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Show ,1- LONDON HEARS MORGAN IS TO BECOME CATHOLIC Great Financier's Visits to Cathedral Cause Report of Change of Faith. Ixmdon. May 11. Run'ior oxer herr- is , rlways busy with J. PJerpont Morgan's name. The latest concerning him which the gnpslping- game has started 5s that be intends' joining the Roman Catholic church. The statement that as a reward for returning to the Vati-j Vati-j an the famous cope of Pope Nicholas ' IV. which was stolen from the cathe- ( drai of A scoll, the American multimil lionaire, is to have his name embroidered embroi-dered on Its precious folds has been used to lend rirecedence to the report of his contemplated change of faith. It is said that this honor has been I decided on as a sort of inducement to lake the decisive step, it being alreadv known at the Vatican that he has strong leanings in that direction. "When he is in Iondon he frequently attends the services at the Roman ratholie cathedral at Westminster. Th-? explanation wjikh he gives to his friends is that there is something in the service which appeals to his artistic temperament. Tt is not generally known here that .Mr. Morgan is one of the pillars of the .'Protestant Episcopal church in America Amer-ica and a frequent law delegate to her conventions. Therefore, the rumor that be intends joining' the mother church finds readier aecentance here ilian it will probably obtain in America. Amer-ica. Millionaires do not often change their faiths. They are too busy money making. And whatever church they happen to belong to proves equal to the task of removing from their paths that ancient stumbling block I concerning the difficulty a rich man will have in getting into the kingdom of heaven. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. |