The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-22
A CONDENSATION WITH CARDINAL ANTONELLI
What the Papal Minister of State Thinks
Of the Future Of the Catholic
Church in America
Ills INTEREST IN OUR CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.

ROME March 81, 1875.
Rome has become sad disappointment for
longed their stay in Rome until after Holy
Week, expecting to see something Of the
ancient Easter ceremonies to reward them for
the penance the pious Of them undergo. But
Pope Plus X still withdraws his presence
from the great public, and only celebrates
mass now and then in the Sistine chapel and
gives his customary audiences. The process
sions 10 St. Peters, the conservation Of the
palms by the Pope. are Of the past, and Easter
Sunday passes over Us like any commonplace
Sabbath The many beautiful ceremonies
that usually fell on this day, the bearing Of
His Holiness on his throne into st. Peters, be.
fore him borne the two fans Of ostrich feathers,
on his head the triple crown, symbolical of
the temporal and the spiritual dominion and
the unity Of the two, are seen no more
Neither the bells Of St. Peter nor the
artillery of ST. Angelo raise their
chorus at the final celebration Of
the resurrection. Victor Emmanuel now
runs the "girandola" or fireworks which
formerly took place from the Castle OF st.
Angelo and later from Monte Pincio. The
Pontifcal blessing Of the crowd from the bal
cony Of St. Peters is withheld, and will be,
of course, 50 long as Rome is occupied by the
Italian government, or until q reconciliation
ID brought about with the new election.
THE lost POETRY OF EASTER.
Rome has lost all its Easter poetry to the
visitor. It is now place simply for religious
penance. not Of rejoicing and exultation.
The pictures Of Rome by Victor Scbefel are
no longer applicable, though pleasant and in
serssting to read. True, he describes the
Rome Of some ages past; but his descriptions
held good till the present decade, when the
temporal dominion was taken away from the
head Of the Church Nov old Father Tiber
has no cause for excitement about the vast
ness Of the crowds hurrying over the bridge Of
Ct Angelo
Through the narrow streets human
rrrong in iestal Rarb and spirit,
Hasteued 10 the vatican;
On St. Angelo there scarce Vas
Room TO pass and elDowiog on came
DARK slgnor 10 faeir spanish
Nantes, and perruqus ana rapier.
With the dark Franciscan paiers
Came the brovn.gaTbsd Capuenes-then
Roman DursHers--hera and there
sunburnt herdsmsu from ths neignoofing
Drear Campasna ana ~ felt an
Antique pr!de In all bis iatiers;
And among tsess, stepping nghty,
came toe dark-cyea Reman mlidens
Deeply veiied, Oet ssl the gsuze could
Not conceal theig lofY Risnclng-
on, what are the glowing sunoeams
E'eA when caaghb by cunning master
IA tie burning glass compared cith
These Bright eyes Of Roma's daughtsrst
Poor ssatacd heart On s,op thy ossaaEi
0aJly on tno prosza there nuster'd
On ST. hadrian'a tomb tae standards
VIVA lie p4pRi soe'z insignie-
k.trs aud tho Two D.s cross aeys-
"a S. Petcfs square the CONTAINS
sprsns ond loaned IA rainbow colora,
splasEtOg DER ~ sranlse basins.
TENFo2A lrCrASgUA
Tie throng that gathered In 81, Peters on
Easter Sunday nioTring was small, ana COM
posed chiefly 81 undovout tourists and Eng
lish clergymen, who said that ovon The boausl.
tul singing Of tho papal 'Kopelic" was
'toporatio" nov they flaltos around Rome,