DEDICATION OF A CATHEDRAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 195, 10 September 1900, Page 3

DEDICATION OF A CATHEDRAL

[PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Received 8,9.22 a.m. Stdskt, September 8. A large number of Catholic digniI taries from all parts of Australasia have arrived to take part in the dedication of St. Mary's Cathedral to-morrow and the Congress during the week, | Keceived 10, 1.30 a.m. Sydney, September 9. A great and impressive ceremony was the dedication of St. Mary's Cathedral. The Cardinal presided, and the Archbishops and bishops from every part of Australasia were present, together with 200 priests. Archbishops Redwood and Grimes were the New Zealand prelates. The Governors of New South Wales and Queensland, as well as the Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea, were also present. High Pontifical Mass was celebrated and Archbishop Redwood preached a lengthy sermon, contrasting the Roman Catholic with the nonRoman Catholic Churches. The preacher k eaid that swarms of contradictory denominations were existing in the world to-day which had neither unity, sancitity, catholicity, or apostolicity. Protestantism in all it s branches teemed with conflicting sects, which were on the increase. Its main principle was piivate judgment., The JBible interpreted by private opinions being a source of variation, division, and utter anarchy. This anarchy was the fountain head and great force of- modern infidelity and j agnosticism. i