The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 27 August 1903, Page 27

The Catholic World

ENGLAND.— An Appreciation

Cardinal Gotti, Prefect of the Propaganda, Rome, in referring to the death of Cardinal Vaughan, said his services to the Church had been immense. He pointed out the prudence and vigor which the Cardinal had shown in safeguarding Catholic interests in the question of education. Speaking of the wonderful harmony which prevailed among his suffragan bishops, Cardinal Gotti remarked ' that there was not in the world a more united hierarchy than that of England. The Late Cardinal Vaughan

The Right Rev. Mgr. Canon Vaughan sang a Requiem Mass at Courtfield, Ross, the family seat of the Vaughans, for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Vaughan. He was assisted at the service by two nephews, the Revs. Herbert and Francis Vaughan. The latter was ordained on the previous Sunday by the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, and said his first Mass at Courtfield on the following Tuesday. At the Requiem service an address was delivered by the Bishop of Newport. A New Archdiocese

There is some talk (says the London • Monitor ') of a second Archiepiscopal See in England, and the coincident vacancies in Westminster and Salford may be utilised in that direction. It is believed that the late Cardinal Vaughan was in favor of a division. The Archbishopric would, of course, be a substitute for York, but as that territorial title is held by a Protestant Archtushop, some other name would have to be chosen. Liverpool is among the names mentioned. Another is Middle&borough, a great Catholic centre. Westminster Cathedral

Shortly before his death (says the * Catholic Herald') Cardinal Vaughan had submitted to the Holy See the draft of a scheme concerning the arrangements for the official staff of the new Westminster Cathedral. Cardinal Gotti, the Prefect of Propaganda, has made known that though some minor points are reserved for further consideration the late Cardinal's scheme was substantially approved on the day before he died. It will now be impossible for any future occupant of the See of Westminister to change the Cathedral constitution without showing good cause to Rome and obtaining the consent of the Holy See.

Religious Census of London

The ' Daily News ' completed its census of churchgoing in London by enumerating the large East-end parisTfof Stepney. The Nonconformists outnumber the attendance at the churches of the Establishment. This is not a little remarkable considering the wealth and endowments of the State Church. Still more remarkable is the fact that at the east-end the Jews outnumber either ; but it is only fair to remember that the census of these was taken on the ' Day of Atonement,' when the synagogues are more largely attended than on any other day in the Jewish year. Koughly speaking, about 90,000 persons would appear to attend Mass in the London Catholic churches on Sundays, exclusive of those in convetnts and public institutions which have not been enumerated ; and the total Catholic population may now be estimated at 250,000. On the whole (says the ' Catholic Times ') the census must bring home to all denominations in the city the lesson that they have ample scope for a further development of their Energies among their own lapsed and lapsing members. FRANCE.— A Quandary

The Senate has put the Government somewhat in a quandary by refusing to identify itself with another of the illegalities for which M. Combes claimed Parliamentary sanction. It is one of the fundamental articles of the French constitution that the French taxpayer cannot be made to pay more than the maximum of the taxes voted by Parliament. M. Combes, in the prosecution of his anti-clerical policy, decided that, in places where the Municipal Council would not supply the funds necessary to build the new schools required by the expulsion of the Congregations, the Prefect, as representing the executive, should have power to saddle the district with such a tax as he might consider necessary for the purpose. The Chamber, of course, gave M. Combes all the power he wanted, but the Senate in France has also a voice in financial matters, and it refused to sanction such an important breach of the Constitution of the country for the purpose of facilitating M. Combes 1 task ROME.— A Monument to Leo Xl li

Theie was a peculiar fitness in a ceremony which took place in Rome on June 28— the laying of the foundation stone of the International Workmgmen's Monument to Leo XIII The site of this monument, in front of the Leonine Portico, has been well chosen, and the design is happy. A statue about 11 feet in height representing a workingman who leans on an instrument of labor and raises his eyes towards a cross which he holds in his light hand. On the cross-bar of the sacred symbol is the inscription in Latin : 'In this .sign thou shalt conquer ' The names of the committee, with a suitable dedication, are lo be read on the front of the base At the sides are three large brome tablets on which are engraved three encyclicals on labor published by Leo XIII. Upon the frie/e appear words which describe the fruit of the encyclicals— taith, uistice, charity, and peace Beneath are traced the names of the societies in different countries whose members have contributed to the undeilaking. Cardinal Fcrrata, who laid the foundation stone, remarked that the bronxe tablets would tell to future geneiations that, as the encyclicals taught, the solution of the labor problem was to be found in the Gospel of Christ Such a monument may well be called one of the glories of the pontificate of Leo XIII. SCOTLAND. — Ordinations

jOn Saturday, July 4, at the general ordinations held in the Church of St Sulpice, the following for the Scotch mission received Orders :— Priesthood— Rev Thomas J Finnigan (Galloway diocese), Rev. James Anton (Aberdeen diotese). Sub-deacon— Rev John McMillan (Argyll and the Isles) Minor Orders— Revs. Bernard Aver and A. Geddes (Aberdeen diocese), Revs (ieorge Galbraith and Patrick McGonagle (Archdiocese of Glasgow), Rev. T. Femgan (Archdiocese of Edinburgh) Tonsure—Rev. J Mill'.gan (Glasgow). SPAIN.— Anti-clericalism

A wave of anti-clericalism has reached Spain A republican deputy has introduced into the Cortes a motion in favor of withdrawing from religious Congregations their permission to teach.