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brary consist mostly of manuscripts. A reference 

 library was much needed for the scholars to whom 

 the Pope has thrown open the Vatican's historic 

 treasures. There are few reference libraries in 

 Rome, the Government itself having done little 

 since it took over the public libraries in 1870. 

 The new reference library, excellently situated for 

 use, is well appointed. There are complete sets of 

 the fathers and councils, lexicons in various lan- 

 guages (exegetical lexicons, legal, liturgical, etc.). 

 Cardinal Mai's library has been added to the col- 

 lection of books, which is still growing under the 

 care of the prefect, Father Ehrle. 



In August Mgr. Guidi, who had filled many 

 important posts successfully, was appointed apos- 

 tolic delegate to Manila. He was born in 

 1852 at Alatri, in the province of Rome. In 1870 

 he had finished his studies in the Collegio Ro- 

 mano. Having taken degrees in the Pontifical 

 Seminary, he was sent by Pio Nono to the Uni- 

 versity of Innsbruck. Here, in 1877, he took the 

 degrees of theology and law. A year in the Sor- 

 bonne, Paris, brought him a degree in Oriental 

 languages. He was attached as secretary to the 

 nunciature at Madrid from 1879 to 1883. Then 

 he went as secretary to the embassy sent for the 

 coronation of the Czar. From 1883 to 1887 he was 

 secretary of the nunciature at Lisbon. Later he 

 was auditor, charg6 d'affaires in Munich, secretary 

 of extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs at the Vat- 

 ican, on extraordinary diplomatic missions in 

 Ecuador, and again at his former post in the 

 Vatican. 



The General Committee of the Work of Catholic 

 Congresses sent in October to the cardinal-vicar 

 its lists for the place of president. Its first choice 

 was Count Medalago, the grandson of Joseph de 

 Maistre, " the right hand of the Pope, and the in- 

 spirer of Toniolo," as La Vie Catholique styles 

 him. The cardinal wished to retain Count Paga- 

 nuzzi on account of his devoted services, -but he 

 resigned, desiring to see the newer men advance. 



Mgr. Ehses, director of the Gorres Historical 

 Institute of Rome, has disproved, by his investiga- 

 tion, the strange assertion that Pope Clement VII 

 permitted Henry to marry Anne Boleyn. Clement 

 declared " not indeed categorically at first, but 

 clearly as possible, that he had no power to break 

 the lawful marriage of Henry VIII." Paul Fried- 

 man, the English historian, gives the best general 

 view of Henry's envoys to Rome. He says their 

 reports give an incomplete and unreliable account 

 of the negotiations. They were guilty of suppres- 

 sion of facts and deception. 



On Oct. 15 the General Chapter of the Carmel- 

 ites elected Father Pius Meyer prior-general of the 

 order. Father Meyer is a native of Riedlingen, 

 in Wiirtemberg. On Oct. 17 the Congregation 

 of the Salvatorians (Societas Divini Salvatoris) 

 held in the Roman mother-house its first general 

 chapter. Delegates were present from Europe, 

 from Asia, and from the three houses in the United 

 States. The founder of the congregation, Father 

 Jordan, was reelected general, this time for life. 

 The German Catholic papers note with some pride 

 that four religious orders or congregations have 

 Germans at their head: Father Fruhwirth is 

 general of the Dominicans, Father Bernard von 

 Andermatt general of the Capuchins, Father 

 Meyer of the Carmelites, and Father Jordan of the 

 Salvatorians. It is also a sign of the flourishing 

 condition of the religious orders in this country, 

 and of the growth of American influence in Rome, 

 that Father Meyer lived for many years in the 

 United States, where he held the offices of provin- 

 cial and commissary-general. 



The Irish pilgrims were received in audience by 



the Holy Father on Oct. 25. With the pilgrims 

 were Cardinal Moran, Archbishop Riordan, and 

 Bishop MacSherry, of South Africa. Pope Leo 

 was greeted with enthusiastic applause as he en- 

 tered the hall of audience. He recalled, he said, 

 the frequent proofs of loyalty which, in the course 

 of his pontificate, he had received from Catholic 

 Ireland. Going round the hall, hia Holiness al- 

 lowed the pilgrims to kiss his hands, and he re- 

 ceived the many addresses sent by corporations, 

 Catholic associations, and the press. The benig- 

 nity of the pontiff made a deep impression on his 

 warm-hearted spiritual children. The band of 

 500 pilgrims was, to a great extent, composed of 

 representatives of the Irish party in Parliament, 

 of the municipalities of the pnncipal cities, of 

 the officials of 60 or 70 smaller cities and 

 towns, of county councils, and other administra- 

 tive bodies, and of several newspapers. There 

 were representatives also of the Working Men's 

 Association of Dublin, which contains 18,000 men, 

 of the 4,000 members of the Society of St. Vin- 

 cent de Paul in the same city, and of the Associa- 

 tion of National Teachers. 



An international committee has been formed 

 to present to " the Pope of the Working Men " the 

 international homage of the toilers. These will 

 present to Pope Leo three tables of bronze, to be 

 placed in St. John Lateran's, the mother-church 

 of Christendom, and to form part of a monument 

 symbolizing the ennobling and sanctifying of 

 labor by Christianity. The names of the associa- 

 tions that contribute will be carved on the monu- 

 ment. 



Cardinal Gaeyano-Aloysi Masella, who occupied 

 the very important post of prodatary in the 

 papal chancery, died Nov. 23, at the age of seven- 

 ty-six. 



Much notice has been given in the European 

 journals to the visit of the Syrian Patriarch of 

 Antioch. He was accompanied by several Syrian 

 bishops, by many prominent persons of his pa- 

 triarchate, and by representatives of the Eastern 

 seminaries in Rome. Pope Leo, who has so long 

 and earnestly endeavored to unite the Eastern and 

 Western Churches, expressed great joy when the 

 patriarch told of his own unceasing efforts to pro- 

 mote the great and difficult work of reunion. 

 Two Eastern bishops have entered the fold of the 

 Church, "with many priests and a multitude of 

 the laity." The patriarch presented 'to the Holy 

 Father very valuable offerings, manufactured in 

 Damascus, Beirout, and Aleppo. Among them 

 were a rich white silk tapestry, bordered with 

 gold and Oriental pearls, and an album contain- 

 ing the names of the diocesans and ecclesiastical 

 rulers of the patriarchate. 



The United States. The Catholic statistics 

 for 1902 are: Cardinal, 1; archbishops, 13; bish- 

 ops 81 priests, 12,429 ; churches, 10,689 ; universi- 

 ties, 7 ; seminaries, 81 ; students, 3,402 ; colleges for 

 boys, 163; academies for girls, 629; parishes with 

 schools, 3,857; Catholic population, 10,976,757. 



The Right Rev. Thomas Lenihan, Bishop of 

 Cheyenne, Wyo., died. He was born at Mallow, 

 Ireland, in 1834, came to this country at an early 

 age, and was consecrated bishop in 1897. 



The Rev. Dr. Ganss, rector of St. Patrick's 

 Church, Carlisle, Pa., has resigned his parish to 

 become the financial agent of the Catholic Indian 

 schools, with headquarters in Washington, 

 well-known ability and his acquaintance with the 

 Government Indian School at Carlisle make this 

 appointment one of peculiar fitness. 



The Pope has made the Rev. Henry A. Barry, of 

 Boston, a doctor- of divinity; the Rev. William 

 Pieper, of Columbia, Pa., one of his domestic prel- 



