THE POPE AND THE WAR

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13754, 13 November 1916, Page 7

THE POPE AND THE WAR

ECCLESIASTICAL HONOURS FOR FRANCE, UNIQUE DISTINCTION. U'er Cable—l'rcss Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.JS. Cable Association.) LONDON, November 10. The Times' correspondent fit Hume stales thiit .V Secret Consistory will be held on-tlie •lilt Dei-ember ami in public on tlie 12tli December, ami will be 'k:i:Til t!:e Kitiicli Ccn si story, The i-rent ion of three French i-ardiiuils is :o-:;i:-iicii as enorinou.-ty being ,-t special lioiiuiir lo I'Viim-o. although ucck'diastical reasons alone prevail.

CENTRAL POWERS RESENT POPE'S ATTITUDE. ITALIAN CATHOLICS IMPRESSED. (Australian anil N.Z. Cable Association). Received November 12, 5.5 p.m, ROME, November 11. . The Corricre delta Serra says: The Pope's relations with the Central Power 3 are strained' owing to his Holiness 1 having refused Emperor Franz Josef's demand for the deposition of Monsignor Endriiii, the Irrendist Bishop of Trent, The Pope 's action in showing favours on France to the exclusion of Austro--German candidates in the Consistory has made a profound impression on Catholics, who interpret it as n change in tlie Pope's policy,