Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-08

leu Dy the auxiliary DlSnOp OF tndL see,
were received by the Pope in the hall
of the Identification, crowded to it's ut
most limits; his holiness, saluted by
enthusiastic WHAT'S on his entrance in
the sedia gestatoria, after the custom
airy litanies and prayers, intoned by
the Augustian fathers of st. Monica,
impaired in solemn form the apostolic
benediction, and later admitted to kiss
his hand, the leaders and notabilities
of the two pilgrimages, who offered
considerable sums for Peter-pence.
The numerous parti-colored banners Of
the several Catholic labor unions, as
also the picturesque costumes of the
three representants of the German
Catholic University League of Salz-
burg, lent further brilliancy to the
scene. AS on every former occasion,
thanks to the good will of the grand
papal chamberlain, numbers of persons
OF all nationalities, thronged the vari-
Gus vast halls and ante-chambers along
the passage of the papal cortege, while
those admitted within the hall proper,
by special favor, swelled. the number
the ford appearance of the sovereign
pontiff, as borne through their ranks
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right and left, his paternal blessing.
The same day he admitted to private
gates from the German Catholic Uni
versity Federation Cartel Verbano),
respectively, a student of philosophy
at Breslau, a student Of Jurisprudence
at Lipsic and a student of medicine at
Giessen, vesting, each the distinctive
uniform of his corps and presented by
a doctor in law, from Innspruck, now
resident in Rome.
To add to the labors of the holy
father, daily private audiences are ac-
corded to bishops of all nations, in
Rome, for the visit ad limina; and to
numbers of distinguished personages,
among others, to the Baron and Baro-
ness de la Barre de Nanteuil, grand
children of the late Countess de Nan
teuil, formerly Miss Angelo Binsse, Of
New York, and nephew and niece of
the papal zouave, Alfred de Nanteuil,
killed at the battle of Castelidardo,
September IS, 1860, fighting in defense
of the rights of Plus TX. His holiness,
further, is always present at the Lent
en- sermons of the apostolic preacher,
and beside the regular daily business
audiences presides from time to time,
the plenary sessions OF the s. Congre-
cation of Rites, in preparation for the
coming solemn concentrations, set for
the Feast Of the Ascension, May "a
next Don Lorenzo Perosi is busily
engaged in the composition of a new
mass, OF which the holy father has
graciously accepted the dedication: it
will be known as the Mass of Leo
MIL" win be sung for the first time
in the basilica of St. Peter on occasion
of the feast of the approaching canon
ization, and will be handed down to
future ages as a perennial souvenir OF
the jubilee year of 1900.
The better to honor the n.nety-frst birth
day and the twenty second anniversary OF
the incoronation OF Leo XIII the Antt-Sla-
very Society. the Roman Committee on
Homage to the Redeemer. the Federation
Ptana, and tn supreme council Of the
Catholic Youth of Rome determined to O.
fer banquet to 800 poor Of the Eternal
City. selecting, In 50 far as possible, those
most needy and more advanced In yeara
Sunday. March I. cuTrent. the tabieA