LEO XIII THE UNCHANGEABLE FRIEND OF IRELAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 42, 14 February 1896, Page 27

LEO XIII THE UNCHANGEABLE FRIEND OF IRELAND

Tbe tender message which the Holy Father conveyed to I el nd in his in'erview with the Moat Rev Dr O'Doonell, B shop of Uapboe, and subsequently with Mr John Dillon and his wife, wilJ b- rtceivtd (says the Dublin Freeman) with respectful aod earuest sympathy by the C thohcs in helani, It ia no wonder that tho steadfast faith and the magnificent self-devotion of the Inch race his so strongly appealed to the heart of his Holiness, "He declared himself," our correspondent wire*, -'their unchangeable friend, and aai.i the live of his uateiL al heart was poured out in blessings ou 'he faithful rnce wrMh, d -paled itself, co'tld sympathise with a ciecpoilid Pontiff." Hi? Holiness Jealises th.it Ireland's demand lot liberty nas gone hand in band with liehnd'a fidelity to the faith. Her priests and

her people have ever been steadily united in patriotism as in religion, and the most savage violence and the most iogenious intrigues have failed and will ever fail to devide them.