St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-18

The Head of the Church and
Officers OF the Propa-
ganda.
Strong Traits of Character
the Visitor Noted in the
Pope.
Fresh from the plauditS and hoEOrs of
two continents, Archbishop Ireland
preached in the cathedral of St. Paul,
after an absence of six months, spent
principally in the Eternal City. AS he
assembled the pulpit, smile of genuine
happiness stole across his strong. intel
leetual face, and when finally he came
face to face with his old congregation,
his features plainly indicated his Joy at
being permitted once more to address
his beloved flock. II thought it would
sbe ungracious on my part" said he
land somewhat ungrateful to Almighty
God, IT did not hasten to appear in the
cathedral of st. Paul Immediately on
my return home. 1t is certainly duty
for me, in this place. to return thanks
to God for the safe iourneyings since |
left you. and for the many graceS and
favors with which Providence has Wis
tied me. And | owe it, furthermore, to
the dear people of this congregation to
say to them how pleased and delighted
L am to stand again in this pulpit
and look down Oil well known
faces, OIL well-belOved congregation.
This morning is for me one of the most
pleasing moments have experienced
Ill the past six months. l have, of
course, during that time rested my eyes
on many all altar, and seen around me
many gatherings, but these gatherings,
these audiences. were not the old-time
congregations of Catholics of st. Paul.
They did not show to me the many
friends and co-laborers in the
cause Of Christ. with whom, dur
ing many long year, have
striven and labored for the king
dom OF the church. During that time L
have seen many splendid ediice, many
a noble pile. but believe me. neither the
Basllica OF Rome nor the grand churches
OF Paris. spoke to my soul and awak-
ened my thoughts and feelings such as
the walls of the cathedral of st. Paul.
What must L say to you? The object
Chiefly Ill my mind Was simply to speak to
you those few words. To go over the oc-
currences of long voyage, to relate, how
ever briefly, what would be of interest
to you, would be impossible. | can say
to You that so far as the people of the
diocese of st. Paul ara concerned my
Fl, Il, ,,
and learned many things which will ell
able me in the future to serve the people,
II not with more zeal and love, perhaps
with more intelligence for the needs of
souls and the world at large. L trust
that gradually,in the course of my minis
try among you, this profit will flow over
on the flock confded by God to my care.
The Pope and St Paul.
Let me speak few words on the
Holy See, and of him who today rules
the Church of Almighty God. Leo XIII.
Ii 1t is any consolation and pleasure to
you to say that Leo XIII. is we'll aware
that there is such place as st. Paul.
assure you he knows that fact well, and
will not soon forget it. If it is any
| pleasure to you to know that he takes
deep. abiding interest in the welfare OF
the Church III these remote regions, in
the welfare of the church in the United
States. in the welfare generally, tenn
poral as we'll as spiritual Of our beloved
republic, can assure you he does take
such a deep and abiding interest in all
that concerns it.
Leo today is what would naturally be
called all aged man. He is eighty-tWO
years old, but, surprising to say, in this
advanced stage of life, ne has all the
energy of body and mind which we
would expect in man younger by dec
AIDES of years: All you may hear and
threshold of death has no foundation in
fact. Those who see him for the first
time are somewhat struck by his thin
and ascetic figure, and would believe
that he was attached to the earth by
very fragile strings: but thinness of
body and asceticism of feature indicate.
by no means. weakness or approaching
dissolution. During my entire stay in
Rome he was not indisposed for a single
moment, and from all 1 heard
there was scarcely even an
interruption from his assiduous
labors, even for little while,
because of falling health. He labors
hard. The early part of the morning is
given to private devotions-the celebra-
ton of the mass, and Immediately after,
| he begins his audiences with the heads
| of the different congregations or COM
munitieS to which the affairs of the
church are intrusted. AT II O'Clock he
begins an audience with the bishops and
others, visitors, whom he is willing to
| receive. Every Thursday he gives gen.
| eral audience to which forty or fifty are
admitted, and in these he generally finds
occasion to say few words to each. and
travellers are, from time to time, adj
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may say a few words to the pilgrims and
listen TO what they may have to say,
! provided too many words are not said.
| AT l O'Clock he takes little walk in one
| of the large halls of the Vatican, or. if
| the weather be fine, in the garden. At
| 3, the work again begins with the presi-
dents of the different congregations.
| At O'Clock he assumes his private la
| bors, reading and writing, and until a
| late hour he can be found at his desk.
| The life Of the imperial pontiff is not an
easy one, or, speaking in a worldly
manner, very agreeable one. 1t is a
life of abnegation, of labor, thought
and anxiety. 1t is a wonder indeed
how Leo is able to go through
his labors not merely with such ease,
! but with such clearness of mind and
| special attention to affairs brought be-
fore him. You will often find six bish-
ops waiting to see him, perhaps one from
| America, another from China. another
from France and so on. and with each
and every one he speaks interestingly.
| And besides the different affairs brought
before him by the cardinals and visitors,
he has in mind the vast interests of the
church at large with which he busies
himself intelligently, also the prepare
ton of encyclicals, etc. God has blessed
him with superior mind, there can he
| no question about that.
Leo,s Daily Routine.
Leo XIII. is today undoubtedly the
greatest statesman of the, world, the
man who understands best the great
| questions agtating the world. He has
wonderful Quickness of perception, and
| questions submitted for hours to an
ordinary man are seen through in a few
/ minutes: hence those having business