The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

Extracts from the " Tablet."

PIUS IX.'S POPULARITY AMONG THE RoMANS*---
The Pope's annual visit to the Church of the
Twelve Apostles on the vigil of the Immaculate
Conception is always the signal for a loyal demon'
stration in favour of the Temporal Power. The
present occasion was no exception to those of tllO
past. At half-past three the Pope arrived, and it:
he descended from his carriage at the door 01-
the sacristy an enthusiaside burst of cheering
broke from the crowd, which, although 131131'
bering a considerable proportion of foreige
Catholics, was mainly composed of Roma°°'
Nothing could be more national than the
cries that saluted our ears. " Vica l'Angelo de
r.
Vaticano," " Viva it nostro Vecchio," were far e".
tener audible than " Vive le Pape," or " 'rive rser
IX." A good Anglican clergyman who stood net%
me in the crowd was fairly carried away by tua
popular feeling, and waved his hat and shoutea
with a " muscular Christianity" which
have rejoiced the heart of Mr. Kingsley. " Wri3j't
they told me these demonstrations were !;°oi3-0
up by the French abbds and Zonaves?',
said, " and here are the Romans themselves f°l.-;
most in showing their loyalty to the Pope." „A
the good Anglican been a little more accustomed
to the popular dialects, he would also 11%
distinguished what struck me at once, viz., that tmo0
Romagnoli and Merchezziani, many of whom oereir
to Rome as workmen, were most clamorous in the
st
loyalty. Nowhere, perhaps, is the mild and idly
rule of the Pope better appreciated than in the 1150
happy provinces groaning under Piedmonte.,o
usurpation, and where the massacres of San Dounl;
are matter of recent history. The Holy Fat
having rested in the eacristy, entered the chug b;
preceded by the Sacred College, and surrounded he
his household ; and the prayers which closed the
Novena having been recited, a clear, full, rich T°lo
we all knew entoned the first words of the
Deum.
Oyth
THE POPE FIFTY YEARS A PRIEST.—T-- 50,0
h
anniversary of the ordination of the Soverejril
Pontiff as Priest, will occur on the 10th ofd id
next. Pius IX. received minor orders the
January, 1817, the subdeaconate 20th of Deore'he
tf
1818, the order of Deacon Gth March, 18191;
Priest, 10th April, 1819, which was Holy Satur:7;
He was ordained Priest by Mgr. Caprara, aft
wards Cardinal.
CATHOLIC POPULATION IN EUROPE AND r, 10
—The New York Times calculates that the Prere,
tion of Catholics to Protestants is greater in
rica than in Europe. In Europe, with a P°Pli
tion of about 287,000,000, 23 per cent.
Protestants, and 50 per cent. Catholics; in Arner'ore'
with a population of 73,000,000, 38 per cent.
Protestants, and 59 per cent. Catholics.
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES has been parchas,,-
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np
the Princess of La Tour-d'Auvergne, whose inteo
tion was to reside there in a house which
brought from Paris for the purpose. The Prie.:oo
however, died before her plan could be carriedaloel
execution, and the Mount of Olives, by a c the
signed in due form, becomes the property
Crown of France. With
THE CATHOLIC EPISCOPATE.—iII connection of
the approaching Council, it is interesting to I‘ll.o,
that the number of prelates composing the ht/Itio
archy, according to the Annuario Pontilicio for co,
year, is 982. There are actual vacancies in 112 ;
Belonging to the Oriental Rite there are 75 °- 10
and of sees in partibus injidelium there are 229' tech
all there are in the Catholic Church 12 patriare'aro
177 archbishoprics, 905 bishoprics ; but thereod
vacant one patriarchate, nine archbishoprics/ .09
102 bishoprics. The number of sees and vicerliooo
in the British dominions is 110. Great Writain efiv
will represent above one-tenth of the prelates
coi.
will have a right to sit and judge in the C0c11133
cal Council.

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