The life and acts of Pope Leo XIII. : preceded by a sketch of the last days of Pius IX. and the origin and laws of the conclave (1889)
Keller, Joseph E · New York ; Cincinnati ; Chicago : Benziger Brothers · leaf 268
264 LIFE OF POPE LEO THE THIRTEENTH. swords, France has given proof of her attachment to the Holy See in a thousand other ways ; her offerings always form a considerable part of the Peter’s pence. “ So great a generosity cannot remain unreward¬ ed. God will bless a nation which is capable of so… … CARDINAL GUIBERT. From the day following his election, the Sovereign Pontiff received at the Vatican the numerous Catho¬ lics that had come from all parts of the world to see him. The audiences lasted for nine hours. In one single day, Leo XIII. spoke to twelve hundred persons that came kneeling…
Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903 · Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878
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