The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-09-11
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Pope Gives a Permit-Great-
est Assemblage of Roman
Dignitaries in England in
300 Years.
Eight Cardinals seen together
anywhere outside of Rome is an
unprecedented happening in these
days, and especially so in Lon
don, but such was the case in
that city on Saturday, September
9th, where there has been no
such gathering since the Reforma
tion. 1t is barely possible that
there may be nine of them in at
tendance at the Eucharistic Cong
ress, which assembled in West
minister Cathedral. September
9th, and remained in session four
days, considering matters of in
terest to the Catholic Church.
The nineteenth in the series of
these annual meetings, it will be
the most imposing of them all,
for there will be more ceremony
in connection with the London
assembly than at the is which
have preceded it, the Pope hav
ing given permission for the eel
ebration in the Cathedral of a
High Mass according to the Greek
rite. Many features of the Con-
gress will he unique. but this
Mass, the most OF all perhaps.
for 1t is rarely allowed. Even at
Rome, where the brilliant
church festivals are tolerably nu.
merOus, the last eel bration of
the Greek Mass on the occasion
of the celebration of the feast of
st. John Chrysostom were remem
bered for many day.
Some of the church dignitaries
are already in London. More
will arrive within the next few
days. and when all have assem-.
bled, there will be fou..d in the
list Cardinal Logue, Archbishop
OF Armangh; Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop of Baltimore; Car
dinal Moran, Archbishop of Sgd
ney; Cardinal Lecot, Archbishop
of Bordeaux; Cardinal Fischer,
Archbishop of Cologne; Cardinal
MERCER, Archbishop of Mechliu;
Cardinal Ferrari, Cardinal Arch
bishop of Telodo, and Cardinal
Vicenzo Vanutelli, the latter to
be the Papal legate.
FIRST TIME IN A PROTESTANT
COUNTRY.
Cardinal Vanutelli is not un.
known in England, for several
years ago he was the conspicuous
figure in the opening Of Armagh
Cathedral; but on this occasion
he comes as the representative of
the Pope. the first time in 300
years that the country has been
thus honored. In fact, it is three
centuries since an English Cardi-
nal instituted a legate's court in
London for the probate of wills
and the trial of offenses against
the spiritual laws. 1t was a trib-
unal that did not last long, but
there were legates in Cardinal
Wolsey's time, and even after
wards. who had none of these
legal attributes.
| Speaking of the Congress, Car.
dinal Vaputelli said: A''' 3
"This Congress- will be of great
Importance, as it is the first thine
that gathering of this nature
has been held in Protestant
country. 1t follows very closely
upon the meeting of the Anglican
Bishops and will be an historic
event. for it is centuries since
England had a Papal legate upon
her soil. | am convinced. how
ever, that Protestant opinion will
reive the meeting of the Eucha-
ristic Congress with respect.
Great Britain is a religious aud
hospitable country and, besides
politics will be entirely absent
from our gathering y
OPPOSITION is FoREsHADowED
His expressed hope that Prot
estant England might be gracious
seemed almost like foreboding
of trouble. for hardly had he
uttered his words than u com
munication was received by Sir
Edward Henry. Chief of the Met
ropolitan Police, from the Prot
estant Alliance, calling attention
to the fact that permission was
said to have been given during
the Congress to carry the conse.
Grated wafer through the streets,
and quoting proclamation for
bidding the exercise Of any of
the rites or ceremonies of the
Roman Catholic religion save
within the usual places of wor
ship. The Alliance submitted
that the contemplated procession
was to be in direct opposition to
the law, and the police were
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