The Catholic World.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIV, Issue 26, 23 October 1896, Page 4

The Catholic World.

v_Fiom cont-M'porar.es.') AMERlCA.— Victims of the Heat Wave.— Among the victims ot the recent protia"ted heat in America was Patiick C. Koolv. the venerable t atholio aichitoct. who designed over (!(»() Catholic churches. iiKluding m.iily all the cat huh al chinches of New England and the Mate ot New York. Hi* lite w a- worthy ot his noble occupation, and the I'lmer-itv oi Notre I Unit gave vv ell-deserved honour to the man ami architect when she made linn the second recipient of the L.etare modal. Twoothcr eminent Catholic- dud in New York within the same fatal week — their deaths doubtless hastened by the -,inic caw. One was -i-ter Maiy heiie. toundi i and tor m un, \ear- past Sup 'nor ot the ureat New Voik KmndliiiL: Hosjutal. She liid colloctid and expended tor (mm! s poor neailv <.> i i.'t m. b '-ill •- mv mii t > their service her long life trom its gulhoo<l up 'I he other v\ ,is M.ad.im Krnestine N.irdin. founder and toi over forty yoais p ist .Superior ot the principal hou-e ot the l-adie- ot Inmmcul.Ho Ho.ut ot Mary. Buffalo. N.Y.. and tor ne-ai ly a score of years past (iener.il Superior ot this Society in Anienea. Madam ,Nardin founded many convents and schools in the East and We'-t The community m the l/nited States, lieivaved ot its head by the death of Madam .\ardin. now numbers "><«) professed religious. AUSTRIA.— Anti-Masonic movements.— The Empe.oi ot Austria has shown some inteiest m this movement since its mcop- I tie>n. and h.is taken oveiy opjun (unity of manitestiug his pleasure at the sucee-s ot the promoter-. He has lately w ntten to (he French sect ii not the forthcoming congres- to be held at Trent to not it v them that ho intends to be represented at the sune by a dele'gare. This is not the only quarter trom whic'i hostility te»" the ll,n nic element has come thiougliout the contuiont. It is announced that Prince Fro<lenek Leopold ot Prussia, who. In, (he way. is protector ot throe old grand lexlges of Buhn. has written to the Ausfn.in Empoior. eo-nplaiuing oi the attacks made on his l.ivouiito craft, and ot the re peated assaults on its strtnighold by the Catholic Press. The Emperor has replied by cilling the Pi moo to older and reminding him eit his duty and hi:- olhual pei-ition. On all hauls the Prince i- cimdemnod tor In- champioiiship ot an on lor that has wrought siu-h destruction to the moral- ot ovoiy community where it has got a foothold. The Prussian Catholics have come eait nobly in defence ot the part the Church has taken in opposing the cratt

and for once the people and their rulers have joined issue on this important question of Catholic principle. CHlNA.— Catholic Missions Destroyed.— Reports have reached Tokyo of the outbreak of anti-Christian riots at Shanthun", m China. It is stated that one thousand members of a secret society have destroyed thirty Catholic missions, and that four thousand troops have been despatched to suppress the disturbances. It is not known whether any lives have been lost. ENGLAND.— Honouring- Catholic Miners.— Recently the Northumberland miners did themselves credit by electing Mr. Hu«-h Boylo. a Catholic, as president of their association. The miners "of the adjoining County of Durham are to have an opportunity of showing their appreciation of the services of another Catholic. For the vacant secretaryship of the Durham Miners' Association, Mr. Patrick Carling has been re-nominated by a large number of collieries. Mr. Carling holds the responsible post of secretary to the Durham and Northumberland Miners' Permanent Relief Fund an ofhee that brings him into touch with all the sorrows of miners' homes at the time ot the disaster. Th * fund which he officially represents cares for those left behind when calamity snatches away the breadwinner, and to this work Mr. Carling has added a keen personal sympathy. There are other nominations for the post. FRANCE.— Discovery of an Unpublished Work of Bossuet— A.n important discovery of exceptional interest to the Catholic world has just been made by Father Lcvesque at the College of St. Sulpicc. where an unpublished work of Bos.suet. the existence of which has hitherto been unknown, has been brought to light. Father Levesque having occasion to inspect the original manuscript of the great theologian's famous treatise "On Prayer' 1 (undertaken during his theological controversies with Fenclon) and which was known to exist amon^t the autographs of Bossuet in the library of the seminary, came upon what he had at first conceived to be the object of his search, but which on closer examination proved to be the second part of that great work. The publication of this valuable acquisition to theological literature is to be undertaken immediately. GERMANY— Catholic Congress at Dortmund— The forty-third German Catholic Congress was opened recently in the ancient Imperial city of Dortmund, one of the industrial centres of Westphalia, which was a place of great importance at the epoch of the independence of the Hanseatic cities. The deliberations lasted a week. It is a kind of general review of the Catholic forces. The Society of Catholic Lawyers. Conferences of St. Vincent de Paul, Society of Catholic Merchants. Educational Society, Pius-Verein and Volksveran took part m it. Of the li:>.<>oo inhabitants of Dortmund :,().( too are Catholics, although a few dozen years a^o there were only a thousand. The Congress was a great success More than six thousand notabilities were present. Six thousand members ot working men's societies took part in a magnificent torchlight procession. More than ton thousand men were present at the opening meeting Ilerr (Jraeber. who represents Wurteinberg m the Reichstag, was president of the Congress, which was addressed by twelve speaker*. HUNGARY.— Catholic Congress at Budapest. — Telegrams have just been received by the Holy Father announcing the opening of the Catholic Congress at Budapest. Cardinal Vaszary presided at the religious tunctions. and Count Nicholas Estherhazy delivered the inauguration s-p'och. Telegrams were despatched to his Iloline-s the Pope and to the Emperor Francis Joseph, and rt plies ot encouragement and congratulation were promptly returned ROME.— lndian seminary in Celyon.— Among the projects recently brought before the Holy Fathe- by Cardinal Ledochowbki, Prefect ot the Sacred Congregation Propaganda Fide, was one to erect a seminary m Colombo This seminary would be intended for young names ot India and Ceylon who might desire to enter the ecclesiastical state. His Holiness at once signified his hearty appro\al ot the pnneet. and the Prefect ot the Propaganda was greatly rejoiced. To give the idea a practical start he immediately put himself down tor a thousand francs as a personal contribution, and he set about negotiating tor the first and most necessary part of the large funds needed. Another Cardinal who takes a lively interest in the project is Cardinal Yincenzo Yanutelli. He. too. hab gi\en a subscription ot a thousand trancs. Papal arbitration between Haiti and San Domingo.— The demarcation dispute between Haiti and San Domingo having been referred to the arbitration ot the Sovereign Pontiff, his Holiness has named Mgr. Go-si as his special delegate to study the question in common with the Commissioners named by the two Republics. The Index-— By a decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Index, dated August 21. and signed by Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, Protect, and Father M. Cicognani. secretary, the following books have been condemned and prosciibed — J. Michelet. Le Pretre •^ Les Jesuites " : edition definitive, revue et corrigee : Paris. Ernest Flammarion. e'diteur. Jules Bois----I,e Satanisine et la Magic"'; Paris. Leon Chailloy. editeur. l.v.iii. •• Mythes Cultt-s et Religion." par A. Lang traduit par Leon Manllier maitre de conferences a 1 Ecole des H;>ntes-Etudos. avee la collaboration de A. Dirr. cleve de 1 Ecole des Haute—Etudes, precede dune intrenluction par Leon Manllier: Paris. Aneienne Librairie Geriner Uailliere et Cie. Felix A lean, editour . I (is. Boulevaid Saint (J or main. IS'.N) : vol. in Ne. g., pag. <i^:i. Emile Zola— •• Rome " : edition complete en un volume ; Paris. ]s!)(|. („ Chaipentior ot E. Fa-quello. cditeurs. •• Auctor operis — Los Jesiiit.is de puertiis adentro ;o un barrida baciaafuera on la Conipania do Jesus. Prohib. Doer. 17. Aprilis, lsiHi, laudabilitor so-suboicit ot opu- reprobavit. LOURDES.— "A Colossal Procession-"— This term has just been applied by a religious organ to the line ot trains bearing the national pilgiinis to Lourdes. To continue the figurative

language, the steam engines were thurifers. and the procession in its passage passed over the bodies of about two hundred mayors who had put their veto on religious processions in their respective towns and communes. Strains of the "Magnificat" and of the " Aye Maris Stella " floated through the carriage windows over town and plain, while at certain points in the journey bishops met the pilgrims and gave them their blessing. In short, this procession, from one end of France to the other, and passing through celebrated cities on its way. was in itself a religious triumph. If M. Thiers were alive now lie would not say ■• Les processions ne sont plus dans les nnrurs." The sj^f in Paris at the (rare 1 Orleans at the time of the departure ot the pilgrims deserves to take its place among the grand dramatic effects preserved by the Nation il Pilgrimage of Notre Dame dv Salut. The railway station wore the aspect of a great moving hospital, wheie the utmost order prevailed amid apparent disorder. The great army of sufferers who were about to take the kingdom of heav-'ii by violence, and by their suffering's and supplications bring from it answeis to their prayers ni the shape oi miracles, numbered about a thousand. Th(y represented almost every kind and stage of human infirmity. Little Sisters of the Assumption were to be seen moving about m their midst, airanmng, consoling and strengthening. There w "re about Mxt} ot these devoted nurses. There was. as v v il. tear-shedding mi the part oi those who were staying, but. above the tian-ieut lecling- of the moment, this motley and indescribable crowd was animated by a degree of faith and hope worthy the primitive ages of the Church. There were ten trains waiting to bear the whole body oi pilgrims southward, and these were to be joined on the way by others. After the usual time spent at Lourdes. second, in supernatural results, to none of the national pilgrimages that have taken place during the last twenty-five years, we have the remnant ot the sick pilgrims back in Paris. The pilgrimage was brought to a close at the Church of Notre Dame des Victoires. On this subject a religious writer says: "Although our boulevard it r\ have not the sense to perceive it, it is the Lourdes miracles that govern the situation of Europe." , SPAIN.— Open-air Mass at San Sebastian— An open-air Mass was celebrated on the promenade at San Sebastian. Span. in the presence of the soldiers departing for Cuba and the Philippine Islands. The Mass was attended by the royal family, the King wearing the uniform of a cadet of the Infantry School. " The Bishop of Vittoria preached to the troops, saying- the Spanish Hag. surmounted by the cross could not be conquered. Premier C.inovas declared that the troubles m the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico were the results of the effort of Cuban filibustering agents to harass the Spanish Government. Spain, the Premier Miid, would deal inexorably with the conspirators should disturbances occur in Porto Rico. In addition to the 2,000 soldiers who will start immediately for Manilla, the Government will send a force of 4~>o artillerymen and a battalion of marines. After the Mass the Bishop imparted the Papal benediction, the army kneeling- to receive it.