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Close to the hill where the shrine of St. Louis now stands, ancient Carthaginians had their temple to Moloch, into the fire-blazing pit of whose brazen stomach they dumped children as sacrifices. Julius Caesar planned to rebuild the city. Augustus did so. It grew to have 500,000 population almost as many as before destruction. The Roman massacres of Christians occurred mostly in the 3rd Century A.D. Most famous of the Carthaginian martyr saints were Cyprian, a bishop, and Perpetua, a rich lady who modestly pulled her torn clothes about her sabre-ripped body before she died. The Arabs...
...this data will first be scanned by Cardinal O'Connell, finally sent to Rome for the scrutiny and meditation of the Congregation of Sacred Rites. Two or three years will probably elapse before decision is handed down. Then, accordingly, Malden may or may not be designated an official shrine...
Delhi, India, was the ancient capital of the Mogul Empire. Once the glittering bazaars along its Chandni Chauk (silver street) made it the richest thoroughfare in the world. Nearby still loom the three domes of the Jamma Musjid or Great Mosque, a fabulous and mighty shrine...
...elephant towing an automobile is the most grotesque shot. Horror is furnished by a picture of the self-inflicted tortures of fanatics at a celebrated shrine. Scenes along the crowded city streets supply good relief from the animals...
President Gerardo Machado y Morales of Cuba was initiated into the Miami Temple of the Mystic Shrine, at Havana. Last week President Machado received as "token of esteem" from the Dominican Republic a thoroughbred horse...