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Show j THE CATHC Bishops Mc GoKlri' k and Cotter have returned from Rome, where they spent j several months. j . The Catholic Citizen tays: It is to j be hoped that the Pope will not esti- i I mate the number of the Central Verein j ! by the si'.e of the present they voted to j j send him. J An alleged ex-priest calling himself!-, j alternately "Father Francis.;' "Father j ! Vanderbergh." "Father Sovieska," j "Father McPhail." "Father Leo' ami "Brother Leo Alexis Pelletier" is la- j boring diligently in the east. . - I Baron Clemens Yon Bonneischeidt. ! one of the wealthiest of German noble- ' men. last week was ordained priest in ' " , the Cologne Cathedral. Formerly he j " belonged to the Imperial Guard.-. ! " .... ...... I ; Rev. Elzear Capecci. O. F. M.. mis- j'.: sionary in northern lioupe, writes to j the Orients Seraphico that he has re- ct-ived into the Church three Bonzes , (heathen priests), and transformed ; i their patloga into a Catholic church. J I - V j j The Hols Neurit- so4;tU;.i .are. pro-. testing against the looting of church' ! property i:t the Philippines.' I'romi- " nsnt ecclesiastics are seconding them.-! them.-! As time gees on they are sure t- gain 1 a hearing 'notwithstanding the- .lau-ry of-Interested Ctlio.ic puli'ici-tr.A tfV j the contrary. ' i' j Nearly 3--0 students now attend ' i school in this country from the- little j 'island of Porto Rico. Notre Dame hasp-. ', by far the greatest number, and there j ; is a plan to establish near the univer- p f ! sity a series of households in which j ' i the parents may reside while .their j I (children attend school. p.j Mr. Thorne of the "Globe Review" ! ' j 1 and Mr. O'Malley of the "Midland Re- p view" are at edds. It is enough to say ,' j that the "Midland" ansAers th ' i j "Globe" in kind. This manner of war- i ; I fare does very little towards building l up the Church of God. The press i : j capable of doing better things for re-":'; : ligion. 2 I I ! The new St. Patrick ? church, Eliza- I f beth, N. J., which cost $400,000 and is ' one of the finest edifices in the state, f was dedicated on the first Sunday in October. It has taken thirteen years I to build the church, and there is .vu a dollar of debt on the structure. The f church is built of Maine granite, and its twin, spires tower far above every- ! ; thing else in Elizabeth. j Cardinal Vaughan is beginning t j ' tell the English people s.irr.e very un- j ; palatable truths. His late address be- fore the Catholic Truth Society of , ' Great Britain has stirred up a hornet's p nest. The plunder of the monasteries is a sore subject to touch, and he made ; ' same of the scions of r.cbie houfes ; ; howl with rage. j ! , r. : That letter of Leo on Dreyfus has j ; appeared, but "Hamlet is Idi't out." p Instead, the Holy Father deplores the ; political disturbances of the country p and counsels peace and loyal adhesion p to the Republic. Forre one who las j freely translated the document make:; p the Pope say that the Catholics of , ! France should not heed surplieed pli- p. ' ticians. The Pope used no such lan- J guage as that. : . i , Ji If it is true, says the West-rn ' j Watchman, that any American soldier.? have brought back as relics of the Philippine war .vestments stolen from churches, the matter should be brought to the attention of the govemmert. the thieves arrested and punished, and the ; property returned. It is not the first j time that Catholic churches have been I robbed, although it is the first time any j : such robbery has been charged to th j ; government of the United States. ' The Most Rev. Archbishop Kuder of ; Cincinnati has issued a letter r.vom-i ; -mending the appeal of the Rt. R?v. r; Bishop of Porto Rico fcr the suffering j . of his fiock to the generosity of the; Catholics of the Archdiocese. His ; ; : , Grace further orders that the collec- I tions in all the churches on September ;? 17 should be devoted to the relief of the Porto Ricans. S a- ; Rev. Father Van der Heyden. chaplain chap-lain of the St. Alphonsus Hospital and St. Theresa's Academy- Boise. Idaho, j and the best known and best loved I h I priest in that state, sailed recently j .' j I for Antwerp to take up his residence in I " f his old home, Belgium. t f ' M f A correspondent in The Dublin Free- ;; j man calls attention to the fact that on i 7 i every liner to and from America pas- j ; sengers are asked to aid the Sailors' I ; f orphanage in Liverpool. Catholic pa-j I sengers .are many . and give generously, p J Catholic priests have often presided v j at the entertainment at which cm- j I tiibutions were received. Yet. Ih cor- j respondent adds, a Catho-lie priest d ire ; net show his face inside that ir.titn- j 5 aion. and a Catholic sailor's orphan. ' j cannot get admission. In view of th. ; number of Catholics sure to cross over ; i next year, it would be worth whi'e for:, Catholic papers in .America to assist ;? i these on the "other side in putting an i end to such Intolerance, and Catholic travelers should not be victimised. " ' The cure- nf St. Joseph's church. Pari;;,' which was looted en a revert ' |