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Vol. L IX
PERTH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1933
No. 2,784
"AS HE PASSES THE WALLS OF ROME" • •
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Special guests of honour were Prince
Chigi-Albani, . Grand Master of the Historic Visit of the Pope to St. Paul's Knights of Malta. and the German
Rome paid a moving tribute to the Holy Father, when, for the first time since 1870, a Pope left the Eternal City to visit St. Paul's Without the Walls, " A Hall of Heaven on Earth."
Papen. Vice-Chancellor, Herr Von Among the Diplomats was the Minister for the Irish Free State. The Italian Government was represented by Conte Senni, the City of Rome by Prince Bsmcompagni-Ludovisi. Gover nor, and Signor Montuori. Prefect, General Zucchi represented the military garrison of Rome. and Commendatore Aphel the Province of Rome.
the S' overeign Pontiff come WO go is no t earing down branches of laurel and ac' epted a silver plaque commemorat71, -,yeity that it blots snatching flowers as they went. With ing the occasion. and an address from The Papal Choir and the F3enedic. longer sty Perhaps these they strewed the road in front the Abbot. A large group of Benedio tine students from S. Anselmo sang impressions. out all of the Holy Father's of the Holy Father's car, and, kneeling tine Oblates was then admitted tc kiss during Mass. The Mass itself was the because th, 0 "Mass of Pope St. Marcellus," by Pa!intended r,,,ite now leaks out more as he passed, received his blessing. the hand of the Sovereign Pontiff, afte.t words of At 12.30 the majestic cereestrina. easily. One • .annot tell. While they sang and cheered, the rest of which he spoke gracious However i; may be. to.day witness- the cortege went by in a cloud of dust. thanks and appreciation. and sigaed a monial was ended and the Holy Father large photograph which reproduced his was borne from the Basilica on the ed an ot rst of affectionate greetThe scene was a sedia gestatoria. ing along Se line of the Holy Father's A s the Holy Father neared the portrait -as it appears in the mosaic noble one. St. Paul's. with its polishprogress fr , in the Vatican to St. Paul's Basilica and Catacomb of St. Sebas medallions in the Basilica. ed marble pavement and its five aisles which surp.issed all other demonstra- tian, where important excavations and A t ten the Holy Father entsred the conveys an impression of grandeur restorations are being carried on, he tions of the kind this year. The numbers and the en- joined to a certain ethereal quality The Father left the Vatican was greeted by the excavators, the Basilica. at 8 o'clos:-. His motor was preceded trained workmen "diggers" of the Pon- thusiasm of the crowd were both in- which is special to itself. The golden • by a car inn which were the Governor tifical Institute of Archaeology, headed calculable. The silver trumpets soursi- sunlight, veiled and softened, streamof the Vati,-an City State. Marchese by Professor Josi, director of the In- ed as he was borne indeed. in triumth ed through the alabaster windows. One St. Paul's has might have been in the outer courts of Serafini. and Colonel de Mandato. Com- stitute. the Parish Priest and Father up the centre aisle. Christ's Vicar passed down mander of the Pontifical Gendarmes. Guardian. toge,ther with the Francis- been called 'a hall of Heaven . on Heaven earth": it rang and re-echoed with the the length of the hallowed place. smil. His Hants,: was accompanied by Mgr. cans who have charge of the Basilica. cheers of the multitude present in the ing and blessing his children. . . . Caccia-Dominioni. his Grand ChamberLike the Salesians. this group rush- nave. in the transepts were the Diplain (Maestro di i-amera). ed from the scene of their labours on lotnatic Corps and distinguished visi• A t 1.30 the Holy Father returned to the Appian Way to the Ardeatine Way tors. Crowds Everywhere. • the Vatican by the Via Ostiense. to Domitilla. of Catacomb near the Following the Papal motor tvas a through the other poor part of Rome Besmall fleet of cars in which, among cheer and kneel for a blessing. known as the "Testaccio." Here his Catacomb of the reached had he fore Officer others, were the Commanding children, not to be outdone by those Missionary Franciscan the Com)dilla of the Noble Guard, Marchese Lepri. at the Garbatella. knelt for his blessing the Vice-Prefect of Pontifical Ceremon- Sisters and their novices greeted the and shouted as only Romans in the loaak way as his same the in Father Holy ies. Monsignor Capotosti. the Master Testaccio can shout. Then the heronwards to the slowly progressed car of the Apostolic Palace. Commendaringers of -Sta. Maria Liberatrice a:7-1 the Garbatella. of slum former the of Editor tore Manna, and the S. Benedetto joined in the .demonstra. n)sservatore Romanci," Conte dalla Saint of Missions. tion. "The air broke into a mist with Torre. The other numerous members bells," as he passed the old churches. This is one of the outlying districts of the Papal suite and those whose growth the by necessitated of Rome Privilege it is to be present when a Into the streets between the Testar"Papal Chapel" is held, as well as the of the city: it has been rebuilt by the cio and the Borgo, and along the banks Diplomatic Corps, the Papal Guards, present government: it is clean, open of the Tiber swarmed an immense a nd the Gentlemen in Waiting. reach- and airy, though much poverty reigns - crowd of the true Roman people" in see to able was Pope The there. ed St. Paul's by another route and were a s well as of priests, religious, student already present when the Holy Father passing, the vast new church recently and children. "Evviva il Papa!" 'Eyanother to dedicated there, arriveil. It is needless to *say that opened viva il Santo Padre! - seemed to raise the crowd had already arrived every- Saint of the Missions. St. Francis ripples on the surface of the -Tillf‘r where: Roman crowds like to be he. Xavier. with their dynamic force. It wr.these from Ovation followed ovation .these kneeling masses in a 20th ce,We tury 5treet that brought home to the The Papal cortege drove down the beloved members of his flock, !largo, along the Tiber, then followed know how they can cheer in those onlooker the significance of the preThey knelt and they • sence of the Vicar of Christ. is an" dei Cerchi, the Passeggiata Arch- parts of Rome and they o ther sovereign greeted thus'. eilogica, Via .di Porta San Sebastiano. shouted: "Evvivi ii Papa,glory such of sight the ia Ardeatina, Via delle Sette Chiese. wept, too, at So, through the humand through the new quarter of the among them. A fter siNtv-three Years fitting Is -- • blest of the humblest quarters of Garbatella. alze has once more been -Iasi to 1-1.7 , And Basilica., stately the to on Rome. We may reverently assume that the Apcs4.- le of the Gentiles. Peter has r• • ceremonies followed Holy Father's mind- was full of the the stateliest of turned to do honour to Paul. There is t lalughts of his martyred predecessors ' The Holy 'Father was received 1 - a gripping reality about the presence as he drove over ground honeycomb- the 4postolic Nuncio to the Crown of mortal remains of St. Paut ;n ,‘ ed with the long superimposed underPerhaps it is due to Italy, Mgr. Borgondini-Duca, who ground gar,ries of the Catacombs". t he :act that in St. Peter's we are not A dministrator of the Basilica, add hi,XI. PIUS HIS HOLINESS POPE os" -;Iscs,1 t. , , s.a7e directly on the sarassociates. and by the Abbot of Flowers Strewn. .;1,.s., ,he Prince of the Apostles, T hen a unique ovation began. The Paul's, Dom Hildebrand Vanucci, :10 I Paul's, under Arnolfo di ft iesians who with their missionary his monks. while the Pontifical Guards Free State Envoy. The entire Nob:e • on site Gothic canopy, I qudenis have charge of the -Catacomb presented arms. %re the level of the li On r c'f St. Calixtus, heard the news of the Court, ecclesiastical and lay, was pre. Fifteen Carlinals pavcrr.ent. wr 7rav still look down on they sent, as it is on similar occasions. PoDe's coming unexpectedly ri vast a phiir stone offin bearing two wcr.-' After being escorted to the Throf. around the lIoly rilshed to the corner of the Via Attica00 an--' tls- Via delle Sette Chiese. Room in the Abbey, the Holy Fathe, number .1p a t last
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