The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-14
ROME AND The PONTIFF.
FATHER CLEARY,S LECTURE BE-
FORE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION.

Father Cleary took a rapt audience
through old Rome and introduced 1t in
spirit to the aged and sanity pontiff, at
the University chapel, at Minneapolis.
Yesterday AFTERNOON. That the Univer-
sity Catholic association had invited its
friends was evidenced by the unusually
large attendance, and the promised lee
ture, Rome aHd/Ileo Kill" was one
the very choicest/freats ever given in
formally by Father Cleary.
Not well known perhaps, are some of
the interesting minor facts with which
the telling of his story was embe1lshed.
one of. these Isfhe/fact that no crowned
head, save WilHan/ of Prussia has ever.
visited Italian royalty in the palace of the
Quirinal, and that all have shown
marked avoidanee of the official palace
and have made their calls elsewhere
William, indeed, fs.lsaid to have sent an
apology to the /Pofftif for his breach of
courtesy in his few minute Official recog-
milton of the Qgtrinal as the palace of the
king. III
Father Cleary~teld of the effect of the
jubilee, which he. last year attended, upon
Rome in the way of commercializing that
classic and religius center. Street car
stock, for instance, had advanced 50 per
cent Those who made the jubilee. dur
ng ts exercises must needs vsit four
of the great churches one of which had
its recently burned treasures in the way
Of precious marbles donated and replaced
by the car Of Russia and used in decor
at1ng another, had been the gift to the
Holy See of. Ferdinand and Isabella o.
Spaifl-virgin gold from newly discovered
America.
The air of the Vatican palace, the resi-
dence of the pope, was one of quiet .Ee-
gance, while the three or four rooms
occupied by the pope were described as
simple in the 'ex IRENE - -. ','-s a
The speaker described the scene at the
Vatican as one of the most democratic
that could be imagined, where in the
great basilica, kne1t side by side, splendid
with diamonds, gentlemen and mobiles
a-shine with orders that they are proud
proud, the barefoot peasant of the coun-
try district and the street arab of old
Rome. He described the beautiful cere-
mony at st. Peters and told Of the vast
ness of that greatest edif1ce, OF the dome,
which is exactly the size of the Roman
Pantheon. under which it is possible to
shelter 100000 people, standing.
The pope he described as a man whom
students of the time had ranked as one
Of the worlds four greatest, the other
three of whom have passed beyond.
namely, Gladstone, Bismarck, and Man
ming
Father Clear9s9 told of a previous visit
to Cardinal M4nnfng, after a visit to
Rome. and how the cardinal had asked
how the aged p9htfff was getting along
''Oh, he's feeble and very much ema.
ciated." said Father Cleary
Indeed. he's two years younger than
I am-he should not be feeble" said the
cardinal =
Leo XIII has survived him and is now
ninety-one years, a frail, old man, mere
skeleton, with unimpaired, wonderful
mind, and face lit by luminous eyes
He dwelt at Bngth upon the much dis
cussed question of sthe temporal power
Of the pope, and laid its meaning not
in lust Of power5gbr avarice, but the
necessity of tl19 pohtif being absolutely
independent of the Faprices of monarch.
That he be not %dependent upon court for
immunity from harm, and that the exer-
else of his prerogative as sovereign head
Of the spiritual church be not subject
to any outside interference.
G. D. O'Brien will address the Univer-
sity Catholic association next Sunday.