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Show SALT LAKE KNIGHTS GIVEN BENEDICTION Salt Lake, Feb. 9. His holiness, Pope Pius X., has bestowed his apoB-tollc apoB-tollc benediction on the members of Salt Lake council, Knights of Columbus, Colum-bus, and expressed' in a letter receded re-ceded yesterday from Cardinal Merry Del Val his appreciation of the sentiments sen-timents of loyalty and devotion sent him by the council William H Lcary, grand knight of the council, wrote the cardinal recent ly, expressing plcasuro at tho elevation eleva-tion of three Americans to tho cardi-nalate. cardi-nalate. Mr. Leary's letter was as follows: fol-lows: "Salt Lake. Utah, Nov 29, 1911. "His Einlnenco, Cardinal Merry Del Val, Secretary of State, Tho Vatican, Rome, Italy: "Your Eminence. Appreciating the honor which was conferred upon our countrv, and particularly upon the Catholics therein, by the elevation to the cardinalato of three Americans, Salt Lake council No 602 of tho Knights of Columbus respectfully re. quests that yon convoy to his holiness, holi-ness, Pope Plus X., our sincere appreciation ap-preciation of the dignity bestowcl upon us. "We tako this occasion also of pledging the loyalty of the three hundred hun-dred members of our council to the Catholic faith, and can assure you that wq bul oxpress tho sentiment1: of a total membership of an order ap- . proxltnatlng. two hundred and sixty I thousand men, whom we believe to be file tlower of American civic life. "Respectfully, (Signed.) ''WILLIAM H. LEARY." Cardinal Merry Del Val wrote in reply re-ply the following letter: "Scgrctarla dl Stato, dl Sua Santlta, Dal Vatlcano, Jan. 19, 1912. U "Mr William H. Learv,' Salt Lake City, Utah. I "Dear Sir: I had tho pleasure of conveying to his holiness, In accordance accord-ance with your desire, the expression of your appreciation of the elevation to the sacred purple of three distinguished distin-guished members of tho American hierarchy. His holiness was pleased to learn that tho action of the holy see had been received In tho states with such universal satisfaction and dooply appreciated tho sontlments of loyalty arid devotion on tho part of such a representative body as tho Knights of Columbus The holy father moreover moct cordially bestowed be-stowed his apostolic benediction up, on you and upon all the members of the council. "Assuring you of my esteem, I am . Yours faithfully in J C . "R CARD. MERRY DEL VAL." (Signed.) no |