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Show Rcligicus Inference. Ernesto Biondi, one of the best' known Italian sculptors and the creator of "The Saturnalia," which was so much appreciated at the Paris exhibition, ex-hibition, has been definitely accepted to model the monument which is to be erected by international subscription to the memory of Pope Leo XIII on top of Semprevisa, the highest mountain of the Lepini chain, the root of which is at Carpineto, the late Pope's birthplace. The figure will represent Pope Leo, in bronze, standing and blessing the land and sea It will have an enormous pedestal with basreliefs in the style of those of Babylon, representing the world of sufferers and destitute person aspiring toward the Gospel, which will be represented by an enormous enor-mous figure of an angel, on whose wings the statue of the Pope will rise. The whole work is symbolic in conception and is expected to be most effective. 4 The Pope on Friday made his first appearance in St. Peter's since his coronation. He was dressed all in white and walked through the lines, using neither the sedia gestatoria nor a sedan chair. The function was devoid of the pomp which usually accompanies ac-companies the Pope's appearance, but this lack of ceremony gave a greater effect to the Tjersonality of the Pope. He did not ascend the throne, but immediately began to recite a prayer, which was followed by the administration of the apostolic blessing. Both going and coming through the long lines of pilgrims the Pope was loudly cheered and there were cries of "Long live Pius !" notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the well known dislike of His Holiness to demonstrations dem-onstrations in church. The Pope endeavored to restrain re-strain the enthusiasm of the pilgrims by a motion of his hand. ' ' The League of the Women of France has been formed to combat the impious de-Christianization of their country. . Their words have the old, well known, noble ring that has always characterized the daughters of Catholic France. Toward the end of last June, within the octave of the Feast of the Sacred Heart, a delegation of the ladies ascended the slopes of Montmarte, in order to consecrate their efforts to the King of Kings. The vicar general gen-eral of Paris, M. Odelin, celebrated mass for them. "You have perfect union," he said, "in your great, social, patriotic, Catholic enterprise; it is the condition con-dition of success. Today you come to place it officially of-ficially under the protection of the Divine Heart that you may become the apostles of its love for the regeneration of France." The Derry' Journal, just received from Ireland, prints a lengthy editorial on the good work at the Irish Immigrant Girls' home of -State street. New York City, under the direction of Rev. M. J.' Henry. The editorial concludes thus: "And for all this inestimable in-estimable service what is the emolument, the fee, the reward? Emolument there is none, no fee is' exacted; the reward is the good accomplished. We would that any poor words of ours could arouse to the full the feeling of Irish people everywhere to the sense of the merit of this praiseworthy institution, insti-tution, to its claims on their fervent and generous support. But .words other than ours from one whose rank and dignity and experience on the spot gives them influence of the highest potency will better serve. 'Who can count but God alone,' says Archbishop Farley, 'the souls sheltered from storm and saved from sin, and perhaps from perdition, by the care and watchfulness of those in charge of your admirable institution during the' twenty years of its existence ! The many prayers that have gone up to heaven from the hearts of those who have been so effectually helped by you and yours, I know" are your best and tpoet acceptable reward for what you are doing.' " Two ladies of natahle Jewish families have recently re-cently passed away, writes a Paris correspondent. aud were buried according to th rjt,w flf , oik) -church. They were the Princess rf - ,?'n' formerly Mademoiselle Bertha Claire do " p"ani schild. and the Princess d'Essling. thi- aHn i ' daughter of another financial family. t.hnt' fP!v Furtado-Heines. The deceased huhVs, hV ' daughters of Israel, wedded into French firnip" including that of the MacMahons. Kavp ' "Yigdal" Maimonides for the i-(,re,lo." nr ,r "Schir Hakabod" of the synagogue for the "(il,-). in Excesis Deo," and it is well known were model Catholics who were painfully shori at the persecutions in augurared by the ijfrorh!' ecclesiastic now practically ruling France. r tv' funeral of the Princess de Wagram in the ul of St. Pierre de Challot it was a marvelous g- to see the great opulent Israelites and the Fn'ri,'' aristocrats. Imperialist and Royalist. moMp,,;,lir not praying together, for the. deceased prin., died genuinely regretted. By going to mass on Sunday during rhr T( cent visit to Paris the king and qiu'cif ..f Itav greatly shocked and disguested the Church -por. cuting gentlemen of the Frencheovernment. as-ths correspondent of the Dublin Freeman thus nor?;-"The nor?;-"The great fact that 'stand from the.sa'urnalin' which lasted from Wednesday. Oct. 14. to Sunday' Oct. 18. is that the king and queen of tiW g the 'bloc' and the ant-i-clericals a tremendous knr,,- on the head by going To rnass on Sunday morninif. In Catholic Ireland it is taken as a matter r.f eourv that the people, rich and poor, brought up jn thf faith should go to mass on Sunday?. I,re (in. Paris) it is different. The government had mada 110 preparations whatever for the kiDg and .queen, at any place of worship, whereas the official programme pro-gramme of the king of England (when in France I ' some weeks ago) comprised a royal visit to the ' Protestant place of worship near the British em. bassy. All the people at the foreign office "seeni ; to have been surprised be.cause the (Italian) gov-ereigns gov-ereigns wanted to drive out. so?n after t on Sunday Sun-day morning. There were no troops available for their protection, so the bicycling policemen had t be utilized for the purpose. Thus the king and queen went to mass, and not to any fashionable church, but to a little Italian chapel, that of St. Anthony An-thony of Padua, where they were received-by the priest in charge, Father Mocone, and the ChaIier ' Calami." |