The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-01-23

unental toni, for the late Pope Leo MI inside the
Church of ST. John Lateran has been approved. Ii
represents Pope Leo wearing the triple sit
ting on throne. supported by the world, each hand
extended in the act of blessing. The cost Is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Bishop Foley of Detroit comes to his 10th year
without being an old man. He is still hearty and
active in the dur;es OF his office That he may
long continue so viii he the burden of the congre-
cations which he will rece; we on his birthday from
his fellow citizens when they gather about him to
convey their greeting, says the Michigan Catholic.
Every Sunday afternoon Pope Plus nscs to INC
Court of st. Damascon and breaches Il SIHpn. SER
to the people. Each parish in The city has c1te
cay Tickets are issued to every member OF the
congregation free. and Others are also admitted.
From $4,000 to 1000 people assemble in the court
every Sunday for this sermon. Even in this l1e Is
most democratic. He is not seated upon pontiticn
throne, as one would suppose. but stands as the
humble parish priest upon PLATFORM upon which
a few of his guard and some OF his household are
seated. This is without precedent i'll the history Ct
the papacy.
Rev. Dir. Wall, just returned from Rome. docs not
thing another representative in The Sacred College
will be given AmeTiac at carly late although he
says the new pope is more inclined 10 This than any
of his predecessors.
National Secretary AntlOnT Matrc. 81 the
American Federation of Catholic societies,
nounces that the national executive board of that
organization viii meet in semi-annua session at
Detroit, Mich. Jan. 30 and 81.
A meeting. of the Catholic hierarchy will be
held in Washington Jan. 81, atfwhich questions
atng to the Catholic university viii be discussed
1t is this meeting it is said that probably gave rise
to the .rumor that primacy was to be established
In regard to the nomination OF Cardinal Gibbons
primate Monsignor Marchetti said: ':There is moth
ing in it. so far as.I have heard"
The pope signed the brief appointing Mgr Sera-
tini, archbishop of Spoleto. apostolic delegate TO
Mexico instead of apostolic visitor to Mexico as ex-
pected. This is considered by the vatican authori-
ties the first step toward the resumption of dpo-
matte relations between Mexico and the Holy See.
The establishment of primacy IN the Catholic
church in the United States is said to be one OF
the details of intention by the present pope TO
enlarge the scope OF home rule among. English
speaking Catholics the world over.
A cabegram from Paris says that five OF the best
known works of Able Losy. the Catholic Biblical
critic, have been placed upon the Index Expurga
torius. Cardinal Richard has received the danna
tory degree from the riticam
1t had been the intention of the authorities at
the census office, Washington, publish religious
census. of the United States early this year The
figures will not however, be ready for publication
until the fall if they available at all by that
time The cause of this unexpected delay lies III
the many difficulties that have been encountered
in the compilation of the Philippine census