Show CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Cardinals in Borne R me B Popes Topes Benediction n Rome Dec 23 There was a plc pic picturesque scene in the popes private library at noon today toda when all aU the car cardinals cardinals living Jiving in Rome gathered there thereto to present the t pontiff with their Christ Christmas mas greetings All the visitors wore their gorgeous red robes With the ex exception eXception exception of Cardinal San Stefano and Cardinal all aU the assembled prelates s appeared exceptionally well animated and nd full of plans for the ther fl ft ture Cardinal Santo Stefano fano as an doyen of the sacred s cred college co leg read the congratulatory congratulatory congratulatory address The pope spoke e at some some length in reply and expressed keen sorrow sorro at atthe the fact hat his jubilee year rear was embittered by bv painful events referring evidently to the toe divorce bill bIlI The pontiff in this connection re remarKed remarked marKed What they want Is the fall of Christ ChrIs tian Uan order rd r the recQ reconstruction ti ofu or of Ahe he st te on oil th The basis of f paganism The pope pO e plea ed for a spread pread ol of Christian democracy on jon the lines preached by hi the church to oppose the thE th sedulous socialistic w ilch acK acknowledges no no God After receiving the thO apostolic bene bone benediction diction the cardinals withdrew |