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Show PIUS IX. MAY BE CANONIZED. The cause of the; canonization of Pius IX. con- 1 tinues to make satisfactory progress, writes "Yox Urbis" to the Freeman's Journal. Quite recently a distinguished French ecclesiastic in Rome presented pre-sented to the Holy Father a petition containing i oO.OOO signatures begging him to move in ihe ; matter. Among these was a large number of bish- , : ; ops and distinguished laymen. Pius X. himself makes no secret, of his position in the matter. "I , i am as anxious as anyone can be," he said the other -f : dav. "to see mv saintly predecessor raised to th-f! altars of the Church." But I cannot take any in- 1 itiative in the matter I cannot ask the Congrega- t tion of Rites to admit the chim: for examination i until I am practically compelled to do so." Mean- i-while i-while more than one of the former intimates of h Piux IX. has begun to collect documents and , ill souvenirs of the great Fontiff. |