Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1901 — Letters to the Pope. [ARTICLE]

Letters to the Pope.

A letter to the pope must be in Latin. The style need not be classical, but the language is obligatory. Some sort of Latin must be employed. The letter must be addressed to “His Holinesg Pope Leo XIII., the happily reigning(Pontiff)lt must begin with “Beatissime Pater,” “Most Blessed Father,” and must end with some expression of regard. When it reaches the Vatican it haslittlechance of arriving at its destination unless some special precautions have been taken, for the daily budget numbers 20,000 documents. An excellent way of getting a letter into the pope’s hands is to make use of two envelopes, the outer one directed as above prescribed, and the inner one addressed to “His Holiness the Pope, the Head of the Universal Holy Roman Inquisition.” A minor official who opened an envelope thu6 addressed would incur the penalty of excommunication. Such communications are handed to the pope, who opens them and passe* then! ofi unread to Cardinal Rampolla.—London Tit-Bits.