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Show H POPE PIUS BESTOWS H HIS BENEDICTION H Salt Lake Council Knights of Colum- H bus Recipient of Special Favor H Of Roman Pontiff. H SALT LAKE, Feb. ft A letter was H received Thurrday uflernoon, by W H. H Leary from Cardinal Mcrrl del Val. H private secretary to Pope Pius X, H statin? that tho" popo had bestowed H the apostolic benediction on the Salt H Lake Council of the Knights of Co- Hj lumbus. in response to the expre3- H sion sent the Vatican of the loyally and H devotion of Uie council. Grand Knight H W. II. Lcary of the council wrote the H cardinal recently expressing pleasure H nt tho elevation of three Americans H to the cardlnalatc, as follows: H Salt Lake City, Nov. 29, 1911. H His Eminence. Cardinal Morrl Del H Val, secretary of state, the Vatican, H Rome, Italy: H Your Eminence Appreciating the H 'honor which, woe conferred upon our H country, and particularly upon the H Catholics therein, by tho elevation to H tho cardinolate of throe Amorlcans, H Salt Lake council No. 602 of tho B Knights of Columbus respectfully re- Hj q uosts thai you convey to his holl- H ncBs, Popo Plus X, our sincere ap- preciation of the dignity bestowed up on us. We take this occasion also of pledging pledg-ing the loyalty of the 300 members of our council to the Catholic faith, and can assure you that wo but ex-pross ex-pross the sentiments of a total mem- oAlP of an rder approximating JGO,000 men, whom we believe to be the flower of American civic lire Respectfully, (Signed) WILLIAM H. LEARY. The cardinal wrote In reply: SegrcterJa di Stato, dl Sua Santlta, Dal Vatlcano, Jan 19, 1912 Mr. William H. Leary, Salt Lako City, Utah. Dear Sir I had tho pleasure of con-VeiuS con-VeiuS to bls nollness. In accordance with lour desire, the expression of your appreciation of the elevation to the sacred purple of three distln gulshed members of tho American hierarchy. His holiness was pleased tn lenrn flint ih. .i. ... , . C . u rtuuuii oi uie noiy seo had been received Jn tho states with such universal satisfaction and deeply appreciated the sentiments of loyalty and deot!on on the part of such a representative bodv as the Knights of Columbus- The" holy father fath-er moreover most cordially bestowed his apostolic benediction upon you and upon all the members of the coun- Acsiirlng von of my esteem, I am Yours faithfully In J C ' (SIpjicd.) n. CARD. MERRI DEL VAL. .nn . |