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| after the same American pilgrimage wa.
In the Vatican gardens when suddenly, tn,
work Of the officials having already be.
gun, they were ordered away as the Pope
was seen approaching. With true Amer
lean determination they objected that
they did not want TO leave.
Plus y, who understood some
thing of what was going on, inquired and
Cardinal Gibbons, who was among those
who accompanied them. explained that
1t was pilgrimage Of his countrymen
who desired to pay homage to the Holy
Father. They had asked for an audience
and We're waiting for the appointed day.
RECEIVED "'iIEM At ONCE.
The Pontif Immediately said there was
no necessity 10 wait, and that he would
receive the Americans at once in the ad.
joining Museum Lapidarium Thus Pope
Plus y received the first pilgrimage Of
his pontiticatc, held in his hands and
blessed the two American flags which are
stll preserved, one in Rome and ono in
New York
Plus did not intend 10 change the
substance of the policy which his two pre-
doccssors had followed towards Italy His
protests against the loss of the Temporal
Power, however, lost the vehemcncc and
bitterness which formerly characterized
them
Tho strongest of his protests on this
subject was issued when President Loubet
disregarding the prohibition to all Catholic
rulers and heads of states to visit the
King Of United Italy in his Capital. was
the first, with the exception Of Prince
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, since 1870, to go
as guest TO the Quirlnal
This, however, was not only caused bv
the feeling towards Italy but much more
by the state of religious war with France,
which was the most remarkable event In
the last pontlhcate and of which many
have attributed the responsibility to Plus
~ while the hostilties had already begun
under Leo XITI.
France found lmitators in Spain, which
passed In Parliament bills against the
Religious congregations and the clergy
leading 10 the recall of the Spanish Am.
bassador accredited TO the Holy See; and
in Portugal, where the republic, proclaim
ed on October ., 1910, brought about
complete separation between church and
state, the expulsion of the religious con.
gregations and the Conhscation of their
properties,
MORE CORDIAL WITH ITALY.
While such serious crises were taking
place between the Vatican and some of
the Latin countries, which had been known
In history as the most faithful to the
Holy See, the relations with Italy, while
in the outside form the usual
character of hostility. were in substance
much more cordial.
1t would take long to enumcrate all |
he reforms Of n religious character initia. |
led by Plus Y, such as that Of restoring
The Gregorian chants, Of preaching every |
sunday from a text from the Bible, him. |
self giving the good example by having |
ss long as his strength allowed him. the |
althful OF the different parishes of Rome |
n the Courtyard Of san Damaso to hear
llm explain the Gospel story and carry.
ng out one arter the other as Pope the |
ame idens and principles which he had
,rofessed andadvoCated AS hishopand pa
riarch. One of his undertakings will leave
IN important mark In the history Of the
,apacy, the condition Of ecclesiastlc
aw He entrusted the work to an Illus.
-ious scholar in canon law, Mgr Pietro
iasparri. on whom he conferred the rod
lat In December, 1907, Another epoch.
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