Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-04-17 | Page 27 | Thousands in Rome for Easter

Thou Thousands andst in I Rome for Easter er ROME ROl April 16 AP M AP-M AP Many ny thousands of foreigners who have come here for Holy week will at attend attend at- at tend Easter mass tomorrow in the four tour great basilicas of ot the Eternal City Although the principal ceremony will be held a at the b basilica a of St. St John foreigners mostly flock locle to St. St Peters Peter's where Cardinal Cardin l Merry del Val Val archpriest of the basilica Avill wiil officiate In n great grea t. t assisted by by various canons canons of this chapter of the pontificate The supply of tickets for tOr the cej emony ce mony at St. St Peters Peter's was exhausted many weeks ago S POPE TO Th The pope will celebrate tr m mass ss privately privately in the Pauline chapel parish church of the Vatican Popular celebration of Easter be began began besan be- be gan san here this morning when the bells bens of Romes Rome's churches hurches huf hes rang lang In token of ot the the resurrection after aftel being stilled d since ince Thursday com corn com last s supper In the drizzly weather the streets were filled today with noisy crowds cro wearing violets Parish priests left the churches church s sto to to- visit and bless' bless the homes and found fn in each a table spread with Easter cakes akes and other d dainties A prominent feature ot the Easter celebration i is the manifest support which It is receiving from the gov- gov eminent For th the first time all ahl nonreligious public performances were ver er f forbidden on Good Friday INDEPENDENCE 1 Mo 0 April 16 AP The AP The world general gen ral conference conference confer j ence of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ pf of ot Latter-day Latter Saints in session here will wm cl lse tomorrow w with sunrise easter caster services and dedication of of- t tie the e new church auditorium The auditorium surmounted by bya a huge dome will seat p persons on the main floor and has a meetIng meetIng meet- meet Ing log room capacity hi hf the basement for for- between 2000 and persons persons A modern roo and kl che are to serve 1000 persons at a a. tI time d. d 4