The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-21
dress to the archbishops of the Catholic
church. of whom there are ninety in
Apostolic Delegation.
United States of America.
Mashington. D. g. JnIY 20th. Lax.

washington. d. c.. July 10Th 1903.
Your Lordst1p,-It Is my painful duty
to convey to you the sad intelligence of
the death of our Holy Father, the Pope.
which occurred to-day. AS in life, so in
death the august POntff has shown
such wonderful example OF serious
thought. of determination of charact>, ,
OF sweetness of heart, OF plety ana Chris
,jan fortttude. as to evoke in all lands
the most striking manifestation of rev.
erence and respect. Leo Kill is dead.
In him HE world has lost a profound
scholar. n distinguished statesman, a
| lover and protector of right and justice,
has lost one whose power for the anelfo-
ration Of society has been exercised wild h
as to be felt everywhere and TO gain
! for him universal admiration. Hence
his death is deplored by all. without dis
| tinctlon of nationality or creed. How
| over, for lis Catholics the loss is greater.
and consequently. still more felt. In
| Leo XIII, besides the scholar the states
man. the philanthropist. we have lost
our spiritual father, the supreme pastor
Of Ehe church, him who. during his long
| pontifcate, has watched with incessant
| solicitude for our spiritual welfare, and
has spared no labor to proclaim farther
and wider the Kingdom of his divine
master. His reign recalls TO our minds
| the brightest days of the papacy. His
noble figure has earned one of the most
glorious places in history.
Willie we bow reverently before the
mortal remains of our august Pontiff and
deplore the great loss which his death
has caused to the church. let public and
private prayers be raised TO heaven in
every diocese and in every parish for
the eternal repose of that noble soul,
AS to the public prayers. your Lordships
may prescribe such suffrages as your
piety may inspire. With sentiments OF
highest esteem and profound respect,
beg leave to remain your devoted SER
want in Christ.
CSigneD. 3. FAlCONlO.
Archbishop Of Laryssa,
Delegate Apostolic
Mgr. Falconio requested that this ad.
dress to the bishops would be accepted as
his statements concerning the death OF
the Pops.
Bishop Rocker and DR.. Marchetti. also
expressed profound sorrow.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The State Department upon learning OF
the death Of the Pope sent tic following
cablegram to Cardinal Rampolla;
cardinal Ra mpola. the Vatican, Rome:
The President desires me to express his
profound sense of the loss which the
Christian world has sustained In the
death of his Holiness. Leo XIII. By his
lofty character. his great learning and
his comprehensive charity he adorned his
exalted station. and made his reign one
Of the most i!sustrious as it has been one
Of the longest In the history OF the Catho-
lie Church.
(Signed) JOHN HAY
The bishops OF the Catholic Church
will celebrate pontifical mass for the re-
pose OF the soul OF the Pope in the
Cathedral OF their respective dloceses and
funeral masses will be celebrated In all
Catholic churches.
A solemn pontifical requiem for his
Holiness. Leo XIII, will be celebrated by
the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor Fal.
COMO, at st. Mary's Church, on Wedncs.
day. July 22d. at half past nine O'CLOCK
in the morning. The sermon for the occa.
sion will be delivered by Rev. Charles w
Currier. the pastor.
After the interment OF the Pop.
prayers will be held in the Catholic
churches asking that divine guidance may
attend the lab.1rs of the consistory in thei,
election OF a successor to Leo XIII.