Roman Catholic Emancipation As part of the centenary celebrations of
Roman Catholic Emancipation there were two very striking processions in London last Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday afternoon about 12,000 school children marched from the Victoria Embankment to Westminster Cathedral. The girls were mostly in white and wore yellow or light blue sashes. Innumerable banners and pictures were carried, and the Times report says that so many nuns in their different habits had never before been seen in London streets. Last Sunday afternoon at least 30,000 men took part in the procession from the south side of the Thames across Westminster Bridge to Westminster Cathedral. The difference between this procession and that of the children was remarkable. The men marched in silence instead of with songs and music ; on their breasts they wore the badge of the Congress, a double cross tied with the Papal colours. In the morning there had been a most impressive open-air High Mass outside Westminster Cathedral.
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