SISTER CANONISED.
CEREMONY IN ROME. MODERNITY IN ST. PETER'S. A. and N.X. HOME. May 18. An impressive ceremony was peri'oime.l by the Pope, on the occasion of the first of the Holy Year canonisations. He will canonise others every Sunday during (lie next few weeks. A French nun, Sister 'lherese, of the Order of tlie Child Jesus, was the first to fie elevated to sainthood. lheic were 60.000 spectators. An electric loud-speaker was operated for the first time inside St. Peter's, and this carried tho Pontiff's voice to the most distant corners. The basilica, dome, facade and obelisk of St. Peter's were illuminated by thousands of lamps and flambeaux for the first, time since 1870.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19022, 20 May 1925, Page 11
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