Pius IX. and the Student

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 33, 18 August 1904, Page 27

Pius IX. and the Student

Good J and ftre&tj'men are tolerant as a rule, whereas the ignorant are generally intolaramt. Orroirr^-socca-sian Ptope Plus .'lX. was walking, ujnal tended through the Vatipan galleries. In one o"f t thrJslef he/ 4i<HiceilJi young 1-ingli'sihman gazing riant^rously/ifa'fdujre j6f /-aipihaers p,ai<^infes. :iih>e Holy father ' stfpt^^tiU «tfd 4£3toi! p.t him. The yaung nuafri', jpe^eeHing 'him, rna^|^ obcisa;n,cc. 'I^hen the /Fdhe, adttpegsink-'himi sMd^\m presume you are an artisjj*;my fton^,* 5 The yo^Bftglriin rqplied that he had cfirtt^fto Rome' fe lC study»''pjsfi£yig, hut unfortunately he -had<ij^| t .s<uffici«pferißieia^tS~my the ices, rpqui red for adj&is4#li |^tsef A^4m^l\Aphis liC- 'thereupon promised ~thas Ke^mrri^ft^auH/'-iHTOvSe lihe nefcess'ary funds to enable him to pursue m& atJudies. ' But, youi ,tlolinoss,' the Englishman exclaimed in as to ijkis hmen t , '1 ani« at Prote&tjtet i ' i J va^jacb ? dem^ »ot'altcjr .Uhe.case^ tshe Holy Father re^Jieri jwith, a kindly smile ; • aflmisteion, uo Wie sWknbff wlf'Sj« r «r Ittfited you on that adcount.', , ,H, H „ -, •