HOLY YEAR
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
CA NON IS ATION SER VI C’E
BLENDING OF OLD AND NEW
3Y CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received May 19, 8.45 a.m. ' ROME, May 18.
An impressive ceremony was performed by the Pope on the occasion or the first holy year canonisations, which wil] be made every Sunday during the next few weeks. The French nun Sister Therese, of the Order of the Child Jesus, was elevated to sainthood in the presence of 60,(XX) spectators. An electric loud speaker operated for the first time inside St. Peter’s and carried the Pontiff’s voice to the most distant corners of the basilica. The dome, facade, and obelisk of St. Peter’s were illuminated by thousands of lamps and flambeaux, for the first time since 1870. —Aus.-N.Z,. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 May 1925, Page 5
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127HOLY YEAR Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 May 1925, Page 5
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