The Pope Refuses to Bless Medals
By Editor
It is said that "a sensation has been caused by the refusal of the Pope to bless a lot of medals and reliquaries sent to Rome by an Irish priest, who intended them for distribution in Ireland. The Pope sternly says: 'I cannot bless them. The people of Ireland are disobedient. They seem to prefer the gospel of Dillon and O'Brien to the gospel of Jesus Christ.'" It remains to be seen whether the people of Ireland can survive this cruel blow. Possibly they may manage to get along without the silly baubles over which the Pope refused to mumble a blasphemous jargon, miscalled a blessing. Probably the blow will fall most heavily upon the unfortunate priest, who no doubt expected to reap a golden harvest from the sale of his medals and reliquaries. Certain it is that the poor people of Ireland have lost nothing by the withholding of the Papal benediction.