Show POPE CANONES HE E LA HE SALIE SOLEMN IS WITNESS WITNESSED ED BY PERSONS Founder of the Order of Christian Brothers Is Honored By the Church In Tn Imposing Fashion Rome May 24 There was a mag magnificent spectacle In St Peters today on the occasion of the canonization of Jean Baptiste de La Salle the founder of the order of the Christian Brothers and Rita flita dl cli Cascia a nun of the Augustinian order The interior of the vast basilica was illuminated and adorned with magni magnificent hangings and the building was filled with a great concourse of o people all the pontifical dignitaries diplomats and the Roman nobility Of he the spectators about were pilgrims Pope Leo attired in his state robes was borne on the sedia at atthe atthe the head of an imposing procession composed of the entire papal court patriarchs archbishops bishops and four our cardinals A roar of cheering rose from the multitude on the popes appearance but the applause was quickly hushed by the guards When the cortege reached the choir the pope alighted from the sedia gus and took his seat on the pon pontifical pontifical throne and the cardinals and other ecclesiastics massed around him The pontiff after the usual prayers pronounced the canonization and in the te deum At that mo moment meat ment the bells in all the churches in Rome rang out and the pope solemnly blessed the tho congregation and returned to the Vatican amid prolonged cheers of the large audience |