THE POPE. 15,000 PILGRIMS. THE PAPAL CEREMONIES.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 242, 18 February 1888, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE POPE. 15,000 PILGRIMS. THE PAPAL CEREMONIES.

Rome, January 5. iEn St. Peter's to-day thc*e was a repetition «f the ceremony of last Sunday. Tho Popo •again recited mare before 15,000 Italian pilgrims. Ho was met by the Chapter of the •Chapel and walked with the cortege down the nave. Tho pilgrims wore led by Bishops "with 40 standards. TUe-Pope was hailed with ■the same burst of enthusiastic welcome as on last Sunday. After benediction tho Chapter presented to the Pope in the ba&ilica a precious reliquary. The Pope then entertained 700 diplomat*,, cardinals and piolates at breakfast. Ho sab at an elevated table alone. -The breakfast cost 86,000. The Pope, in his &ddic&s to tho pilgrims, after expressing, joy at tho cohesion of tho •Catholics, said :—" You have not given faith to those who, with tho voices of •calumny, tried to persuade you that tho Pope is the enemy of Italy. The Popes have alfrays been the greatest fi ionds and 'benefactors of Italy. You, like ourselves, •are convinced that the Church, b,y her 'holy mis^iou, <Might to bo independent of any torrestial authority whatsoever ; that "the Church is a divine institution and that to try to redivoc its interest to the question of the laws of Italy can only be the result •of the most deplorable blindness. The Grand" Duchess of Tuscany was -among' the notable people present, and occupied the place of honour. The vestments the Pope wore were very rich. After the the Pojjse removed his vestments, and J •ascending the sedica, was carried round the •church amid eriesof u Long live the Pope, 'King !" -He-was deeply moved by the enithusiasni manifested by the people. Ttoe Pope to-day granted an interview to 'Eugene Venliatt, tho distinguished French writer. After speaking in high .praise of ius efforts in. tf*e Catholic cause, His Holi,'ness expressed regret at the present sad position of ii'iance, bub eaid he .was • confident site would rise again to her ♦old -position in Christendom and exer--cise unbounded influence in the world. J£e lamented .the revolutionary -ephiib ie anany States, and said ihesvas preparing two encyclicals dealing swifch the Socialists, the license of the presa> .and the great power- of universal suffrage, which he considered terribly menacing. ThelPope gives- the Jubilee gifts of money •to St. .Peter's , treasury .to be expended in vpnopagandisni. fl?he Artist articles\will be placed in the i museum. of .the Vatican, .and ithe objects •of \ worship in tho vestry of St. JPeter's. Rome, J&naary 9. — The- Government has to .censure the .Princes Messina iDeldengo and Malatesta, who, although belonging to the army, attended the Pope's reception. London, January 6. — "A Rome special «says : The report that the Pope had .two tainting fits before the jubilee masses is Although fatigued tho JPope has not materially suffered in health ,-euace .the jubilee services zbegan. Jt was .noticed that during tho benediction in St. Peter'e his voice was strong and that it was .♦udible aIL over the church. The Pope's speech, as Gflacialiy.published Hn .the leading Jloman iouraal, is rath or .tooed downi .a»d eapecfalby the empires.jjione.regarding J[taly are less .strong than .those .used by his Holiness. Moat the Xiberal papers confiue >themjaelves .to pointing out that tho liberty xWyoyjed J)y >the J^Pjpe.in the .preeentKcelebra£iop ,is in .contradiction to the assertions <epn.tained;in his speech.