THE POPE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12142, 10 August 1903, Page 3

THE POPE.

.United Press Association —Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ,'.■.-.■.•■ :'... '-Received lO.a.roi, August Sthi, W '" SYDNEY, August 8. ;. Cardinal Moran wired from Colombo,, in -reference to the new Pope, that he is' delighted at the grand appointment," and'that Pius X. will be a worthy successor of a igreat Pope. .The New.Zealand "Tablet":has the following:—"Cardinal Sarto ,is of humble birth, and has risen to his piesesut exalteci position: by the sheer force of ' his commaMling talent. He is now in 3ns sixtyeighth year, having been bom at Riese,; in the diocese of lieviso, Italy, on June , 2nd. 1835. He was raised to the cav.-j dinalate on June 12th, 1893, and has for* jnany years filled the minor patriarchate of Venice with great distinction and to the great benefit of his flock. Kis active and zealous charity hits made i:m the idol of .the poor of Venice, to whose needs lie has daily ministered with his own 'lands, while his toil and conraga in times < of serious epidemics were beyond all praise. He is a great friend of the worker, and. -takes a keen and active interest in the! various Catholic agrarian movementspopular banks, etc.—which have doce so much to improve the condition and elevate the religious tone of the rural population in the provinces of Lonfbardy and Venice- The new Pope, like his illustrious predecessor, is a man of great learning, and, though he is .not. widely known .to the world at large, few, if ary, of flie' -■members of the Sacred College are gifted .with greater parts than he. He is a gifted, eloquent, and brilliant preacher and the •author of several valuable works oh dogmatic and moral subjects. He i? also an administrator of exceptional ability, and, so far as human foresight can judge, will ■rule the Church of God in a manner that

will make him indeed a worthy successor to the great and good old man who has gone to his rest. The news of his election was .received in Dunedin by the -ringing of a joy-peal at St. Joseph's Cathedral."