The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 19, 12 May 1904, Page 27

The Catholic World

BELGIUM.— A New Basilica Progress is being made with tihe project of building a ,basilica like that of Montmartre, to be served by the Oblates, on tine hill over Brussels called the Koekelberg— a splendid situation, with a rustic background. The Belgian bishops called for subscriptions for the work in Uieir Lenten Pastorals. The King of the Belgians has subscribed £4000, and two leading statesmen have given a similar sum. ENGLAND. — Irish Party and Education Question We«C Catholic Times ') trust that the language used by Mr. W. Redmond, M.P., at Linrehouse Town Hall in replying to a vole of confidence in the Irish Party and the leadership of his brother, Mr. John Redmpn'd, accurately represents the present attitude of the party on the Education Act. Nothing, observed Mr. Redmond, had pained ttie Irish Party so much as to find that from time? to time differences arose between them and sotae of the advanced representatives of progress and democracy in this country. Those differences must be faced atid the Liberals had to consider whether it was worth while to forfeit the general support of the Irish Party upon ninety-nine subjects simply because that party could not agree with them ota the one subject that remained. The Irish party were absolutely resoflveid, to see that the claims of their schools in London and in every part of England received fair play. That was, as far as he knew, the only question of broad political importance which separated the Liberals from the Irish party. We rejoice that a representative of the Irish party, expounding its policy, has spoken out s-o firmly anld so unequivocally. Hail the United Irish League of Great Britain been equally strong and definite from the beginning the educational danger would, in our opinion, be now non-existent so far as Catholics are concerned. In Memory of Cardinal Vaughan The last work designed by the late Mr. Pugin was a memorial tablet which the Sisters of Nazareth have placed in remembrance of his Eminence Cardinal Vau-

ghan in the cloister of their house at Hammi»s%ith not far from St. Hubert's, which was Till;. pa&fc'jjTNSesidence for the past twenty years.-. Tne 'in^afiptM^^i^on the tablet runs as follows : ' " Ecce sacerd6s maglus." T,iii'a tablet -was' erected by |the Sister^ 6T Nazatelth "in grateful and loving memory of his Eminence Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster* who died June 19th, 19U3. To the Sisters of Nazareth at home and abroad he was a devoted father and protector. , They willl ever mourn his loss and miss his tender care) arid sympathy.' FKANCfc — The Holy Father's Speech The speech of the Holy Father to the College of Cardinals (writes a Paris corf^popttent) has caused a good deal of sensation here,- and people are already urawmg from this pronouncement conclusions which are hardly warranted. But, although the speech has not been published in full, there is no doubt that Pius X. has struck a note which shows that he does not intend to let the French Government play fast and loose wii'th, jehgious- interests without 'attempting! to- awaken French Catholics to a sense of their duties. Piius X., in the course vi nis speech, complained that -most pf the troubles and anxieties which; have weighed upon him since his accession have come from France. He complained bitterly of the conduct of the French XJovernment,, who, despite the efforts of his predecessor and of himself, are bent qpon crushing religious . Congregations out of existence, aad have now turned tfreir attention from the unauthorised to the auifeoxiseid : Congregations, and protested against the prosecutKHifii. to which episcopal dignitaries; have been subjected for exercising their rights as citizens. The manner of the pronouncement, it appears, created even a deeper-imp-ression than the words, and rumors wexe soon current in Paris that Pius X. had decided upon strong and immediate action. GERMANY.— RepeaI of a Penal Enactment The Federal Council, at its sitting of March 8, assented to the Bill passed by the Reichstag in reference to the repeal of Paragraph 2of the Law of July 4, 1872, prohibiting members of the Jesuit Society or of t/he societies connected with it from settling in Germany. 'No great interest (says Reuter's telegram) has been aroused by the decision of the Federal Council, Ihe Reichstag last year petitioned the Federal Council to that effect, and tihis Jast remnant ot~'tne Kultuikampf has long been regarded as «n anachronism. Moreover, the services which the Centre had rendered the Government in recent years in the debates on the Najvy Bills, ia defeating the Socialist obstruction during the? Tariff debates, and in standing by the Government in various interpellations, had made it certain that their reward could not be deferred, much longer. Some extreme Protestant organs object to the return of the Jesuits, but the majority of t>he newspapers are fully reconciled to the disappearance of the anti-Jesuit Bismarckian tradition.' The above information (says the Adelaide .' Southern Cross ') is from recent mail files. It? will be noticed that there is an important difference between Reuter's message and the cables in the Australian dailies which were based upon it. They dwelt on the opposition of the Protestant. organs, but forgot to inform us that -the majority of. the German newspapers acquiesced itt the repeal of the law. ,' ' ROME— The Holy Father and France In his speech to the members of the Sacred £ollege, ia reply to their congratulations on the occasion of his feast day (St. Joseph's Day), thf Popeftlluidcd to the present religious situation in France, and said that he was deeply affected by the legislative measures which had been adopted against the religous Congregations. It was intended, his Holiness attdeil, to go 'still further, a Bill being now uffder consideration whose object it was to prohibit even authorised religious Orders trom teaching. The Holy Fatiier continued— We deplore anjd: we highly disapprove of such rigors, which are essentially contrary to the idea .of liberty, to th.eJn-T herent rights of the Catholic Church, teufld to tine laws of civilisation itself, which forbid the striking, of-peace-ful citizens. The Pope them expressed, his grief at the fact that respectful letters which had beett addressed to the First Magistrate of the Republic by several- welldeserving pastors had been laid before t the Council „.pf State as abusive, as if there were anything wrong in approaching the Chief of the State in Qrger^to draw his attention to. subjects closely . connected with the mtost imperious duties of conscience antf* tne*fußlic weal. SCOTLAND —The Irish National Festival St. Patrick's Day was celebrated with unusual warmth in Scotland this year, both politically and religiously. By order of his Grace the Archbishop of Glasgow a religious celebration was hejd in every church in the archdiocese, while in the Pro-CsLthedrai

High Mass was sung in the presence of his Grace and the Canons of the Chapter. The students from Bearsden College sang the Mass in Gregorian mtosic. UNITED STATES.— The Pauhsts in New York

Apropos of the death of Father Detfhon, Superior of the Paulists, the Brooklyn ' Eagle ' pays this warm tribute to the Pauhsts in New York : ' In keeping its neighborhood decent and safe fori the young of its congregation, the Order has done moie than any police force could have done, and it has often forced complaisant captains into action upon the complaints maue by Us pnestb, and has prevented tihe issuing of exuise licences to men of notorious ill-repute.'