CATHOLIC NEWS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 40, 24 January 1890, Page 29

CATHOLIC NEWS.

Thb German Catholic workingmen'a eooieties are organizing a great pilgrimage to Rome. Tne numbar of priests whose s'ipends have been suspended by the French G jvernment for electioneering sermons is in all 66, Tnere are. about as many Catholic negroes in the United States as there were Catholics of all races here in 1789. Every morning there are forty Masses said in the Chapel of the Catholic University near Washington. Cardinal Lavigerie estimates that with 1,000 gooi soldiers and 4 000,000 dols. he will be aole to suppress the entire slave trade of Afiici. Although the relations between Germany and the Holy See are not actua ly broken, yet there are no further communications betweeen the two O )urts, and there exists the utmost coldness between them. The King of the Bolgians has sent the Order of Leopold to Mgr. Brincat, tne coadjutor of Cardinal Lwigerie, and his chief helper in the movement against slavery. At Oberammergan great preparations are being made for tbe performance of the " Passion Play "in 1890. The grand rehearsal is fixed for May 18 and the representations begin May 26 and continue until August 28. The Bavarian Government has decided to readmit the clergy of the Redemptorist Order to Bavarian territory, and the exercise of their functions under certain restrictions. It must be encouraging to American Catholics to realize the immensity of their school system. We support one-fifth of all theological ejminuri -s, one-fourth of all colleges, six hundred parochial schools with 511,063 pupils. On his entrance into Jerusalem, Mgr. Piavi, the new Patriarch, had an enthusiastic rjcepuoa. The entire city held high festival, ani the civic authorities encouraged and sympathised with the rejoicings. Cardinal Haynald is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his! priestnood in strict retreat, marking the day by a great thankoffering. His Eminence has devoted a fortune of 200.000 doli to charitable institutions. Cardinal d'Annibale has just celebrated the golden jubilee of his priesthood. His Eminence, who has quite recovered from his recent illness, is about to publish a work on moral theology. There was considerable stone-throwing in Toronto, Canada, as a procession escorting Archbißbop Waljh, November 27, to his installation as Archbishop of that See, reached the Cathedral. One stone penetrated the carriage in which the Archbishop sat, and struck him on the arm, inflicting a severe bruise. The Rtv. Father Allen, of Kingstown, SouthJAfrica, has presented to the Borgia Museum at the Propaganda some ornameuts of the Kaffir-Fingo tribe, which have been examined by ethnographiatt with much curiosity. The Pope has received in solemn audience the Grand Dachess Catharine of Russia. She brought with her an autograph letter from the Czar. It referred to the appointment of the Russian Bishops whose names will soon be announced. The Czar also stated that it would give him great pleasure to see the red hat restored on the bishop of Warsaw. Father Clarke, S.J.,has not resigned the editorship of the Month, of London, but will continue his connection with that publication, editing it from Dublia. All letters, manuscripts, and books for review may be directed to him at the Catholic University Oolleee Sr Stephen s Green.Dublin. c » • The Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland, celebrated on the 25th of September the silver jubilee of his consecration With the austerity and tenderness that distinguish him, Monsignor Mermillod says, in reply to the address of his diocese, that nothing bat obedience to higher authority had induced him to observe, except by secret prayer, a day bringing an awful reminder of responsibility. " Let the time," be writes, " be marked by prayer and supplication for the Bishop, who, since my health has failed, has fulfilled the labours of the diocese. We beseech you with tears, priests and people you poor, you sufferers, and all you little children, to pray to God for us." Nine priests in the Hautei-Pyreneea, France (where Government candidates were not returned) luve received a circular from tbe Ministry of Justice and Worship announcing to them the suppression of their salaries. The letter concludes, " You will not be again numbered among the clergy paid by the S.ate unless, having quitted the parish in which you now officiate, you shall have merited in another place the indulgence of the Administration." It will be seen that these withdrawals of salary are no slight or temporary visitations. From a lecture on the Celtic language delivered at the University of Dublin by the Bey. Father Hogao, S.J , we learn that the oldest known manuscript of the voyage of St. Brendan, and therefore the one with highest claim to authenticity, is at the Burgundian library in Brussels. Dr. Shea urges Father Hogan to take steps to have it copied and translated, to show how Ireland contributed to the discovery of America. It would certainly be an inestimable contribution to our Columbus celebration of 1892. Some Italian papers h&ve spoken of the disappointment of Leo XIII. at not receivn g an invitation to take oart in the Anti-Slavery Conference at Brussels. As, however, King Leopold has proposed only the representation of tha Powers signing the Act of the Con« stuutiou of the C^o, and able by military force to take part in the suppression of the slave trade, ihere naver was any question of the official presence of a representative o< the Holy S.e, and the Sovertisin Pontiff has uo- been, and could not b", disappointed. AH ambassadors will be bidden to the m;eting, the Papal Nuncio having p ccc it nee ; ani it is said that, owing 10 this, Italy has refused to allow ih attendance of her Ambassador. Th- B nnett cabie Hen is ih s rumour from Vienna : — "According to the Vatican correspondent of the Politisohe Correspondent the real object of the extraordinary mission of Sir John L. Simmons to Borne is to offer the Holy Bee the re-tttabliahmeat of the BcolesUi

tioal court in Malta as it existed at the time of the Grand Masters of %be Maltese Order. In return the British will ask that the Catholic *A*hop of Malta should ba raised to the rank of Metropolitan, and mVde Primate to all Catholic apostolic missions and vicariataa ia the English possessions in Africa. If this question ia satisfactorily solved the negolia'ioQß may be extended so as to embrace tbe position of the Oatbo ie hierarchy in India. Iv Vatican circles it is hopod that negotiations will end with the establishment of relations between the Holy See and the Cabinet of St. James." It is not only in Catholic countries, (says the Liverpool Catholic Times), such as France, Italy and Belgium, that the influence of Cardinal Manning as a mediator in the dock strike has been the theme of praise ; in non-Catholic countries and in the pages of non-Cntholic newspapers his name Ins been invoked as that of one whose conduct is worthy of universal imitation. "Oo and do likewise," is the comment on his action addressed to the Protestant clergy of Norway by .that important Liberal organ, the Dagblad. " Whera," it asks, " are our bishops, priests and deacons, when in this country the poor risa np against those who cut down their wages till it becomes impossible for them to lead a human life and till tbey are too ragged to go and ■it amongst those who worship in God's temple ? " The Dagblad, which does not wrap up truth in a napkin, tells these good ecclesiastics that tbey ought to be doing a work similar to that so well done by the Cardinal- Arch bishop of Westminster. The reform of the Australian Benedictines, taken in hand at the Abbots' Conference at S^ltzburg, has been approved of by the Holy Father. The Pope has not laid too heavy a burden on the nhoulders of weaker brethrep, and, in future, there will be two congregations, one in which a milder and one in which a severer rule may be obtained. The embracing of either alternative is left voluntary, but to undertake one is compulsory. Thus two new Bendictine Congregations have been added to those already existing in the Church, of which may be mentioned the Cassinese, Helvetian, Bavarian, Brazilian, Gallic, American, Swiss- American, Beuron, and AngloBenedictine. The two Austrian Congregations are called respectively those of St. Joseph, containing six houses, and tbat of the Immaculate Conception wth nine. On Thursday, the 21st inst., the latter congregation held a Chapter at the Scots Monastery, Vienna, for the purpoßeof electing a President and two Co-Visitore. The duty of the President will be to summon the General Chapter and to preside over tbe same. This Chapter is to meet every five years, and, in case of necessity, oftener. The President also intervenes at the election of Abbots, and has the duty of visitiugthe separate houses of the Order, assisted by the Co- Visitors.