The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-06-24
OLD WORLD NEWS


sity of Tuebingen. noted as center
If Protestant learning, this year has
Catholic rector. in the person of the
Rev. DR.. Rohr, whose inaugural ad-
dress dealt with The Influence of
the Ideas of Jesus Christ in the Re-
construction Period of 1872" with spe-
cial reference TO the teachings Of
Fichte, Scheiermacher and Goerres.
Procession outdoors.-A mammoth
procession was recently held in Bir-
mingham, England, in honor of st.
Chad, Bishop Of Lichfield, Apostle Of
the Midlands and Patron of this Sec
ton. The sacred relics of the saint
were solemnly carried through the
streets, and Pontifical High Mass cell
ebrated at st. Chad's cathedral. Many
medieval ceremonies were observed
in connection with the procession.
ireland Honors Eminent Authors
The Rev. Patrick Boylan of Maynooth
college has had conferred on him the
degree of Doctor of Literature by the
Senate of the National University of
Ireland. Father Boylan is professor
of Old Testament Science and Orien-
tai languages and is author of many
He is a collaboration in the projected
Egyptian lexicon of the Prussian Acad-
envy of Sciences. The National uni
versity has also announced the award
of the prize in Irish historical research
to Mr. George OBrien, the author of
"The Economic History of Ireland"
International Role Of Papacy.-A
public lecture on the international role
of the Papacy, given in Geneva by
Father de la Briere, was attended by
many Professionals and by several mem
bers of the sections of the League of
Nations. The talk, which attracted
much attention, also dealt with the
desirability of collaboration between
the League Of Nations and the Holy
See. The different ways in which this
collaboration might be possible were
methodically examined by the lee
turer, who first pointed out the enor-
nous benefits obtained through the
different diplomatic interventions Of
| the last three Popes in the cause of
peace, charity and the community of
peoples. Father de la Briere taught
the Christian principles of Interna.
tional Law at the Catholic Institute OF
Paris.
Pope Sends Approval Of Catholic
Scouts.-Cardinal Gasparri, Papal
Secretary of State, has sent to Canon
Corvette, founder and chaplain-gen-
eral of the National Catholic Fedora
tion of Scouts. a letter which definite
ly accredits this organization. Cardi-
nal Gasparri writes: "The paternal
solicitude of the Holy Father extends
most particularly to the training of
disciplined youth on whom the most
optimistic hopes are founded. His
Holiness therefore sends you his au-
gust encouragement, and expresses the
wish that your association, under the
patronage of the Bishops of France,
may extend more and more it's fruit.
full action and thus contribute singu.
larly toward the realization by your
valiant country, in the future as in
the past, Of the noble motto of your
ancestors: Costa Del per Frances"
Cardinal Praised for Work.-High
tribute to the power of Cardinal
Bourne in gathering the Catholic
forces of England into an effective
unit for the defense of the faith was
paid by Sir Charles Russell, Bart, who
was among the distinguished speak
ers, on the occasion of the episcopal
jubilee of His Eminence. 1--WE do not
forget" he said, "the great and in
spring fight he put up, which did not
cease when the fight was temporarily
won, and in November, 1906, the Cath
Ollie Federation was founded. That
federation had two objects in view
to organize the great strength of Cath
kolics throughout England in a man
ner effective for fighting for Catholic
essentials, and to encourage Catho-
lies to abandon their traditional hab-
its of retirement and come out and
take their proper place in public life"
Lithuania Schools Facing Crisis
A conference of the bishops of Lithu-
ania was held at Kaunas for the pur.
pose of considering the delimitation
of the various sees, the creation of
new sees, the adjustment of certain
forms Of worship to conform with
Church regulations and many other
important questions. The Apostolic
Delegate, Mgr. Zecchini, was present.
The schools of Lithuania are passing
through crisis. From every part of
the country complaints are heard
against the action of socialist and
atheistic government officials. Accord
ing to the paper, "Laisvai," the gov
eminent inspector for the Kaunas
district has aroused great antagonism
among the people by advocating the
study of the Darwinian theory and by
ordering that the customary prayers
said before and after school hours be
shortened.
Students Increase in Germany
Recent reports show that the German
universities, which had total of co.
600 students at the beginning of the
war, had $1,000 in the summer of 1921.
The latter figure was 5000 below the
number of students in these UNIVERSE
ties in 1919. Students in the Catho-
lie theological departments Of the uni
l