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les took on new interest and added
beauties during the reign of its art
loving archbishop. He worked, read,
studied loved and labored and it may
be said that the best years Of his life
were spent at Perugia among the peo-
pie who loved and who by his great
ability and indominatable energy, he
elevated and refined. 1t was here he
first began to write Latin verse for
which he became still more famous
in his old age, and it was here that
he received the honor of cardinals
hat In 1877 he was still further hon.
ored by the pope by being appoint
ed Cardinal Camerlingo and later it
was in that capacity that on the death
of Plus, he was called upon to act as
temporal head of the church until the
conclave met to elect successor. and
which, when done, ended in his own
elevation to the papacy.
Ascends Papal Throne.
When Leo the Thirteenth assembled
the papal throne it was during the
quiet that followed the storm in Italy,
when the states Of the church. had
been wrested from it by the people and
the new pope found himself only the
spiritual head of the faithful. Nothing
daunted by what may well have dis
mayed him, Leo determined to follow
the political popilcy Of Plus TX.
limits of the Vatican and has ever since
government or touch the allowance
made for him. While not proclaim1ng
himself prisoner. nevertheless he be-
came a voluntary prisoner within the
limits of the vatican and has ever since
so remained. Upon the contrast of
Leo with his predecessor Justin Nc
Carthy in his fair and just estimate
of the late pope says: f.r,fe
LEO the Thirteenth was, however,
a very different man from Plus the
Ninth. Leo understood the world as
it is He was a scientific man; he
thought much he was accustomed to
analyze the dispositions of people and
of race; he we'll knew that he had to
work by wit and not by witchcraft.
Therefore while he maintained ire
vocably the position taken up by Plus
the Ninth, and refused to give any
sanction to the new political condi-
lions, he did not thrust himself into
prominent struggles against them
There was a great deal Of the practical
about him, in the higher sense. The
time of protest, he seems to have
thought has passed away" One OF
the first acts of the new pope was to
publish bull re-establishing the
Catholic hierarchy in Scotland. Plus
the Ninth against great protest had
done the same thing in England. Small
troubles resulted from this as there
was peaceful tone of reconciliation in
the popes letter which disarmed the
hotheads. The great difference was
that Leo was always a diplomat and
knew how to deal with peoples. His
first encyclincal letter appeared April
81, 1878, and it's subject was the evils
affecting modern society. This was
somewhat of a disappointment to many
nc ho6 1,a fcc
something in the shape of mani
festo against the Italian states. In the
Catholic church alone did Leo find a
cure for all disturbances Of modern
society and the disquiet Of the times.
This was well received in some
places. unnoticed in others.
Leo's Greatest Victory.
1t was soon after this Leo engaged
in the first great struggle of his reign,
which ragged fiercely for time and
finally was settled in way eminently
satisfactory to the Catholics of the
world and remains to this day the
greatest victory of Leo's life. 1t was
the Kultur-Kampf, or the fight in
Germany for the cause Of Catholic
education. 1t is not necessary to go
into details of that world famous
struggle, when Bismarck and Leo-the
two greatest statesmen Of their time
were pftted against each other in dead
ly combat and which resulted in the
bending of the German lion to the will
of the pope. 1t is defeat admitted
by Protestant and Catholic alike. It
marked the apex OF Leo's success as a
diplomat and moulder of men. He
obtained for the German Catholics the
right to educate their children ac-
cording to the dictates of their con.
sciences.
From this time more particularly.
Leo Kill established his reputation as
the greatest statesman and diplomat
in Europe, and that position he has
ever since held. In considering the age
of the papacy, Justin Mccarthy has
this to say: 1--WE talk Of great en-
pires-of England with her drum-taps
following each other round the orb of
the earth. We talk of Russia; of Ger
many; of France. May I point out to
my readers that the empire of the pap
acy is much greater thany of these 7?
What hold has the Russian sovereign
over Germany? What hold has the
German emperor over England? What
hold has the car, except for occasional
political alliances and fantasies, over
acy is much greater than any of these !?
powers-what hold have all of them
combined-over the great republic of
America?
His Influence Everywhere.
"But the papacy is an influence ev-
erywhere, and it has to look after ey
erythfng. It's dominion is seated in the
consciences of men-ofe its followers to
be sure, but then. It's followers are
everywhere. = The pope is I'M
derstood to have an influence and right
of Intervention. so far as advice goes.