Membership of the Society of Our Lady of Lourdes now stands at approximately 15.300. which is 600 more than last year. This was stated at the annual meeting held at Westminster on Tuesday, when it was also revealed that due to the satisfactory financial position, no application for a sick person to go to Lourdes was refused on financial grounds.
CARDINAL 'TALTON, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, was received in private audience at the Vat'can by Pope John XXIII on Tuesday.