CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13697, 12 September 1908, Page 5

CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

COLONIAL PRELATES PROMINENT. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, September 10. *■ At the inauguration of the Eucharistic . Congress, Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, sat -next the cardinals, at the high altar. The Bishop of Auckland and other colonial bishops were accommodated in the sanctuary. THE PROCESSION QUESTION. Received 9.25 p.m.. September 11th. LONDON, Sept. 11. The "Times" deprecates the-mistake committed by the promoters of the Roman Catholic procession, and says that disregard of the statute is not conducive to the success of •the cause they have at "heart. It adds, that Messrs Lilly and Wallis, the Roman Catholic ~ lawyers in manual law affecting Catholics, sWwthnt Catholic riles, ceremonies, and vestments are'restricted to places of worship. Mr H. J. Gladst«k», of State for Home Affairs, has intimated that the Protestant petition is receiving the King's attention. A BUSY DAY. Received, 11.10 p.m., ■ .Sept. loth. LONDON, Sept, 11. There was a large audience at the Eurharist Congress. i f Viscount Llandaff read a paper, and the* Duke of Norfolk in the subsequent discussion described the Royal declaration on the taking of the coronation oath as an insult to the King and the good sense of the nation, besides a travesty on Catholic doctrine. An announcement was made that the congress of 1909 would be held afc Lourdes, and in 1910 at Montreal. Cardinal Vannutelli, Archbishop Carr, and the Duke of Norfolk were among the speakeie ,at a..crowded meeting in Albert Hall.