King Edward Visits Pope Leo
THE sovereign of Great Britain has visited Pope Leo, and there is great rejoicing at the Vatican. The visit, says a leading Catholic organ in Rome, "is a great historical page for Catholics," being "a sign of the cessation of the sectarian spirit in Great Britain against the Catholic Church." King Edward on his arrival in Rome first visited the Italian sovereign, and in deference to the wishes of the pope, did not go directly from the Quirinal to the Vatican, but made a perfunctory visit to the British embassy, from which place he proceeded to the residence of the pontiff. At the Vatican he was received with an exhibition of mediæval splendor, and at the conclusion of several formal ceremonies was admitted to the apartments of the pope, with whom he shook hands, after which the two remained in seclusion for twenty minutes. The king's visit was made in deference to the wishes of his Roman Catholic subjects, especially those in Ireland. It is an event which the Vatican will know how to make use of.