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V%_ QUESTION ifrr^^^ANSWER. If a person, in the state of sin, re ceives confirmation, and afterwards confesses his sins, is ttte (confirmation valid? The sacrament of confirmation •would be valid in this case, even if the person were in sin at the same time such a person would commit a grievous sin in thus unworthily re ceiving a sacrament, of the Church. He would not, however, be obliged to b* confirmed again. Was a Pope ever condemned by a General Council? Pope Honorius was censured by a council lor remissness in not proceed ing more severely against heretics. This does not imply that the Supreme Pontiff was himself guilty of heresy, nor is definitions promulgated by. the Pope in his official capacity The Catholic Church, in accordance with tlie teachings of t.lie Scriptures, requires of all adults who seek ad mission* into her fold repentance for ail past sin. the detestation of all past error, and a firm belief in all the doc trines taught by Christ: "He that toelieveth and is baptized shall be .Why does the Church consecrate kings? The Church, knowing that all au thority is from God, teaches rever ence and obedience to civil authority. While power is vested in the people, •who have the right to elect their owr form of government, the ruler so elect ed, be he king or president, receives his authority directly from Almighty God. When nations adopt this mon archical form of government their kings are annointed as being the rep resentatives of God. The Church fol lows the ordinance established by God Himself in the Old Testament when He commanded Samuel to aunoint Saul, the first king, and David, the second king of Israel. How oid should a child be to receive First Communion? According to the word of the lat^ lloty Father Pius X, which is in ac cord with the constant teaching of the Church, a child should receive Holy 'ommunion as soon as it is able to distinguish between right and wrong. The only knowledge necessary is that it be able to know that Holy Com munion is different from common bread and that it contains our Lord. The average child should have this knowledge at about the age of seven, though it is impossible to give the ex act age in years. What are the conditions under which the Catholic Church will per mit the marriage of a non-Catholic with a Catholic? You should understand that tho Catholic Church is opposed to mixed marriages. This opposition is cen turies old it rests on the sacramental dignity and sanctity of matrimony and is supported by the sad experience of the loss of souls to the true faith through such mixed marriages. The attitude of the Church has been ex plained so frequently that there is no need for repetition here. The Church does not want mixed marriages. But it is recognized that we are dealing with a human thing, and toleration must sometimes be practiced. Cir cumstances may arise in which there may be less evil in tolerating a mixed marriage through the issuance of a dispensation than in refusing the dis pensation and forbidding the mar riage. When those circumstances rei der the granting of a dispensation tho less of two evils, the Church per severes in safeguarding the souls of her children by demanding the fulfill ment of certain conditions before tho dispensation is granted. (1) The non Catholic party promises that he will fn no way interfere with the Catholic party in the practice of his. or Jier, religion. This means that the Cath olic party will observe air the laws of the Church and all the practices p? Catholic piety and devotion without let or hindrance. 'i AMDj?.^ In thla department «£i:cst..wi- ,-•»«!«-rii 1 lntortvt in it an argument against Papal infallibility, which is limited to actual K-RSKI aaxwprril riich tvecU in llu' onlcr iii «lilcii they are received. All eomiiuni eatlons miiMt be MI^IUMI, PAPERS. as the Vicar of Christ and for the universal Church. What are the conditions of entrance into the Catholic Church? Must a convert to your Church be baptized again, and confess the sins of a life time? Catholic faith, so that he may not take the srep without full knowledge of its re quirements. Is a person bound to keep a vow un der the pain of sin? A vow is a deliberate promise to God to do something that is pleasing TO Him. We may bind ourselves un der pain of sin to fulfill our vow. The visual promises that we make to God are only good resolutions. To break such a resolution is ordinarily no. sin. though we lose the merits that we -would gain in keeping our promise. We should not make a vow under which we wish to bind ourselves un der pain of sin without the knowledge and advice of our confessor. Vows, that are made outside of a religious community may be absolved by our confessor. rellRion will l»e (hoiiKb the name will udt he published. Address: "Quextiun and Answer,*' care The CnthotJe Iliilletin, !J15 Xewton Bldg' St. I*:tul. possible, by word and example and prayer, to effect the conversion of the non-Catholic party. (4) In some dio ceses, the non-Catholic party is asked to receive some instructions in the Catholic faith. The reason is that by marrying a Catholic, he becomes the head of a Catholic family, and he' should know something of the religion of the family of which he is the head. These aro the conditions that the Church requires before a mixed mar riage may be tolerated. LIST CF CATHOLIC MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNITED STATES—143 WEEKLY Eenziger Brothers dose'rve the thanks of the Catholic press for their enterprise in undertaking the compil ing and publishing of a list of the Catholic newspapers and magazines issued in the United States. In all, there are listed three hundred and thirteen publications, of which thirty five are quarterlies seven, bi-month lies one hundred and five, monthlies seven, semi-monthlies one hundred and thirty-seven weeklies. According to language the publica tions are printed as follows: Dailies: German, 2 Polish, 2 Bo- saved." If the priest be absolutely hemian, French, Lithuanian, Slovenian, :ure that the convert, was validly baptized he cannot be baptized again in the absence of suoh assurance he is baptized conditionally, and he must confess all his previous sins, com mitted from the time of his baptism. I each Three issues per week: German, 1 Lithuanian, 1. Two issues per week: Bohemian, 2 German, 1 Slovak, 1 Slovenian, 1. Weeklies: Bohemian, 2 Croatian, after which he is absolved condition-11: English, 85: French, 9 German, 18 ally A convert is carefully instruct- Hungarian, 3 Italian, 4 Italian and ed in the teachings of the English, 1 Lithuanian, 2 Polish, 7 Russian, 1 Ruthenian.f 1 Slovak, Slovak and Russian, 1 Slovenian, 2 Spanish, 1. Semi-monthlies: Bohemian, 1 Eng lish, 4 German, 1 Slovenian, 1. Monthlies: Bohemian, 2 English, 6 Frcnch, 1 French and English, 1 German, 10 German an'd English, 4 Italian and English, 1 Polish, 5 Polish and English, 1 Roumanian, 1 Russian, 1 Slovak, 1 Slovak and English, 1. Bi-monthlies: English, 5 German, 2. Quarterlies: English, 30 German, 2 French, 2 Polish, 1. Semi-annual: English, 1. Irregulars: English, 6. Besides these three hundred and thirteen publications, there are sev enty-two othars, issued by Catholic seminaries, universities, colleges, academics and schools. There is an immense power for good in these publications in this era of propaganda through printers' ink. This power would be immeasurably in creased, if the Catholic press received the support from clergy and laity, which it deserves. GAVE "fllE" RUTH A DIAMOND RING "Babe" Ruth, the home-run king,of the Boston Red Sox, was given a re ception last Saturday by the Knights of Columbus of Boston. He was pre sented with a diamond ring, and the other players also received gifts. PATRON OF AVIATORS OUR LADY HONORED EACH YEAR BY FRENCH AIRMEN. "Our Lady of AVIators," or rather, "Our Ladv Protectress of Aviators," is the latest title given to the Bless ed Virgin. It had its origin in Paris. The aviators of France have chogen the Mother of God to protect them in their flights, and they have chosen the little church of St. Palais S,ur Mer (where Bleriot, the famous air man, and Abbe Clianan, the parish priest excogitated the movement) as the center of the cult. Already all the Catholic aviators of France be long to the guild. When Bleriot flew over the channel he had a picture of .the Blessed Vir gin in his airplane. This seems to be the origin of the guild. And npw a picturesque ceremony is witnessed every year on August 15, Feast of the Assumption. The aviators of France arrive in their airplanes at the little church of St. Palais Sur Mer. They hear mass, and then carry in procession the statue of "Our Lady* Protectress of Aviators," and the ex voto airplanes of silver and gold which members of the guild present ed to the church in thanksgiving tor some instancfe of the protection of the Blessed Virgin. FtMIGRE EM The new Portuguese Minister, to the Holy See has arrive^. in Rome, and will present his credential letters shortly. He called at the Vatican last week, and,, in the absence of Cardinal Gasparri who is away in the country for a rest, he had an interview with the Undei'-Secretary of State. OATH OF ALLEGIANCE This obligation does not Cease with dence. Rev. B. Moeller, Chancellor, the death of the Catholic consort, but and Rev. G. William Schmitt, Arch continues to the end. (3) The Cath- diocesan school superintendent, aGted plic part/ pwHuaes to toj§veryU*ia# W aotarte*. Over 500 Sisters, Brothers and lay-' (2) The non-Cath- teachers of Archdiocdsan parochial olic party solemnly promises that all schools of Cincinnati took the oath of the children of the unicn will be bap- allegiance required by law Friday tized, raised and educated Catholies. i September 26, at the Cathedral resi- V v I I K. 6F {.EXAMPLES BEST SERMONS WERE THOSE OF KINDLY DEEDS—HOW THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MADE CONVERTS AMONG THE SOL DIERS. The general attitude of the Knights of Columbus secretaries and the at titude of the Catholic soldier boys toward their faith were given as the reasons for many conversions, which William E. Reed, K. of C., secretary from Longmont, Colo., witnessed dur ing his year's service overseas. "On one occasion," he said, "while I was stationed at Hospital No. 2, a young soldier when offered anything by the K. of C. secretary 1'efused to accept. I thought to myself, 'surely it will not do to pass by this young fellow,' so the next time I laid some chocolate and gum on his bed. The poor fellow was constantly becoming worse but every day as I passed by I encouraged him with a few words. Not long after, as I was going down the stairs after one of my daily visits, I met a Belgian priest who was sta tioned at the hospital. He told me tho boy was dying and had asked to be baptized. The priest had answered the boy's request to see him. 'I Wish to be baptized,' the boy said. 'The priest was surprised and asked: ''What is the trouble are you sure?' 'Yes, I am,' came he reply. 'The worse I used the K. of C. secretary, the better he used me. He told me anything I wanted, I could have.' "The boy was baptized, gradually became better, and recovered. Later he took instructions and is only one example of many soldiers who em braced the Catholic faith. At another hospital where I was stationed a cap tain and two lieutenants became Cath olics because of the kindness and gen eral attitude of the Catholic boys un der their command. "There was no attempt to 'preach' to anyone the best sermons were those exemplified by the Catholic sol diers who attended Mass at every opportunity and who performed their religious duties in spite of the handi caps of military service. At our huts every time Mass was said there was standing room only. The faithfulness of the Catholic soldiers from the United States, which impressed others, was very evident. Any time the K. of C. were to entertain all flocked to our huts." INSTANCES WHEREIN POPE OFFI CIATED AT WEDDINGS—RECENT EVENT RECALLS MANY OTHER SUCH SOLEMN CEREMONIES IN ROME. As reported recently, the Holy Father himself, in the chapel of the Sala Mathiide at the Vatican, has said the nuptial Mass and blessed the mar riage of two members of the Roman nobility, Don Clemente Prince del Drago and Donna Giacinta Ruspoli. The bride is the niece of Prince Rus poli, who is the Holy Father's Master of the Sacred Hospice, the official, that is, who had charge in old days of seeing to the accommodations of pilgrims to Rome, great or small, whom the Pope treated as his guests. After the Mass His Holiness first gave the newly married pair a little ad dress, then gave them and a few near relatives the privilege of having break fast with him. Precedents. It is not the first time that the Pope has blessed a marriage of distin guished people in the Vatican. For a precedent, we can go back as far as 1472, when Sixtus IV celebrated the marriage of Sofia, niece of Constan tlne Palaeologus, with Ivan II, Prince of Moscow. It was in St. Peter's—but in those days St. Peter's was the same as the Vatican—and there was a not able assembly of great personages, Roman, Slav and others, present. It was Sixtus IV also, who joined in mar riage by procura King Ferdinand I with Joan of Aragon. Lucretia Borgia and Alfonso I of Este, were married in great pomp in the Vatican in 1502, in the presence of Pope,. Alexander VI, l^mself a o i a i v A few years later the next Pope but one, Julius II, united his nephew, Nich olas Franciotti, with Laura Orsini. Not in the Vatican but in the Farne sina close by, the marriage of Agos t.ino Chigi was celebrated by Leo X. On the feast of the Epiphany, 1565, Pius IV gave a great dinner to cardi nals and ambassadors in the Vatican on the occasion of the marriage of his niece, Ortensia Borromeo, with Duke Hannibal Aitemps and there were great festivities afterward in the Cortile of the Belvidere. Out in the Alban Hills, a,t the Pfepal Villa of Castel Gandolfo, close to the summer residence of the American College, Urban VIII married the Pre fect of Rome, Prince Barberini, to Donna Anna de Palianp. It was in the Quirinal, the habitual residen.ee of the Popes in those days, that Clement X, in 1672, married his niece to the Duke of Anticoli and the rejoicings and festivities were reck oned extravagant even for those days. In 1725, in the Sistine Chapel, Bene dict XIII blessed a Caracciolo-d'Ardore marriage. In 1768 Clement XIII officiated at the marriage of his nephew with the Princess Boncampagni-Ludovisi (names .familiar to visitors who stay in the fashionable hotel quarter Of the city tbday). Again in the Sistine Chapel, in 1781, Pius VI married his nephew of his A THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, OCTOBER 4, 1919 are many stories told of the crazy luxury and extravagance of the bride groom. One relates how he took a distinguished French visitor around his stables, and, showing him no less than a hundred state carriages that he had there, asked him what he thought of them. The reply was: "These seem very nice now let's have a look at the others." PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTPONED OWING TO WAR—NATURE OF THIS GREAT WORK. ^Catholics will regret to hear that the project of unification of Catechet ical teaching throughout the world is postponed for the present. And only that, because it is so big, so important, and because the Holy Father's heart is set on it so keenly. If it had been a small matter, it could have been proceeded with now almost as Well as at any other time. Meanwhile, work has been done. The great project first became public through an article in the American Ec clesiastical Review by Rev. Roderick A. McEachen.D.D., which left no doubt as to the Holy Father's interest in and intention to carry through the work. And tljat same priest has been em: ployed in the meantime in clearing the ground and laying foundations— catechetical instruction being his spe cialty. There is a vast room opening off the highest Loggia of the Cortile di San Damasco at the Vatican, in it is a large table, and on that a neatly ordinated selection of all the cate chisms of the world. Ordination and selection is the task Doctor McEach en has been turning his attention to since he was charged to make prepar ations for the real introduction of the work. For this, it will be remembered, is far more than the preparation of just one uniform catechism text: It is the coordination of catechetical teaching, as big a thing, in many ways a bigger thing than the Codifi cation of Canon Law in proportion as Law, widely speaking, is not such a big thing as ii'aith. For the Codification a comprehen sive Pontifical Commission was ap pointed by His Holiness Pope Pius X. Facilities for travel must return to something approaching the normal, and to same degree the tension of feeling, at present inevitable and not likely to disappear for many a long day yet, must, at least, be modified. For this is eminently a world project. If the Commission for Codification was international, and if every Bishop in the Catholic world had to be consult ed and the suggestions his eanonist advisers made, carefully studied, far more so is this the case for unifica tion. PONTIFICAL COMMISSION, UNDER DIRECTION OF CARDINAL RES PIGHI, WILL RESUME WORK OF EXCAVATING AND EXPLORING EARLY TREASURE GROUND. The Pontifical Commission of Sa cred Archaeology is preparing to ex cavate more of the ancient Roman catacombs wherein so many thousands of the early martyrs were buried. The Roman catacombs are* truly the treasure ground of our holy faith. They are filled with monuments and inscriptions and paintings which prove conclusively the antiquity of the holy doctrines which we profess today. During three centuries of bloody persecution, our ancient brethren of the faith assembled in these under ground caverns to celebrate the sa cred functions of Catholic woi'ship. There on the tombs of the martyrs the priests offered up the Sacrifice of the Mass. Around these tombs, deep un der ground, they hewed out of the soft sandstone their churches and chapels. Many of these churches and chapels have been re-excavated by the Pon tifical Commission of Sacred Archae ology instituted by Pope Pius IX. There, in most cases, the ancient altar still stands. There, too, are found many beautiful frescoes representing the Sacrifice of the Mass and the Holy Eucharist. The Pontifical Commission has al ready explored, excavated and re paired many miles of the catacomb ^galleries. They have yielded a rich harvest of ancient historical mate rials on the Sacraments and the teach ings of the Church in general. The outside world is already con fused by the force of this unmistak able evidence of the antiquity of Cath olic faith and practice. But the vast extent of the catacombs remains still to be explored. It is supposed that the galleries of the catacombs, if put end to end, would be one hundred and fifty miles in length. These galleries contain a large number of churches and chapels. Undoubtedly they will yield rich materials in further evi dence of early Catholic teaching. The Pontifical Commission of Sa cred Archaeology has already done wondrous work in excavating the an cient catacombs. A score or more of cemeteries have been excavated and repaired. Those of St. Callixtus, St. Sebastian, Domitilla and St. Agnes are the most important. Here the Sacri fice of the Mass is celebrated again at certain times on the ancient altars. Hither great scholars and simple pil grims flock to view and study the an cient testimonials of our holy £aith. INAL On Tuesday afternoon, September 23, Cardinal Mercier, accompaiiied by a number of the prelates, in Wash- name, Braschi to Donna Costanza Fal-1 ington for the Conference, visited conieri the wealth of presents was Mount Vernon to lay a wreath on the talked of for long twenty-four Cardi- (tomb nals assisted at the ceremony, and the he was the guest of honor at a recep-j their- political unrest, sedition and ter whole of Rome was busy for months tion given by the Belgian Ambassador rori&m. And having asked the queiSb before getting ready dresses, jewels, Baron de Cartier de Marchienne and tion, will any judge be frank enou.^g deeQf&tte&a fwa appoint«e»tB, .Tier© Baroness 4*Mtrchieaae. tajjtvetfcs aasww? TROUBLE IH SWITZERLAND BISHOP WARNS CATHOLIC WORK MEN AGAINST EVILS OF BOLSHEVISM. Switzerland, despite 'her peaceful republican nature, has already tasted the bitterness of Bolshevism. The Bishop of Coire, Mgr. Schmidt de Gruneck, has attacked the Workmen's Syndicate in a pastoral letter, as be ing revolutionary in character, and converting its members into troops mobilized against all order and he has warned Catholic workmen against membership. As a result, a part of the good Bishop's diocese has been threatened with Bolshevism. Meanwhile, in another part of the Federated Cantons, Hugenot publicists have started a new tactic, affecting to fight the battles of the Catholic clery for them, and crying out, in pamphlets of the time of Luther, against the "iniquitous and inhuman yoke of celibacy." SAVING CHILD A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF EFFICIENCY—C AT O I CHARITIES BUREAU MAKES FINE RECORD. During the month of July, 1919, the Conference of Catholic Charities, Pitts burgh, through its Child Placing De partment, found homes for 112 of the 215 children thrown, upon its hands. This means that 112 children were placed in good homes at the expense of the home owners, and the many charitable institutions of the Diocese were thus exonerated from caring for them, writes Rev. Dr. Coakley. The total cost to the Catholic Char ities Bureau for placing the 112 Chil dren was exactly $135.52, or $1.21 each. That means that the Charities Bureau had to pay once for all time the sum of $135.52 for its investigations in thus effectively disposing permanently of these 112 children in splendid, sanitary homes, under proper surveillance, and with regular visitation afterwards. The County of Allegheny allows the sum of $4.48 per week for all children placed out in Institutions or elsewhere, and on this basis the Catholic Char ities Bureau saved the Institutions of the Diocese the sum of $504.00 per week for the 112 children placed out during July. This means $2,000.00 for the whole month of July, and for the year it means the enormous sum of $24,000.00 plus. And all this for the mere trifle of $135.52 originally spent in investigating the homes. We do not know any more eloquent argument than this one of actual money saving to convince Catholic people and priests of the tremendous importance of the Conference of Catho-, lie Charities. The Charities Bureau: actually saves money, and saves it in' great quantities. All this is entirely apart from what is after all the very real argument ii)i the whole matter, namely the spiritual' side of it, the immortal souls of th# children. Had the Catholic Charities Child Placing Bureau not taken charge of the 215 cases of children thrown upon its hands during the month of July alone, there is every probability in the world that these same children would not even have been placed in our Catholic Institutions, or homes, but would have been thrown into the hands of the enemies of religion, who are constantly on the alert, with vast sums of money, and tireless energy, to steal away the souls of Catholic children. LITTLE COUNTRY IS SINGULARLY FREE FROM CRIME—BECLARED MORE LAW ABIDING THAN ENG LAND. The holdfng of assizes in Ireland usu ally affords the Irish people an excel lent opportunity for an examination of its conscience. The judges, in their addresses to grand juries, are accus tomed to survey the condition of coun ties, and express their opinions there on with considerable frankness, says the Irish Daily Independent. The fact that strikes us most forcibly in the reports of their statements at the Summer Assizes just concluded is the distinction which they find it neces sary to make in so many counties be tween "ordinary" and extraordinary" cases, that is to say between criminal and political offences. That distinc tion having been made, the next salient fact is the remarkable scarcity of criminal offences amongst a people shown to be at an extreme pitch of political excitement. Not all the judges cared to envisage the situation so fairly as Mr. Justice Pim when he said, speaking of Meath, that "the county was in a quiet and peaceable condition, and if there was unrest, they should not forget that unrest was over the whole world, and in a great many countries it was worse than here." The same could have been said of many other counties, where the absence of serious cased afforded a striking contrast to the known conditions in the neighboring island, but where the admission was made it was generally a grudging one. The grand juries have only to deal with a few cases of crime, but the police reports supply pretext for judicial misgiving or condemnation. In places where crime, political or otherwise, has been committed, it is right and necessary that the Judge should denounce it. But the matter does not end there. It would- be well worth while for his Majesty's judges to ask, as thinking people in Ireland and elsewhere are asking, how it hap pens that a people as free from of fenses against the moral law as any on the earth, and very much more orderly" than their predominant of Washington. 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