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An Ecumenical Council, the twentieth, will almost certainly be held in Rome in 1925. The first was in Nicea in 325; the last in Rome in 1870 just before Italian troops occupied the city. Each and every archbishop and bishop attends.

Pilgrimages. July, not the Chaucerian April, is the month of pilgrim- age for American Roman Catholics. Several hundred New Englanders are arranging to go to Lourdes and Rome under the auspices of the Holy Name Society. The Pope will give them audience.