Show pot pope lw the popes favorite poets ere are virgil and dante he be amo lunowa we a gren great t part of both by heart and takes pleasure in quoting in g th them em W when hen father michael the apostolic prefect to edithm Erith rea was taking his leare imme with the other fran franciscans cias wh who 0 ace accompanied pan I 1 ed him to africa his holiness recited to them with great gmt spirit dantes canto upon st arancia Pr ancia the pope reads the newspapers pas pall cages bages of interest being marked f for or him by readers in order to an sare him time he be frequently writes letters jetters to the bishops bi show aps ops and encyclicals als in a poli polished abed aud and C ciceronian style of tari irti the enoy cli alti calel ate printed jat iba bris anle miki of a t the e vatican A ch an institution t ion fo founded n baw by him and furni furnished abed with all modem im pr orementa they are first published in in the romano Bo the official daily paper of the vatican wad and then finally translated into italian and other languages and sent out to the bishops abroad leo XIII writes excellent terses both in latin and italian and likes to see and talk with men of letters lettera aa w well ell as to read their works two years a ago go he requested nested professor brunelli of perugia to buy tor for him the poetical wor works of the abbe zanella Za uella the request is characteristic for his holiness ini insisted upon paying for the book like any one else marion crawford in century |