The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-09
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RoME.-The OFFICIAL J0,srnalof Naples.
which cannot be suspected of favoring the
Pope, says OF the Easter festivities sIs1
AThe number of strangers who visited
regular passports, exceeded 1000, and the
number who have congregated there, from,
thecountry and without passports, Is also
considerable. Gasa5saco sIg8 sssf1l 4 ais. 81
+ "0n Easter Sunday, the Pope gave as.
usual his blessing, from. the Ioggia of the
Vatican. He seemed to be in very good
health, his voice was clear and strong; and
his aspect, serene. sSFhel plaza below was
crowded with people. After the ceremony,
the file of carriages was one hour moving
off and among them was remarked the
carriage of Francis IL, bearing the coat of
arms of the Bourbons." .
From the correspondence of the Vest
minister Gazette N4sSS--~52f =
There was an immense crowd inside ST.
Peters on Easter Sunday !, and ON the Plaza
there must haze ,been, oyer one hundred
Thousand people: The morning. was very
bright, But clouded over about eleven, and
at halfpast eleven O'clock it rained heavily
for few minutes; the rain cleared off by
twelve, however, and at q quarter,
past, Mt the moment when the Pope
appeared outsidef the Loggia for the
Benediction.l which he gave with voice
irmer and distincter, if possible, thar ever
it was qhite fine, though the afternoon was
again rainy; afld91it was SO wet in the
evening that g3hei iifumination had ITO be
postponed, and. on MonSay evening the
fireworks were put off for a similar reason,
The aggregate sum or the offerings an
nounced by the CnfVerse, as received at its
office up to the end of March, In honor of
the Pope's Jubilee, amounts to, 90, 800,
francs, while the amount up to the same
date received Feduring two months col ?
lection) at the Office of, the. URita Cdttoficd
Of Turin, is 200 900 francs; this may suffice
to afford'a substantial proof Of the attach
ment to the Holy See which yet reigns
Throughout Italy, ia the midst of it's poverty
and its5pohtical distractions, In Holland
Sc, 600 francs had been collected up to the
10th of March. The University of Lou
vain has prepared an affectionate address
sented through the Nuncio of Brussels,)
and sends with it an Offering of an alb of
exquisite workmanship, trimmed with lace
known ms the genre duehesSe. ntat'd,'
The monster address of congratulation
from Germany, the original idea of which
emanated from Banberg, has received over
million of signatures, among them are
those of the King of Saxony, Prince Albert
Grown Prince) and Prince George, and
thirteen other princes. The students of
| thirty-two German universities, lyeeums,
and seminaries have sent another address;
the young merchants Of Aix-la- Chapelle,
Cologne, Coblenz, Freiburg, and Paderborn
| another; the German Workman's Associa-
| ton another, besides several of less note,
and each accompanied by collections of
offerings; the offerings of all the dioceses
of Bavaria up to the present time amount
to l5O, 600 francs, but many parishes have
still a collection announced to take place
on the nth Of Apri1itself. r-s..-....
In order to satisfy his affection for the
| lowly altar at which his first spiritual
ministratiops were offered up, the Holy
Father has decided to say his Mass on the
! FdIegnaR,i surrounded by the poor Tata
Giovanni boys; since the reasons have
mentioned before prevented him from
saying it there on the anniversary itself.
CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES IN As1A.-The
Bombay Catholic Eramiaer, March 9th,
says:
Weihai with delight another mark OF
I Catholic progress in the island of Ceylon,
| by the appearances Of the Catholic Mes
| senger, which, at Colombo, on February the
| 18th, commenced a career of which we trust
never to see the end. This island of Cey-
lon is a stronghold of Catholicity. Its
entire population is estimated at l,7l9, All,
| of whom I6O, O96 are Catholics, under the
care of two Right Rev. Bishops, Wears
Apostolic, who hold jurisdiction respective
ly in the north and southern parts of the
. island. BY far the larger part of the Ca
tholic population is in the southern
division, and it is therefore at Colombo, the
chief city of this division, and of the
whole island, that the new Catholic organ
has been established. A fine field ofactior
is therefore before our brother, which We
: have no doubt will be taken advantage Ct
to aid tue pTogFess Of religion Throughout
ourselves too in the good work in which ",
have been laboring for so many year
past. @ 81 - z-L- ~ - So
!, CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN BoMBAY.-The re
> cogniti0n blythe Syndicate of the Bombay Uni
: versity of st. Mary's Institution college 70
n degrees in arts must be regarded as strikin
fiact in the educational movement Scarcel
, more than five years have elapsed since tn
| founding of this educational establishment j
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