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Show ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO BE A HOLY DAY Rome, Dec. 13. As a result of a decree from the pope, Issued in July, in referenco to holy days, SL Patrick day was struck from tho list of obligatory ob-ligatory holy days on which Catholics Catho-lics are called on to hear mass and abstain from unnecessary work. On Hie request of the Irish Catholic hierarchy, hier-archy, howevor. tho holy see has Juat issuod auoter decree, which Ib moat importatn for Irish people throughout through-out the world. According to this the feast of St. Patrick will continue to be a holy day without, however, being subject to the law of fasting or abstinence. oo |