THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 September 1908, Page 3

THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.

THE STREET PROCESSION CONTROVERSY. . (Poess Aasoc*ATioN.— Copynia-T. ) LONDON, Thursday. ' A solemn service in Westminster Ca- * thedral this evening, in the presence of ' 7000 persons, ' inaugurated the Euchar- ' istio Congress. ■ - Cardinal Vannutelli at the door was received in state by. Archbishop Bourne, and conducted' wearing the vestments j of his office, under a lofty canopy of white silk and gold to the High Altar, " attended bv . a procession ■ of richly habited cardinals and prelates. Apostolic letters were read appointing Cardinal Vannutelli legate, wherein the .Pone -paid a tribute to an Empire famed for the liberty it' extended t to its ' citizens, and to whose . authority so many millions oE Catholics render faith- ( ful and dutiful obedience. < The '.Legate . then entered the pulpit, _ and. speaking in Latin, acknowledged £ Britain's hospitality, and offered an ex- ( oression of' respect to the wise ruler of ■, her destinies, and his acknowledgments t to those in authority. The Pope trusted ( eood results would follow the Congress, e ' and that the Divine Eucharist would , be the ultimate means of uniting all in c one faith. . . - The service, wherein the music was a that of modern English composers, con- , added with the Benediction of the , Blessed Sacrament. ' Bonk Edward, through Colonel fair r Arthur Davidson, his equerry, acknow- ( ledged the Protestant petition which ( - beared the King to follow the example of his mother, whose Royal proclamation of 15th June. 1852, forbade the holding of a Roman Catholic ceremonial <■ procession through the streets, there- J bv preventing a precedent for the begm- i nine o'f religious strife. * The "Daily- Telegraph" says that tne i Home Office informed the Protestant f dentation that Mr Gladstone, Home a •Secretary, had sanctioned the procession. a The "Standard" appeals to Mr Wad- i stone to politely intimate that the procession must be abandoned. A hint to q the promoters would be sufficient. . (Received September 11, 8.20 a.m.) '< - - LONDON, Thursday. * " At tho inauguration of the Euchanstic 1 Congress. Archbishop Carr, of Mel- c honrn-e. sat next to the cardinals at the c . ffiX Altar, and the Bishop of Ancle- , land and other colonial bishops were ac- _ commodated in the sanctuary. \ ' "-.. =====