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Show HE (ATflOlK WORLD. J 4- 4-.4. .4-4... A nephew of Cardinal Manning and ar nephew of the present Cardinal Archbishop Arch-bishop of Westminster are at the front in South Africa. The Marquis ofRipon, who was once Grand Marshal of the English Freemasonsbeing, Free-masonsbeing, in fact, the Prince of Wales' predecessor in that office is now president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in England. Owing to the continued prevalence of influenza in England, dispensations . from fasting during Lent, except on Fridays, have been issued by Cardinal Vaughan and also by some high Church Bishops of the Anglican communion. '. From 18S0 till 1S90 Catholics in Utah increased 100 per cent, and yet in no part of America did they have such a struggle for existence. Today the Catholic Cath-olic population of the diocese of Salt Lake City is estimated at 7,000. The Vatican is manifestly much interested in-terested in the coming French exhibition. exhibi-tion. Every effort is being made by the authorities to render practical assist-' assist-' ance. Two high ecclesiastical dignitaries digni-taries are appointed to reside in Paris during the season. The Paris exposition, which will open April 14, will begin with eolemn high mass celebrated in the bascilica of the Sacred Heart, at which the venerable Cardinal Richard will pontificate. The orchestra assisting will be composed of the greatest artists of the musical world. It will doubtless surprise many to learn that there are nearly 2,000,000 Catholics in India. At the beginning of the century the number was 475,000. According to the statistics of 18S9 India In-dia possessed 2,200 schools, with over 100,000 pupils. This shows the church overthrowing Buddhism and Theosophy on their own ground. S Bishop Spalding of Peoria authorizes a flat denial of the report that is afloat about the Pope remarking that President McKinley should offer his services as mediator in the South African Af-rican war. Bishop Spalding concluded his interview by saying that during his recent audience with the Pontiff, the Pope did not make the least reference to either England or the war. General Otis has laid down a marriage mar-riage law for the Philippines. He has not prescribed any particular cere-J cere-J mony, but has made it a sort of go-as-you-please arrangement. Destroying the sacredness of the marriage tie is one of the "blessings of civilization" that McKinleyism proposes to confer on the Filipinos. Otis is a fitting instrument instru-ment to spread the gospel according to his idea, carrying, as he does, the gun in .one hand and the Bible in the other. Not long ago a deputation of ten young ladies of Aguilla, a town on the I Appenines, came to Rome purposely to present the Pope with a parchment in which they stated that each had made the sacrifice of one year of her life, that it might be added to that of the Holy Father, whose existence is so precious to the Church. Leo XIII was greatly moved, and in blessing the fair members of the deputation he said that he accepted their wish, as he-needed he-needed quite ten years to completely , fulfill hi3 mission nearth. The Christian Brothers, who were forbidden for-bidden by the French superior to teach the classics in their schools and colleges, col-leges, announce their intention of obeying obey-ing the order, it having been upheld at Rome. Beginning next September, therefore, Latin and Greek will not be taught in any of their thirty higher institutions. It has been said that this I will prove a blow to their work, but rec?nt expressions go to show that the I danger has been overestimated. At 1 1 any rate, the brothers will obey the . 1 law. i I In cne of the most unpretentious lit- tie side streets of the west end of Lon- don there is one of the most famed and I I fashionable of Catholic churches in ! that city. It is in Farm street that the I Jesuit Fathers minister to a large and I distinguished congregation. It was I originally built in 1349, and is now for t ' the third time being enlarged. The f ; site was originally purchased from the f Puke of Westminster at a cost of 20.- f 000, and since that time some adjoin- ing ground has been secured at consid- I erable expense. The new wing, it i3 I estimated, will cost 13,000. Monsignor Sbaretti, the newly ap- pointed Bishop of Havana, arrived on Saturday morning and landed at ! o"clock. A procession was formed anil the Bishop went to the Cathedral, where he was formally Installed. Many clergy went to meet the prelate. There was no demonstration. Monsignor Sbaretti says it is too early to give an opinion in regard to his new office. He pleaded, however, that th Catholic Church is cosmopolitan, and that questions of nationality do not enter en-ter into it. j Bishop Santander went to Governor j General Wood to make a farewell call, and also to ask that he insure the pro. tection of the newJBishop from Insults. Washington, D. C. Feb. 28. Cardinal ' Gibbons is preparing to vacate the archdiocese temporarily, with the view of visiting Rome and other points in .Europe. The present visit of the Cardinal Car-dinal will be memorable in religious annals, for at the dedication and sol-, sol-, emn opening of the new cathedral at I Westminster. England, on June 20. Cardinal Gibbons has been invited by Cardinal Vaughan to preach the inaugural in-augural sermon. In order to sing pontifical pon-tifical mass at the Baltimore Cathedral , on Easter Sunday, he will not leave ' until after Easter, which will give him ample time to reach Rome for the approaching ap-proaching canonization of Jean Bap-I Bap-I tiste La Salle, founder of the Christian I Brothers, on May 24. Bishop Alfred Curtis, Vicar General of this archdio-; archdio-; cese. will administer its affairs in his absence. |