The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-21
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1887. Of the jubilee OF the pope's ordina-
ton to the priesthood. the jubilee
service in ST Peters on tlat occasion
being attended by $4,000 persons. At
the mass the pope used golden ever
and basin presented TO him by the
late Queen Victoria and wore tiara
given by the emperor OF Germany. His
holiness also wore magnificent dia-
mond ring sent him by the sultan Of
Turkey as "a personal mark of his
good viii and pleasure.
In February. 1906. the pope issued
an encyclical on Americanisn. which
caused much discussion, and In June.
! 1901, he issued letter on labor. which
also aroused much Interest
On March 3. 1902 the late nope took
part in the public celebrations in honor
Of the twenty-fourth anniversary OF
his coronation by holding a .'DapaI
chapel IN the basilca OF ST. Peter ON
which occasion he was greeted by So
0O0 persons. This was the first inc
q chapel" had been hello I'm the basili-
ca since 1870, such ceremonies having
heretofore taken place in the sistine
chapel Thirty cardinals were among
those present The late DOatif. ON
March D. 1902. published a long en-
cycHcal letter, the tCle Of which sug-
gested testamentary recommendations
and in which he deplOred the renewed
attacks on the church and the recent
errors Of humanity" instanctiug df-
vorce. and picturing the present coudi-
ton Of society as having drifted into
/ a state of anarchy.
The twenty-fOurth anniversary of
/ Pope LeO's coronation was held az the
vatican July 6, 1902 by the entire papal
court, and thousands % members of
all the Catholic societies assembled in
I Rome for the occasion.
he 81 .ar,.r-.rr..s,r
] Leo XIII was dated Oct. 80 1902 and
was designed 10 promote study Of the
I scriptures. and in F February of this year
( he wrote a poem. dedicated to a friend
/ whom the pontif desired TO advise on
the best means Of prolOnging life.
The twenty anniversary. Of the
! late Dooe's election to the chair Of
St Peter was celebrated Feb % OF
this year, with elaborate pomp, in the
nall OF Identification, above the portico
or St Peters on which occasion the
/ venerable prelate was presented with
gold tiara, costing S25.O 600, as the jubi-
/ lee present Of the Catholic world. and
with large sums OF money from various
sources.
The celebration of the twenty-ffth
anniversary of the late pope's corona
ton occurred in St Peters. March
last. with all the imDressiveness and
grandeur Of the Catholic church. and
on April % the DOntifcate OF the late
pope surpassed in length that of st.
Peter, Leo XIII having then been elect
ed pope twenty-five years, two months
and seven days, known as the days of
Peter"
King Edward visited the late pope
IN the latter part of April and En-
peror William was received by the late
pOntiff early i'm May.
Under Leo XIII the American do
| ceses almost doubled in number. ana
the Catholic university al Washing
ton was founded The pope was repre-
/ scented at the worlds fair Chicago. by
MonsignOr. now Cardinal, SatOlli. who
/ shortly afterward was appointed papal
/ delegate at Washington. His holiness
/ was much gratified when President
/ Roosevelt sent Governor Taft to Rome
\ to discuss Philippine questions. but
! one Of his greatest dreams. which was
| never realized. was that America should
| have a diplomatic representative at the
| vatican.