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Show I ANNIVERSARY OF POPE PIUS J Pontifical Mass at St. Peter's at Which 70,000 People Were Present Magnificent Magnifi-cent Procession America Represent- j "ed by Bishops and Archbishops. , ' Rome. Xov. lti. A pontifical mass was cele brated this morning' at St. Pter's by the Pope on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his joining join-ing the priesthood. t was the most impressive eer- mony witnessed in Kome sinee the coronation cf ihe pontiff. There were present not loss than 70,000 of the faithful who had eome to Rome Irom all parts oi the world. Tribunes had been erected only for the Pope's sisters, the members of royal families, the dipb.-j dipb.-j nutie corps and the special missions sent by the fjtft he;.ds of states. The rest of the people were nd- f ) mitred by ticket. (A1) Order was maintained outside St. Peters by the I u, municipal police and Italian troops, while inside the -, j building' the pontifical gendarmes saw to the proper seating of the crowds. Among the members of royal 1 families in the tribunes set aside for their use were iCrand Duke Alexandra and Grand Duchess Cetia. v f Russia, and P rineess Mathildc of Saxonv. The : J special envoys they were all clad in brilliant uniformsincluded uni-formsincluded Prince Ilohenlohe-Bartelstein. representing rep-resenting Bavaria ; Prince Schwartzberg, representing represent-ing Austro-IIungary ; Baron Sehorlemer, representing represent-ing Germany, and Duke Bella Conquista, the Spanish Span-ish emissary. The Basilica was radiant inside the building with thousands of electric lights and candles. The papal procession was most magnificent and brought together a large variety of handsome and rich court costumes. The bishops were clad in purple and the cardinals in red. Above the heads of the high church dignitaries rose the papal chair, upon which ilie pontiff, dressed almost entirely in white, was seated. The chair was flanked by the famous feather feath-er fans, and as the pope, progressed he imparted his blessing to the kneeling crowds. There were thirty-four thirty-four cardinals and oo'O bishops in the procession. The United States was represented by Archbishop Arch-bishop J. J. Glennon of St. Louis. Bishop E. P. Allen of Mobile, the Most Rev. Robert Seton, titular titu-lar archbishop of Ifoliopolis, of Xewark; Mgr. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, rector of the American college at Pome; Mgr. John Farrelly, spiritual director of the American college; the Rev. George W. Mundellein, chancellor ''' "f the diocese of Brooklyn, as well as a number of American students and a large contingent of American Amer-ican visitors. i Cardinal Rampolla. as the arehpriest of St. IV ler's, received the Pope at ihe entrance to the Ba-' Ba-' silica. The choir of the Sistine chapel, under the direction of Abbe Perosi. rendered the music, which was most beautiful. The Pope celebrated mass at the high altar, standing above the shrine of St. Peter's. At the conclusion of the masgjic imparted his solemn benediction to the vast congregation. It was an impressive moment, and every one within the i xrtals of St. ePter's was deeply touched by the f solemnity of the occasion. Canada was represented by Mgr. Bruchesi. areh-, areh-, bishop of Montreal, and other bishops. |