CATHOLIC NEWS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 17, 23 January 1891, Page 31

CATHOLIC NEWS.

JT It is reported that the great Cathjlic historian of Germany, Dr. vSSlrchi^. 8 " 006^ Her e enrother « **£ * the Ch^I en Si - terß 1018I 018 ' 11 ' left Trent in the last week for the SShTp"- Tbey l ° BOt ° HaDkoW ' in the province of A few days ago Mr William Cavley, Henry Cleveland and Mrs STSIiS M^lK? Wt ° Cath ° hC CtJch &t Wta «>* Yo^' ™>^r?*! itifJU f Stci^. ia the Utle of « vigorously written Catholic th? w £? n ° r £( r° no ™ lc questions published in Pari 8 . It makes gr»mme ™ Labour - day one of the P»°cipal points in its pro " nl? 0 "^ 11^^ telegraphing from the city of Mexico says : LuW ? D ' i" ,N, N " toe 3, Wlll P™*at ia the Chamber of Deputii a bill which, if made aw, will cause three-fourths of the clergy to leave Mexico. Neaily .11 the Catholic churches in Mex.co belong to the Government, and tne bill proposes that only native prie Bts8 ts be allowed Spariuds* PU 8> 7 three - fourthß of priests are The number of persons applying for permission to study and refer to documents in the Tatican Library at Rome have of late become so great^ that the rooms alloted to students have become too etJucted aßC ° nßeqUeD 7 bßd a newreadi °c room conThe non-Catholic Press in Germany has been discussing the position of Protestantism in the Bmpire/ Several new^pers have published articles lamenting the disorganisation and decay of the Sl^&'S^&t* 80 BtrikiDgly with the ener^ ic The German Catholic papers have been calling attention to the negligent way in which the French protectorate of the Holy Places hL^n" 1 ?! 9^ n e " rciße d in late years, and assert thj &SZ has been allowed to make serious encroachments upon the rights possessed by the Catholics for centuries g Lake^S^Canadl"^ 181 " ° k * ta to * eßtablished at The Dominican Fathers are establishing a school of Oriental language and Scriptural studies at Jerusalem wienuu ♦ w M "' Herbert Dickins-w.fe of Rev. Herbert Dickens, chaplain to Warw.ck County Asylum, son of Rev. Dr. Dickens, Vicar of Kms cote, Warwick— has been received into the Cbnrch MoDsigaor Zaleski, who has been sent to India to preside at Goa over a conference of Bishops who are to discoss the quTsuon of reorgamsing the Catbolic dioceses of India, speaks twelve^ languages aettl T?«T n n" 1 " 6 ! 1 ? 38 8 Berious religions question to '^n l^ Governor-General has received a memorial signed by over 10/X)0 Catholics, including Archbiehop Tache, of Winnipeg asking his Government to disallow the Acts passed bj the ManToba' Legislature abolishing separate Catholic schools and the dual lanThere is now a Father Damien in Japan. He is a French Driest who has established a regular leper settlement on land between the mountains of Hakone and Fujname. A former resident in Japan a graduate of Cambridge Ln.vers.ty, to whom the devoted missionary is personally known, .ends to the Dad,j Xcct an account of the humble settlement, and de 81 res it to state, for the benefit ol those who are interested in work of this character, that the founder of the settlement is the Key. G. Teativmde, French Church, Yokohama The Aurora 111 Daily Etprets, saya . "While three hundred preachers of the Bock Krver Coufcrence have been for the pas? week legislating for the aversion of the heathen-Catholic and all ?he otoer sects of Christianity and heathenism opposed to th- sect founded by John Wesley-Sr. Mary's Catholic Church, in this city is quietly receiving Methodist sheep into green field* and pastures new It may not be a common occurrence, but it is nevertheless true that" while the Methodist preachers are pleasantly engaged ia denouncing' Catholicism Catholicism is just as pleasantly employed increasing her membership from the Methodist fold. Key. rhomas F Levdo" oLtoJ °! ft M*7h 88 HCH C V hOl i C ° h T h ' y£Bterda y of the Methodist £ect-two lad ie s and one gentleman-aod they lit now in full communion with the Catholic Church " The Votive Church of the Sacred Heart, Montmartre, Paris is rapidly progressing. Meanwhile the temporary church and the crypt are the scenes of much devotion. During the ni»t month thirteen Bishops visited Mon.martre, e ,ght huodfed and' t n priests said Mass there sevea thousand received Holy Communion f ou hundred and sixty worshippers spent the night before the B esaed Bacrament,and nineteen thousand person* in all paid a visit tothesanr tuary Tne farst-stone of the basil.ca was blessedby CardmS Gilbert" June 16th, 187.,. It is expected that Carcinal Hichard will be able to coosecrate toe church iq the June of next year. According in » statement recently published by Monmeur Dauchez, treasurer of the committee, and Father Voirin, 0.M.1. ; Superior of tneChaSains the B K Um al ™ d ' be - eQ cx P ended on work undenak'n At the recent Catholic Congress at Angers, Mgr. FrcDuel made an important speech on State Socialism. He gave his vfews on the premissabilitv of State intervention in the social problem as follows - -When questions of salubrity or the common interests of maa demand JV c St t te has a right to inquire m.o the material conditions of workmga and maaufactones. Nor does it exceed its right when takTnt a Divine law as its starting point, it fixes the first day of the'week to be observed as a day of rest. In either of these cases it is but acting as guardian of justice and morality in the carrying out of .he great about contract. But, when ,r arrogates to itself the right of fixing the terms of this labour contract, the ca 8 e is widely different Thin we have to combat the principle of pure State Socialism, .be «?oa° towards which Western Europe 6Cemß to be moving at the preSJ U«e. The result oi this speech was that the Cougr.es iormally

accepted the Bishop of Angers' view on State Socialism, and drew up a number of propositions to this effect. The French Government are playing a difficult game in endeavouring to reduce and extinguish the power of relieion. They thought they dealt a mortal blow at tbe Church by passing a law which compels students for the priesthood to spend a year in barracks. What is the fact ? That the number of vocations for the tacred ministry have not in tbe least degree diminished, whilst the seminarists in the role of soldiers are exercising an apostolate amongst their comrades. Their going forth to service has been the occasion of special services, of inspiring sermons, and of edifying acts of devotion. Since they have been installed in their quarters, reportß from all sides testify that they are not only winning tne respect and esteem of all with whom they come in contact but gaining numerous recruits for the Church. It is in vain that the irreligious fight against the designs of God. Letters from the Vicar- Apostolic of Eastern Su-Chuen gave some details of the recent massacre of Chinese Christians. It appears that on August 4. during a Buddhist festival, an anti-Christian riot took place at Ta-tsin. Several Catholics were ill-treated by the mob, but no lives were lost. >nd next day it was supposed that all danger was over. But on August 11, towards evening, an organised body of 200 men attacked tbe bouses of the Christians and killed twelve of them, the Catholic missionary in charge of tbe place having a very narrow escape Next day a still larger mob attacked and wrecked the houses of ihe Catholics in the adjacent town of Ma-pao-cbang. The local militia tried to quell the tumult but were put to flight, and before ™ aspersed they bad sacked a large number of housee and killed and wounded several of the native conTerts. The exact namber hart not been ascertained when Mgr. Retterly, the Viuar- Apostolic, sent erf his letter. Mr. Ivan Petroff, the special agent for the Alaska division of the census, in his report to the department, pays a high tribute of praise to the Catholic missionaries in that far-off region and '• the wonderful successs achieved by those toilers in the wilderness in the way of educating and civilising savage children." Away in the interior of the territory, up the river Yukon, he reports being leceived with cordial hospitality at the Mission of the Holy Cross, conducted by Jesuit Fathers, and three Sisters of the Order of St. Anne. At St. Michael, four hundred miles distant from that point, he found more Jesuit Fathers labouring zealously in the sacred civilising and Christianising mission. Even where " Tbe wolf's long howl on Oonalasha's shore '' was being disturbed for tbe first time by the hardy pioneers of civilisation Mr. Petroff reports his pleasure at meeting Mr. James Finnegan, agent for that district, and speaks of '• finding everywhere evidence of Mr. Finnegan's labours " throughout a journey of sev«n -r eight hundred miles.