The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, 28 March 1907, Page 31

The Catholic World

ENGLAND— The Strength of the Church His Grace Archbishop Bourne presided at a celebration in the Carmelite Church, Kensington, on Sunday, February 3, in comraiemoration of the martyrdom of the French nuns, who were recently beatified by Pope Pius X. ■ The Archbishop said, that those who robbed ihs> Church of. her worldly possessions thought by doing so that they would break her power, „ b v ut they little realised that in poverty the Church was strongest. . Charitable Bequests By the - will, of the late Mr. Whiteley, Nazareth House, Hammersmith Road, and the Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's House, Portobello Road, London, receive £500 each. . - ; GERMANY— The Elections After the second ballots, as was foreseen after the first (says the ' Cathdic Times") the Centre remains the' strongest factor in German politics, and returns to " the Reichstag to exercise as much power as it did prior to the 'dissolution. Both the Government and the - Liberals are ill-content that they- should' occupy such -a position.. There is in truth amongst the members of the Centre a belief that the Kaiser and the Chancellor in , challenging the verdict of the constituencies had a twofold object in, view — first to break 'down Parliamentary opposition by the Centre and the Socialists to the ' military policy, and, secondly, to' 'dissociate the •Government, if possible, from dependence upon the Centre. . Owing to polemical attacks, prejudices were pretty frequentdy excited against the party, and it is suspected that -in the highest quarters, the feeling grew that a reverse to the Centre would - not be tactically inconvenient for the Government. The fidelity of its supporters has upset all hostile calculations. The Liberals, who; flung their principles to the wind in the hope of reaping an advantage from the elections, now find . that the sacrifice was ineffectual, and that the Centre, with the aid of the Conservatives, will be masters of the situation. As for the Socialists, they should take to heart the lesson that the. identification of their leaders with a godless propaganda accounts far a considerable share of their disaster. It provoked unfavorable declarations by the Catholic prelates, and' cost them many a Catholic vote in the second' ballots. ROME— The English College The Pope has appointed Father Charles Cronin, D.D., to the) post of Private Chamberlain with the title of Monsignor, in recognition of his- services as Vice-Rector of the English College in Rome. The Holy Father's Gift It is reported from Rome that the Pope, on being informed that Bishop Amigo, of South wark,- had lost his pectoral cross while visiting St. Peter's, presented to him another cross of solid gold studded with' precious stones. The gift was accompanied by a flattering and cordial message. The Holy Father and Germany The Holy Father (writes the Rome correspondent of the c Catholic Weekly ') has maintained an attitude of the strictest neutrality in regard to the German elections, and statements which impute any intenticm or desire on his part to interfere now or later on in Germlan political affairs are pure invention!. -The relations between himself and the German'' Emperor are of the most cordial nature. This fact may naturally have " some effect on German Catholics, but -I am-übieHJO-s&y-;-unhesitatingly that neither in Germany "nor elsewhere wHI Pius X. ever . seek to interfere in -any way with the judgment and* rights, of -Catholics 'when purely political questions are at issue. Cordial* telegrams have passed between the Holy Father 1 -- and the Emperor William on the .occa.sioif, of the latter's forty-eighth birthday, and in- connection with the same event a solemn 'Te Deum ' has- been sung in the German Church here. In his telegram -the Emperor assured the Holy Father of his « affection • for his Catholic subjects and for the person of,- his Holiness himself. The Rector of the Irish College The Holy Father on Thursday, January 31, received in private audience the Very Rev. Dr. O'Riordan, Rector of the Irish College, Rome, who presented to his Holiness Sir William Manning, of Sydney, and Lady Manning awd their' daughter.' " Sir William "was the bearer of a letter from Cardinal Moran. . The Pope in-

. formed Dr; O'Riordan that he had appointed him-Pro-tonotary Apostolic, an appointment which -carries with it the "title of Monsignor. The Very JRev. Dr. O'Rior- , dan served on the mission in London and then yrent to his native diocese of Limerick, where he did : mpst - valuable work being appointed to his present responsible position. He is the author of, an able work refuting the Protestant contention that, -the pro-r fessipn of the Catholic faith by a people tells- against"" their prosperity. " - Received in Audience Mr. James Murray, M. P. for East AberdeensWire, ' who was accompanied by his family, was received 'in audience by the Holy Father recently, SCOTLAND— A Venerable Religious In the death of Sister Joseph Caraher, which :tooV. place recently at Smylluin Orphanage, Lanark (says the • 'Catholic Times'),, 'thee has passed to her reward, at the ripe age of seventy-five years, one •■ of those heroines of the Catholic Church of whom the^'world hears bjut little, but - whose deeds of charity, should evoke public appreciation. Entering the? Order of Charity in 1859^ the deceased, after receiving the religious, habit, was seni; out , to -.Naples, where she acted as a • nurse during the Garibaldian troubles. Deceased' was one of Mis# Florence Nightingale's staff, in. the Crimean War . »_»> — , _ -.- „.•, „ ■ -„ - 1... — i. - - >.<. < - SPAIN— The New Ministry £ : The fall of =jthe ■Arjtnijo Ministry in Spain and the accession, to pqwer of the Maura Ministry (writes- a ■Rome" correspondent) has given -satisfaction iriv ecclesiastical circles here, where it has Jong.- been known tfiat the anticlerical- movement- in Spain ■ was "secretily^osq:' tered ;by the prime movers in the French campaign against Christianity-. .r-The. r - The "new Government is expected to attend td legislation which has been overlooked by the anti-clericals;-; and- if matters in Spain should require any rearrangement they will, be rearranged with the approval^ and' support "of .the Holy See. M. - Ojeda, the Spanish Ambassador to the Holy See, - who has displayed remarkable ability and tact in - exceedingly - difficult"', circumstances, is likely to remain at his postT ' UNITED STATES— Eucharistic Congress" The next "Eucharistic Congress of the United States and the International -Eucharistic Congress will be held simultaneously in Pittsburg next autumn. It will be the. first -International Eucharistic Congress ever held on the American continent, and will be attended by delegates and. other members from- allJ'or nearly -all - the countries of Eu-ope. . . • , - _ ,-< - -.J Catholic Schools in New York In New York there a-re 40.0 Catholic day, schools, attended by 152,000 pupils. These . schools represent property to" the amount of £5,000,000, and are maintained at a cost of £300,000. Extensive Dioceses The largest' diocese in .the United .States, in point of area, is . .the ,' diocese '_ of. Salt- 'Lake';' JUtah, with 153,768 square miles, or about a third larger than the whole of New. Zealand.-. . The. diocese is presided over by the Right 'RevV-Lawreli.ef'Scanlon. The next largest diocese is that__of = .T.ueson, Ariz., _with an area of 131,212 square miles. A Mark of Respect .- - , -- " The Senate of California adjourned in respect to the ' memory^ of the late - Coadjutor- Archbishop Montgomery, of • -San "Francisco, and in doing so passed the followin® resolutions : ' Whereas Archbishop Montgomery has - been for many; years identified with every measure that tended to the betterment of the condition of our people and to their, uplifting, and, has shown , that .whatever' affected the "welfare of the State of California" was near and dear to his heart ; therefore, be it resolved; jbhat the Senate of the' .State flf. California deeply deplores the loss of 'tMs- distingmshed divine, and places itself upon record as believing that in his death not only the people of his own faith, but- the people • of the whole Statet of California, have lost a friend whose place it will be very hard to fill.' GENERAL The Church in Japan - . The Right Rev. Dr. Berlioz-, Bishop of .Hakodate, Japan, was on a visit to -England -in' January.' A representative of the London^ ' Monitor .and . New. Era ' called on his Jjordship, .' and inquired ' as "io the position and progress of the Church in Japan.' 'I think (said

the Bishop) the outlook is very .promising under certain', circumstances. The hierarchy was established in 189 1; and-Vl am 1 the 'first ■ Bishop of /Hakodate.- There., are three other, sees in ' Japan — Tokio (the archiepiscopal see), Nagasaki, and Osaka. The Dominican Fathers have charge of the' Island" of -SWikoku, which is - "a Prefecture- Apostolic. ' There are at present' . about 130 .missionaries and some -40 Japanese secular priests, besides some regular, clergy."- There are many religious ,, Orders doing excellent work in the country. -. . Our \ converts .are' recruited from . all ranks of society. On the .one" hand, we have those of- very low caste, wihile > on the - other we have the present Minister of the Interior (M.' Hara"Kei) and Admiral Ito, who areboth. 'Catholics. The piety and fervor of the converts are very edifying. I m>ay tell yoa this as showing the reason for my firm belief in' the work for the" future : A- strong of the Japanese people is'seeking after truth in -the material order ; they do not by any means refrain from seeking truth in the religious order, and when they "have found it they cling tenaciously to -it.'