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New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1914, Page 53

His Holiness Pope Benedict XV. has appointed a committee, composed of their Eminences Cardinals Merry del Val, Bisleti, and Gagiano, to prepare plans for the erection of a monument to the late Pope Pius X. in the crypt of St. Peter’s, where his remains were interred. It has been estimated that the American people will put into new buildings for church purposes this year over £8,000,000. The Catholic Church leads in these building activities. In nearly all of the large cities beautiful Catholic churches are being erected. The new Cathedrals in St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver, Omaha, Buffalo, etc., compare favorably with those in Europe.