The Catholic World

New Zealand Tablet, 29 October 1908, Page 31

The Catholic World

CANADA— The See of Vancouver A Reuler's telegram from Rome say's :— ' The last meeting of the Congregation of the Piopaganda for British Catholic affairs was mainly occupied by the discussion -of the case arising from the resignation of Mgr. Or'th, Archbishop ' of Victoria, B.C. Mgr. Augustine Dontenwill, Bishop of New Westminster, and Mgr. -Gabriel Bregnet, Aposlolie Vicar~ of Mackenzie, 'supported by Mgr. Sbarretti, Apostolic Delegate to "Canada, requested Pro- • paganda to transfer the seat of the ecclesiastical province from Victoria to Vancouver. Fiopaganda, after a report had be°.i made by Cardinal Cassetta, approved of this transfer, and appointed Mgr. Dontenwill Archbishop of Vancouver. CHINA — Progress of the Church In 1906 there were 973,000 Catholics in China; in 1907 there were 1,040,000 Catholics in China, with 1800 priests now at wor'c. ENGLAND— The Education Question Opinion is growing more definite (sa\s the Catholic Times) that Mr. Ruriciman has come to terms ot agreement with thri Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican hierarchy which will settle the school controversy to the satisfaction of the general body of Cliu.-chmen and Nonconfoi mists.. The extreme parties, who will hear of no compromise,, are left to their own devices anJ will no doubt manage to make their voices heard during tne autumn session, or as soon as the terms of agreement come to be publicly known. What tho.se terms arc no one can tell yet, but they are said to satisfy both sides lo the agreement as the 'only working plan that can be devised. The wish for educational peace is growing, and both Churchmen and Nonconformists fr-el deeply the danger of letting the controversy drag on. any longer. In this spirit" each bide has been willing to give way a liulo We shall be anxious to learn the basis of agreement arrived at between tho two great parties to the struggle, a settlement of winch on their part will facilitate the further settlement demanded by Catholics. Our position is one that will bo practical!* unaffected by mutual comp.omise of Churchmen and Nonconformists, but when they ha.ye come to agreement Mr. Runciman should have no difficulty m sailing us. He knows what we want, and he maj be trusted to see, as.,.Mr. Asquith sees, that our position requires consideration from a point of view utterly different from that taken up in .arranging a settlement between Anglicans and Nonconformists. Mr. Runciman will understand too, that no settlement is worth the name which does not satisfy Catholics. "" Father Vaughan on the Holy Sacrifice The Rev. Father Bernard Vaughan, S J., in a sermon delivered to a large congregation at the Church of the lmmaculatConception, Farm street, London, on Sunday, September 6 referred to the Eucharistic Congress and its significance lo tho Catholics of England. As the Protestant Alliance had said a great deal against the Congress, he ventured to think he had he nght to say a little in its favor. He did not for a moment believe that the Protestant Alliance had uttered the mind of Mscountrymen about Catholics and Catholic practices. On thcontrary, on this, as on all other occasions when the alliance spoke, it had revealed the troubles of its own soul only nr .< the mmd of Protestant England. No doubt it was drfficul* enough for non-Catholics in any way to realise'the belief of their Catholic fellow-countrymen, end it was more difficult still f>r them to understand hoy Catholics could bring themselves to accept whole-hearted such a doctrine as that of the -Sacrifice of the Mass, with all that it implied-and involved. * But for all h. a n' rf T ant -',Witll, Witll rarG eX ' de P t!ons ' Save Catholics credit for being in downright earnest, and for professing a belief whir* had a Jong trad.tion in support of it. Father Vaughan said ir ' Tl T m tO aU VIW knCW 3nythin S at M "bout Cathoncfe, , that the Mass was the central and highest act of worship in it Catholics could not conceive of a religion without a sacrifice,- and for them the Mass was their religion. •Jt is the M ,-s that matters, was the refrain running through all literature, dcalin* W ith the Catholic Church. Hence, wherever the Church wn* attacked, the .Massing piiest' was the first- to be assailed As the Pope is for Catholics the source of authority and jurisdiction so is the Mass the spring ol grace and- blessing. Father Vau-han said he hoped he was not expecting too much of his separated brethren if he ventured to ask them to be, if not- sympathetic

at least tolerant with those who wanted, during the week, not only to offer the homage and worship to Our Lord, ever present with them in the Holy. Eucharist, but also ' in some to express their love and gratitude for so singular a blessing. The Congress was in every sense a glorious expression of Catholic Faith. HOLLAND—The Missionary Spirit Holland is small, in fact so very small "that it would conveniently fit into the pocket of any one of Her powerful neighbors, and £ct it has shown a vitality and a power that excite wonder. It :s still suffering from the shock of the Protestant revolt, and the difficulties placed in the path "of the Church "have/ at times, been formidable, and yet progress has been made at an astonishing rate. To-day it gives a striking example of charity lo the Catholic world. At the present time there are 12 ,000 of its nun and women, priests and Brothers and Sisters spreading the Gospel in other lands. There are seventeen houses for the training of missionaries, priests, and Brothers, and ten convents for Sistes. Blessings have multiplied among ' the generous-hearted Dutch Catholics, a direct return for the blessings of Jaith and civilization they are giving to others. ' \

ITALY— Extravagance in Municipal Affairs (ienerally, the- individual Italian carefully manages -to keep his household-expenses well within his income (writes "a Rome rom^pond.-nt), but when a number of them get "together and have to deal with the of a city, the balancing of receipts and expenditure seems to receive no consideration This is particularly true of ' advanced ' sections. 'At the present moment all classes in Rome are protesting against the heavy burden which presses upon them. Food-stuffs are twice, and in some instants three or four times, the price of corresponding articles in Switzerland. Every industry is ingeniously made t, add ,ts quota of taxes. At the same time rents are most exorbitant, and this, proprietors say, is in great part due to the" enormous (axes placed on their propetry. This is bad enourt but worse still is the fact that, instead of trying to lessen these oppressne burdens, the municipal Councillors, and even the newspapers, a,c> giving far more attention to expensive projects for m my ol which there is no immediate necessity. ' SCOTLAND -The Papal Jubilee In common with the women of the various dioceses of Scotland the women of Argyll and the Isles will make a presentalion to the Pope in clebiation.of his jubilee. . The Marchioness of Bute „ one of the leading ladies in the movement, and the chalices have been designed on her instructions. ' SPAIN— The Eucharistic Congress On Sunday, September 6, his Grace the Archbishop of Westmincer received a message from Madrid sent on the par- of filly thousand members of the Society of Nocturnal Adoration uniting themselves with the Eucharistic Congress. The Spanish Government,. The Carlists have been . displaying a good deal of activity in Spain of late, and a. number of the Spanish newspapers hay* been searching for the causes of this revival of energy £> ' Universe of Madrid, contends that the growth of the antideri -al danger gives fresh life to the CaYlist movement. It re assuredly ' true (remarks the Catholic Times), that, the Carlists have been most m evidence when religion has been assailed. During the reign of Isabella 11. their risings were easily' suppressed,. but in - 1869 thoy- became .eally formidable.- The expulsion then cf the Jesuits and the other '.religious Orders, the, seizure of.religious objects in -the churches, the dissolution of the , Society of St. Vincent de Paul, . the- introduction of civil- marriage^he persecution of the bishops, and priests, and the rupture & rela t.ons with the Holy See, brought; many thousands of volunteer, .to the camp. of Don Carlos. .When-Senor Canoras entered on a policy of reconciliation 'with the Church, -renewed- relations with the Holy See, permitted tne religious- Orders to return 'o • Spam and fairly met' ecclesiastical claims, "Cwlism collaps-d The Universe Jp certain that if antidericalism should gain headway ,n Spain Carlism will again become a seiious national peril. The apprehension is.no; groundless. The Carlists ar« tor the most part enthusiastic- lovers of the religion which has • been so closely associated with the national glories of -Spain. UNITED STATES -Catholic Missionary Congress Chicago is to entertain "the first Catholic Missionary Congress ever held ,„ the United States. The -event, which -is fixe^ for November, is expected to eclipse the recent Catholic _ jubilee celebration in New York. c

Young Men's National Union The thirty-fourth "annual convention of the' Catholic Young Men's National Union of the United States was opened at Philadelphia on September 3. Its sessions continued for two days. The Position of the Church Cardinal Gibbons is reported to have said to an interviewer during his recent visit to Rome that the union which now exists between the Church and State -in most European countries is like a chain on -the feet of the Church, while in America the Govecnment,- although formally separated from the Church and the churches, is always willing to recognise the interests ot religion and to show its respect for religious principles. ' The American people,' the Cardinal said, ' consider religion as the basis of social morality and prosperity. Hence they respect every organisation that tends to keep these alive in public and in private life.' The Cardinal also discussed the bearings of emigration on the Catholic religion in the United States. While admitting that many emigrants at first found it difficult to enter into the new conditions which they find there, he said that thov very soon grow accustomed to them L and are 1 willing to adopt, not only the laws and social customs of their adopted home, but the accidental differences of method prevailing there in r! c Catholic Church. Referring to the recent change made by the Pope in transferring the United States from the jurisdiction of the Propaganda to the general law of the Church, the Cardinal declared that the change would be welcomed in America, ' not because we have any icason to complain of our treatment by the Propaganda,' he said, ' but because, under the new arrangement, we take our plucc as an adult member of the great Catholic family.'

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