The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
DAILY LIFE OF Plus x.
Vatican Correspondent Gives Inter
esting Details.

Vatican Correspondent Gives inter-
esting Details.
The Difesa. the Catholic organ Of
Venice, in which Plus Y took such an
interest during his occupancy OF the
patriarchal see, has received from
Signor Fornari, its vatican correspon-
dent. precise details Of the daily life OF
the Holy Father.
Plus Y is a very early riser says
Signor Fornari. When the aiutante,
Young Sill. enters his room in the morn
ing shortly after 5, the pope is already
The first up. As soon as his holiness
has risen he reads his breviary. After
the pope says mass in the little ora
tory opposite the window, arranged the
day after his election. The altar Is sur
rounded with a carpet which half Gov
ers the room; a prieu-dleu and glIded
armchair are placed before the altar.
From the ceiling hangs a Venetian crys-
tai lamp from the Murano works. The
mass is generally served by his nom
ness private secretary. After mass the
pope takes his place at the prleu-dleu
TO assist at a mass in thanksgiving.
The HOLY Father next takes his first
breakfast, consisting Of a cup of coffee.
The morning passes quickly. If the
heat is not excessive, Plus X goes down
to the garden where he likes to take
a long walk, during which he enters
into conversation with a private cham
berlain and those Of the Noble Guard
who are on daily service. The Holy
Father never fails to visit the grotto
of our Lady of LOurdes to pray; he
has done so specially Of late, wishful
OF associating himself in spirit with the
pilgrimage of Italian Catholics 10 the
celebrated sanctuary in France dedi-
Gated to the Blessed Virgin.
The walk does not last more than an
hour The days letters, which are al
ways very numerous and to which the
pope attends himself, are waiting for
him in his STUDY. Then he receives the
reports Of the Sacred Congregations
and gives his decision upon important
and complicated questions. Plus Y
cannot abide negligence, want of order,
regularity or eXactitude.
Next comes the turn of Monsignor
Merry del Val, pro-secretary of state.
when the pope occupies himself with re-
latOns with foreign governments. Then
follow routine, official and private au-
diences. The cardinals. projects of sa-
cred congregations. secretaries and
fUnctionaries, as well as the major
domo, have routine audiences on fixed
days. What particularly fatigues the
pope are special audiences, which he
rather freely grants. The pope's affa-
hility has gained all hearts TO him.
Those who approach him speak of him
as of father
Shortly after noon the pope dimes. It
is a very frugal meal Then he takes
a siesta for about an hour in his bed
room, and after resumes the reading of
his breFiary and his usual occupations
AT O'Clock in the evening. accompa-
MED by the Able Pescini. a young
Venetian priest MOnsignOr Bisleti
Maestro di Camera and Signor Sill. aiu-
tante, the pope takes a promenade in
the loggie of the first floor and the gall
leries Of geographical maps His holt
ness is generally awaited by groups of
the faithful
Plus X next remains alone with his
secretary and walks along the galleries. |
access TO which is then guarded by a |
pontifical gendaTme. During this prom |
enade the pope is at complete liberty. |
and during his walk frequently calls
up memories of Venice. sometimes stop-
ping to look at the pictures and decora- /
lions, sometimes TO cast a glance. over
Rome and the Albanian and Tusculan
mills, which wear a marvellous aspect |
from this elevation of the vatican. The !
promenade over, the pope goes in to |
work until 9: then he takes his SUPPER |
''ltNA 4iAiAn4lNc ltdQluS MS DfGNlarN. !
Sometimes he reads a paper and then |
retires to rest, never later than half /!
past 10.
These details from an authoritative |
and reliable source, viii be read with !
interest
in 1888. the year OF the sacerdotaI |
jubilee of Leo XIII. two ecclesiastics |
met at one Of the affairs in the basilica !
of ST Peter Rome. one was A Roman .
lfelate and canon of the vatican basili-
"a. the other an Italian bishop who had
come TO Rome TO assist at The Jubilee |
occupations. The Roman prelate. who
was getting ready to celebrate mass
Was looking about him. and seemed IN
easy. dis customary server had not
arrived. The bishop. kneeling unite
Hear guessed the nature of the embar-
lassmcnt. discreetly drew and said
with great simplicity: Would Won,
wish me, Monsignor 10 supply the place
"i the server II would not allow it. I
my lord. II is not the place of a bisbon
IL serve my mass" But ] can oct |
over a. I assure YOU. Be at ease. nv
dear friend; go at once TO the altar and !
pesln. lntroibo. Speaking thus. the
bishop having kneit down. the prelate
had 10 proceed. The celebrant was
Alonsignor Radini Tedeschf. director of
Inc recent Italian pilgrimage to
Lourdes. and canon of St. Peters. His
server, who was twenty years Older
was the then bishop of Mantua. now
Pope Plus Y