Had An Audience With Pope Leo

HAD AN AUDIENCE WITH POPE LEO

THE MISSES DUFFY WERE BLESSED BY HIS HOLINESS

They are the Daughters of Edward Duffy of This City

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The misses Mary and Genevieve Duffy, daughters of Mr. Edward Duffy--of this city--and sisters of Prosecuting Attorney John Duffy, have written a letter to their father from Rome, telling of an audience which they had with His Holiness Pope Leo XIII at the Vatican. The letter was written on August 8, the audience having been had at 11:45 a. m. of that day. The letter says in part: 

"We were the second last to receive the pope's blessing. We knelt together at his very knee. He took our hands, pressed them, and said, 'Away from America.' Then he added: 'The Americans are very dear to the Vatican. The pope blesses them through you, and loves them as all of his own family circle. My blessing upon you and your family.'

"We had gone away a few steps, quite affected by our interview and nearness to the saint. At seeing tears in our eyes, he called all of the Americans back, although Mgr. Bislete"-- through whom the audience was obtained-- "said it was all over. We did go back, for he requested it. He raised his hands in apostolic blessing. Great men wept. We had thought that we were alone in our tears, but all seemed alike affected."

The Misses Duffy are both accomplished girls, one being a teacher in the Central High School of Detroit, while the other is engaged in the work of teaching in one of the Toledo schools.