposal.
Under the guidance of the late Pro-
lessor Gentili and the supervision OF
Monsignor Tedeschini,' girls were
taught the art of embroidering tapes
tries, one of the first elaborate sets
designed being for the Sistine Chapel.
The Vatican tapestries are the
most beautiful in existence, the Sala
degli AraZzi receiving it's name from
the vast framed Flemish tapestries
which decorate it's walls, the cartoons
for ten of which were made by Raph-
ael at a time when such work was
the pride of Italian needlewomen.
There are twenty-seven famous tap
estries in the Sala, woven of silk,
wool and gold threads by Van Orlav
and Van Coxis in Brussels. RaphaeHs
pupils, PENN and Perrin del Vaga, ex-
ecuted twelve Of the designs in ac-
cordance with the smaller sketches
Of their master, while five are of a
more recent date.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
INTIMATE GLlMPsEs or. LATE
HOLY FATHER-FATHER DES-
TINED HIM FOR BAR - HIS
FRUITFUL PARocHIAL, WORK
IN HONEYWELL READ ON WIDE
VARIETY OF TOPICS.

When a man rises to prominence
and distinction in the world it is nat
ural that all should wish to know as
much about him as is available, but
when he becomes the successor OF st.
Peter and takes his place as the srl.
preme 'dignitary of the Catholic
Church, the interest in his person and
personality becomes profound.
Thebfollowing stray notes have been
gathered from various sources and
should prove profitable to all inter.
ested in the lives of great men.
Pope Benedict XIV, known before
| as Giacomo della Chiesa, was born
| near Genoa. His mothers family had
given a pope to the Church $40 years
before in the person of Innocent XII,
who had also been a bishop OF 30
| logna
Giacomo was so delicate at birth
| that he was baptized Immediately in
his home, and for some time there
were grave fears that he would not
live. The Pope's eldest brother, Vice
Admiral Giovanni Antonio, related
some facts about the Holy Fathers
youth. AS a boy he was so fond OF
study that his parents feared for his
health and sent him away to a farm
at Pegli to amuse himself and grow
strong working in a garden. A spe
| cial object of Giacomo's care was a
palm tree, now pointed to with pride
in the corner of the garden. MOntal
do, the farmer, the intimate friend
and companion of the future Pope all
his life, described how great his affec
ton was for the tree; even when he
was Archbishop of Bologna, every
time he visited the farm he would
ask, We'll, how is my palm?' HE
used to ask me about it," said his old
friend, "as if it were a living thing
He would gaze a long time at it and
stroke it's leaves. 1t almost appeared
as if he were talking to it, The
archbishop spent many hours with his
friend, and the farmhouse is full OF
souvenirs of his visits there-includ
ing many photographs. In one picture
he is surrounded by his peasant
friends who loved him dearly. Mon
taldo tells not only of his noble
guests love Of gardening but of that
greatest of all loves that was to be
the guiding power of his life. The
boy Giacomo was never so happy as
when he was making little affairs and
preaching. The windows of his room
looked right over the sea, and stand
ing at it, as though in a pulpit, he
would declaim aloud to the clouds
Even when the sea was very rough
his voice rose above the roar.
The boys father had in mind tt
make lawyer of him, but Giacomo's
choice had been made, and when the
family moved to Rome he obtained
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
RUN ON BANK
VATICAN SAVES BANK FROM FL
NANCiAL RUIN.

The Vatican stepping in with fnan-
cial aid has rescued the Banca Di
Roma from the difficulties caused by
the suspension of the Banca ltaliana
Di Sconto, says dispatch from Rome.
The Banca Di Roma is closely con-
nected with the Vatican and the Cath
Ollie organizations of the city. 1t is
believed that their assistance has rem
dered the banks position secure. A
run upon the Banca Di Roma followed
the suspension Of the Banca ltaliana
Di ScoRt0.
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ARCHBISHOP GAUTH|ER DIES

Archbishop Charles Hugh Gauthier
of the metropolitan province of Otta-
wa, died January 10. He was IS years
old and one of the best known Cath
Ollie dignitaries in the dominion. He
was born in Alexandria, Ontario, No
vember Is, 1S43. In 1898, he was APP
pointed Bishop of Kingston, and in
1910, he was transferred to the arch
episcopal see of Ottawa.
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There is no telling what man
believes. The other day a promi-
nent physician of Nashville ended
his life by shooting himself
through the heart because she
wanted so much to see his baby
girl that he was going to see her. :"
This is materialistic world. Sci
ence, which admits nothing that
has not been proved, encourages
materialism. Yet the more men
learn, the easier does faith in a
future existence come to them.
But human life is short; we need
be in no great hurry to end what
ends soon enough. Better let ma
ture take it's course.
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Some people are religious like
the old darkey who got up one
night at a revival meeting and
said: Brudders and sisters, you
knows an | knows | amt been
what | oughter been. Use robbed
hen roosts an stole hawgs, an
tole lies, an got drunk, an slash
ed folks wifi nah rasor, an shot
craps, an cussed an swore; but
[ thank de Lord | amt nebber
los NAH religion.
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Education without religious in
struction will lead America
straight to smash Rev. DR..
Frederick Eliot of st. Paul told
members Of the College Women $
Club in an address delivered to
them last week in Minneapolis. His
subject was. Some Helpful Signs
Of Our Modern Education. = "The
American people have got to rise
above the UNCONVENTIONAL handi-
cap and put religion into the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28

An impersonation Of Christ has
been permitted for the first time
on an English stage in the London
production Of Strindberg's sym
bolic play, "Advent. - A 14-year
old girl appeared as the Redeem
err. Dramatic critics are inclined
to take the view that the English
state censorship is broadening in
regard to religious plays, prob
ably owing to the fact that rep
reservations Of Christ have ap-
peared often in the films. &-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-28
CARDINAL SANTOS DIES

Cardinal Almaraz Y Santos, "A
years old, archbishop of Seville, Spain,
died in Madrid last Sunday night.
He was born in 1S47 in Spain. In
1885, she became secretary to the
archbishop of Madrid and was made
archbishop of Seville, April IS, 1907.
He was created cardinal November
q, 1911.
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DIR. Peter J. Late, writing in the
Fortnightly Review, asserts that
the number Of criminal aborti0ns
is more than double the number
Of normal births" This state
ment is made, not by some coun-
try physician, but by a doctor in
the second largest city Of the
country, Chicago. It points the
direction in which the race is tend
ing even among the so-called edu-
Gated people. Is education with
out religion sufficient? What
about even our Catholic people
in this regard?