A Papal Jubilee.
Most men who touch Pope Leo's patriarchal age reach it in the condition of rather well preserved mummies. But the Grand Old Man of the Vatican may be described as, mentally at least, though not bodily, a middle-aged man of 93 — for that is the verge of age that he touches on next Monday. And, so far as his mental vigor is concerned, the long procession of years merely leaves ' some smack of age' in him, 'some relish of the saltness of time.' On last Friday he attained the silver jubilee of his election to the See of Peter, and (as the cable messages tell us) was the recipient of thousands of congratulatory messages. Next Tuesday is the silver jubilee of his coronation, which took place on March 3, 1878. Long may he reign !
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 9, 26 February 1903, Page 1
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137A Papal Jubilee. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 9, 26 February 1903, Page 1
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