THE POPE'S PRESENTS. Tbe Great Exhibition Opened.

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

THE POPE'S PRESENTS. Tbe Great Exhibition Opened.

&<&s> ttfunuaty k— At noon to-day >the openedjtihe Jubilee wcpoaition .jMit^ogceftt aaU dedicated to the exaibibian <0f % thb jwnderiul collection ,of presents $o *.t&e JBoly See in tiho presence of ■& fiery Jsqteflfc asßeipblagg of invited guests jroa^le up tQf the entire (diplomatic corps., i£u> jßpUege .of Cardinals in thyr xoJ»^ amU«a6f dors .and mow pn BpflJOj tewery prominent jn«mi>er of JRoowp soci^, .end the Acehduekejsg Maria pi T.uacaoy. The Pope cacao with #ML .the ofi&ciais .of bis .cauri in full drees. T^ie Fqpe wa.B jbo Jbiis ybit<e robes, wibh a f*eat si«mM>n<l «eqsb .biasing upon his rea^t. IjLe was iollowed i>y aq unpofiing wag iAatalled with great ceremony ia it^e throj&e j^onj,. A above bin? <pf 2P9 v<eiee6 «aog *n *ntbem specify ,cowppsad by Maestro H£^iU£L After <bbAS Ceaftaal JS^hi*ffiw> addr««Bed his JBtptinAM A long epeedj, in which he elo--<JS*»nfcly 4ep;ct»d the progress of art and 4Vfen£e jwcfe 1 bis protection. He dated by JM^we jth*t fc^ hoped tbe Pope would fill _*h# ©wr <rf St P«t»r for raaoy year*. Tb# Popo looked happy. Ho mad* a «Wi *p*eph j& reply, while fitting. He olo#id by Mjing that the«e innonxormbl* mpanimwovß offerings are a proteit of fcht ] Catholla world against irreugion and an «rSdeoco 0/ their attachment lor the Holy See. Th» Popo then declared the exhibi♦km formally opsn^d. At 2,20 p, ro the Pop* left the room in his chair, followed by bit court. He visited the galleries) of the exhibition, while the t>ell« Were rung and Gounod '• " Hurrah " was 'rang. The Pope manifested great admiration and pleasure at the manage* meet of the exhibition,