On February 11, the Holy Father delivered one of his practical homilies before the" Pious Union of Roman Women," one of the most flourishing of religious philanthropic societies in Rome. "It, vas a good and beautiful thing he said] to see ladies devoting their time and their care to the poor, but, voman's greatest influence would always be exercised in her household. Mothers have a divine mission to see to the Christian education of their children; wives have a special power for good over their husbands: for what husband asked his Holiness] can resist the tender and tactful appeals of a...