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Catholic World

CHINA. — Empress and Bishop.

Mgr Favier, the Catholic Bishop of l'ekm, has lately had ,in audience of the Emperor and Dowager Empress of China, of which he sends the follow nit; account . — ' A f tier expressing regret for the troubles of the last few \ears, the Dowager Empi ess said ■■• I believe that the doctrine you teach is excellent, and that \our bishops and inissionat les do a great deal of good to the people All my mandaiins have told meth.it you especially weie a fair and just man, that \ou knew Chinese afiaits well, and that in your dealings wuh Chinese otbcials you hail alwajs shown yourself equitable and peaceloving. 1 knew you by reputation for .■> li.ng tune, and 1 am now pleased to make t > our pel sonal acquaintance You know that; m China there aie good and bad people It may be also that among your lollowers, m spite of the excellence of jour docti me and of your teaching, there ai o some bad people. You should look closely after them." I replied that I would look still more closely after my people, and I told the Empress that Chinese converts were not admitted into the Church on their asking, but had to undeigo a probation for two veais so that their moral woith might be appreciated The Empress then assured me that sho would protect us, and expressed tho hope that peace would be no more broken. The Emperor did not int'erveno m tho conversation, but contented himself with appi ovmg with

his head whenever he desired to emphasise some declaration of the Dowager Empress. On the following day I received the high distinction of the Peacock's Feathers, and my coadjutor was raised to tho rank of the Red Button.'

ENGLAND.— Consecration.

The consecration of Dr. Burton, Bishop-elect of Clifton, was to take placo at the Pro-Cathedral, Clifton on May 1, the Feast of SS. Philip and James. Cardinal Vaughan was to be consecrating prelate, assisted by Bishop Riddell, of Northampton, and Bishop Preston, of Phocea (auxiliary Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle).

Diocese of Clifton.

The Right Rev. Dr. Burton, Bishop elect of Clifton, after taking possession of the See, appointed Mgr Provost Russell to bo Vicar-Generai of the diocese.

Death of a Priest.

We (' Catholic Times ') announce with sincere regret the death of the Rev. Father Livius, C.SS.R,, who passed away peacefully at St. Mary's Clapham, London. The deceased Redemptorist was an M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford, and a convert to the Catholic Church. He wrote several well-known volumes, the most popular of which are his work on St. Peter, and his beautiful book on devotion to the Blessed Virgin, compiled from the Fathers of the Church during the first six centuries. Father Livius had many friends and admirers in London, Liverpool ond Limerick, and other parts of these countries.

Catholic Death Roll.

The death roll in the South African war (says tho London 'Monitor') lias passed 22,000 on tho British side including the names of 6000 Catholics. It is proposed to build a church at Aldershot in memory of the Catholic dead.

Scholastic Success

A brilliant success has just fallen to the Jesuit students at Clark's Hall, Oxford. At the recent examination for Classical Moderations, three of its members presented themselves, and of these three, two (Mr. Latter and Mr. Scoles) obtained tho coveted distinctions of ' firsts,' and the other (Mr. Plater) a ' second.' The Hall, which Father Richard Clarke founded in 1896, has had a unique record, for it has since 1898 sent up candidates each year for tho Classical and Mathematical honors' schools, and each year has had several successes to record.

ROME.— The Holy Father.

On Thursday, April 17 (writes a Ronio correspondent), the Holy Father descended from his privato apartments into the Vatican Basilica in order to receive the homage of nearly 12,000 pilgrims, for the most parti Italians. Hia Holiness was escorted by the Noble Guards and surrounded by 10 Cardinals and a great number of Bishops and Archbishops, and as the imposing procession swept slowly up the central aisle, and the venerable Pontiff, standing erect on the Sedia Gestatoria, held up his ri£>ht hand m benediction and smiled gratefully and benevolently upon the kneeling thousands, deafening cheers and cries of • Viva Leone XIII !, ' rang out again and again. On arriving at the altar of the Confession,, near which the throne had been placed, the Pontiff descended from the Sedia Gestatoria and listened to an address which was read by Cardinal Sarto, Patriarch of Venice. After replying in a few eloquent words and thanking the pilgrims, with evident emotion, for their imposing manifestations of filial loyalty to the Holy See, Leo XIII. bestowed the Apos-tol-ic Benediction on all present, and re-ascending tho Sedia Gestatoria, returned to his private apartments amidst an enthusiastic ovation. His Holiness continuea to grant numer-

ous audiences without a single day's interruption. A few days after he received various distinguished prelates and personages, including Mr Burke Cockran, tho well-known New York barrister, and Count Lcdochowski, whom your readers will remember as having been dismissed from the Austrian army because, as ft Catholic and a gentleman in the Christian sense of tho word, he had refused to fight a dud The Holy Father remembered the incident and warmly congratulated Count Lcdochowski, who, by the way, is a nephew of the Prefect of Propaganda

A Letter.

The ' Osservatore Romano ' publishes the text of a letter from uhe Holy Father to Cardinal Gibbons and the American Episcopacy. 11 is Holiness expresses his happiness at the growth of the Church in the United States, and proceeds to say that, while she is persecuted in Europe, she nourishes more than ever in the New World. His Holiness commends the effort's of the American Episcopate to increase educational institutions and to benefit the negro J

An American Pilgrimage ,

The first section of a great Catholic pilgrimage from America, headed by the Bishop of Brooklyn, arrived in Rome about the middle of April.

SCOTLAND.— An Appointment.

The Rev. Father Eugene Callan, 0.M.1., of Leeds, has fuvn appointed to fill the vacancy at Leith occasioned by the elevation of the late rector to tho South African Episcopate. Tho new appointment, which is a raost popular one, lias been hailed with joy by the Catholics of Leith. It is only seven months ago since Father Callan, to the intense sorrow of all, was withdrawn fi om Leith, after a splendid mtmcu of two and a half years.

SPAlN.— Philanthropy.

A number of Catholic gentlemen at Madrid have inaugurated a bank which will lend small sums of money at merely nominal interest to worthy workmen with families Leo XIII. has approved tho \entuie

SWITZERLAND.

Tho Catholics aio making notable advances m Switzerland Since lrtMH they haNC increased after this manner :—ln: — In Zurich from '.V) 000 to 81,000, Boine, fi ran 11.000 to 21,000 ; Basle, from 212,000 (o 37,000, Vaud, from 121.000 to 34,000 ; Geneva. from .">2,000 to 67,000; Neuchatcl, fioin 11,000 to 17,000.

UNITED STATES

'It is estimated that 1 000,000 peoplo in Chicago never enter a church,' remarks the ' Chnstian Register ' Yet we know many excellent Chicagoans who, forgetful of ihc heathen all around them, are liable to hysterics e\erv time they think of the Filipinos. Tho Filipinos according to that writer m tho • Living Church.' whom we quoted lecently,

are a churchgoing, a law-abiding, a cha&to and a moral people Yet Chicago, with its 1,000,000 nonchurchgoers, would send them missionaries !

A Strange Will.

John JVI'Keo, of Philadelphia, the wealthiest negro in the United States was buried a few weeks ago according to the ritual of the Presbyterian Church, of which ho had boon n moniber. After the funeral tho will was read. In this, nn osfafo worth over ?2, 000, 000 was bequeathed to tho Most Rev. John Patrick Ryan, Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia, as trustee, who is directed to build a Catholic church, rectory, and consent in the city of New Jersey, and to build and assign funds for its maintenance an institution in Philadelphia for tho education of male orphans, both whito and colored. The testator asked to be buried according to the rites of the Catholic Church Tho Presbyterian ritual, however was, as intimated, used, and the testator's married daughter, who haa been cut of! with an annuity of $300 per annum, has announced her intention to contest the will.

False Theories.

Buffalo Socialists challenged tho Catholic Bishop of the diocese to assign a priest to jointly debate in public the merits and demerits of their doctrines with leaders of tho cult. Tho gage was promptly taken up, and the clergyman detailed for the duty utterly routed his adversaries, forcing them to reluctantly acknowledgo not only the fallacy of their chief contention, but likewise tho justice of the grounds upon which tho Bishop had previously denounced tho specific theories of Socialism advocated by them

A Benefactor.

Mrs Donnelly, mother of Rev. Eugene J Donnelly, rector of St. Michael's church, Flushing, N. V has given £2000 to the church for tho erection of a marble altar in honor of tho twenty-fifth anniversary of her son's ordination.

GENERAL.

The First Martyrs.

The honor of giving to the Church the first martyrs of the 20th century belongq to JSrazil On April 15th. lUOI, sen oral Capuchin missionary Fathers and some Italian nuns were massacred at Alto Allegro by pagan Indians, whom they had gone out to e\ angehse

A Project.

A project is mooted at the suggestion of a prelate, who was one. of tho stenographers at the Vatican Council of forming an international committee for tho purpose of establishing a uniform, universal, and obligatory system of Latin pronunciation among Catholics. Tho idea ia being favorably received on the Continent.

Sent into Exile.

Mgr. Zverovitch, Bishop of Vilna, in Russia, has been sent into exile to

the village of Iver, and deposed from his See, for forbidding Catholics to attend the Russian Orthodox Schools. It is reported that Cardinal Rampolla has addressed to the Government of the Czar a strongnote in defence of the BishoD

Exempted.

■The Sisters of Chanty, who have 1H hospitals, orphanages, and asylums in Ecuador, recently were assured by President Plaza that any law that might be passed against tho religious orders would not affect them.

The Catholic Press.

The ' Review ' of St. Louis has received from tho Rev. P. G. Rybrook a Premonstratensian priest of St' Norberfs College, West Do Pere VVis., tho following statistics in relation to the Catholic Press in his native country, Holland. There are, in all, 130 Catholic newspapers and other periodicals, and of these .no less thun 13 are Catholic daily newspapers ; 27 are semi-weeklies and triweeklies ; 51 weeklies ; 39 semimonthlies and quarterlies. Some of these, it is said, are, of course rather feeble, but many are high class, and the general average is very fair.

Syrian Catholics.

It seems worthy of special note (says the ' Tablet ' of March 15) that Miss Mary John, who has just matriculated from the Convent High School of Cochin, Southern India, has thus earned the distinction of being the first Syrian Christian young lady to pass the University Entrance Examination. She deserves to be congratulated on her success. At tho close of the 18th century the Syrian Catholics in India numbered 150,000. Now they exceed 299,000 havo 223 parish churches, 75 chapels, 31,613 children in school, and receive more than 1000 converts a year from heathenism. Moreover, they have 105 Carmelite priests and a number of printing presses publishing useful books.

A Leper Asylum.

The Catholic leper asylum at Mandalay, India, in charge of Father Wehinger, now contains 147 male and 78 women lepers.

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 21, 12 June 1902, Page 24

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