Natchitoches spectator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1867-18??, 1868-05-07
The New Cardinal.---The Ceremon!
DlOF INVESTITURE.

The New Cardinal.---The Ceremony
disco OF INyESTITURE. & tasgi
We copy us follows from'a letter dated
Rome, March 14th: as fs4a45
This city was yesterday in full fete.
An extraordinary movement of gilded
carriages filed with Cardinals and Pre1,
ates, was observable in the streets;
Hyeries trimmed with gold and silver
glitteTed in the sun; a crowd of ;specta-
tors on foot and in vehicles. moved past
the Piazzo San iPietro, attracted by a
double object, namely, that there was a
secretscOnsistory at the Vatican, where
the Pope was to pronounce an ailocntlon
before making new Cardinals, and he
was afterwards to go to the Cathedral
andperform his deyotions. In theeveu-
ing there was a public reception at the
houses of the,new princes of the Church;
the palaces of the Roman aristocracy
was illuminated; the streets were throng-
ed with numerous equipages, carrying
persons eager to pay their respects to
the newly nominated digpitaries; and
finally, the people tiocked9 around the
privileged dwellings where bands of
music were playing. The receptions
were most brilliant, but the most numer-
GUS assembly was remarked at the
French embassy to congratulate Card1.
nal Bonaparte. a,a I9 U.h o31s}
The following is the ceremony of the
inyestiture. Before their introduction
to the public Consistory the new Oardi-
nails take an oath in the SiXtine Chape,
i'm the presence of the dignitaries of the
Sacred College. The oath is a very long
one, and commences as follows:
81, (Lucien Bonaparte,) Cardinal of
the Holy Roman Church, promise and
swear that henceforth, as long as l live,
/ shall be faithful and obedient to St.
Peter, to the Holy Apostolic Church OF
Rome, to our most blessed Lord Plus
TX, and to his successors economically
and legitimately elected, never to advise,
consent to, or support anything against
the majesty of the Pontificate, or the
persons of the pontiffs; never to reveal,
knowingly or designedly, to their injury
or dishonor, the secrets which they may
have confided to me themselves, or by
! their nuncios, or by letter; to aide them
in preserving, defending, and recovering
against all, and, as far as my position
allows, the Roman papacy and sovereign
rights of st. Peter, etc.
After taking the oath, the new Car
dinals are conducted to the Pope, who
is seated on his throne dressed i'll full
pontiicials. He places the red hat on
| the head of each Cardinal with these
| words: ssReceive this red hat, the sign
of the eminent dignity of the cardinate,
which obliges you TO devote yourself to
the good of the Church of the Faithful,
even to death, and the shedding of your
blood" All present, with the exception
of the Pope, then proceeded TO the Six
tine Chapel to chant the Ie DeHnI.
They return to the consistory, when the
Pope closes the mouth of each Cardi-
nal, using these words: ''We close your
mouth that you may not be able to give
your opinion in consistories, congrega-
| lions and other cardinalitial ceremonies"
| After, pronouncing this formulas, the
Pope opens secret conSistory, and
when this is over he unlockS the mouth
| of each of the new Cardinals with these
words: stWe open your mouth In the
emblies, in councils, i'll the election
of Sovereign Pontiffs, and in all the
consistorial or extraconSistorial acts Pc
culiar to Cardinals, and which it belongs
to them to perform This symbolical
ceremony, which confers on the Cardi-
nal the active and passive voice, is fol-
flowed by the bestowal of the ring and
title. The ring is gold with sapphire
stoneLthe emblem of the high PRIEST
hood and sovereignty7-the Cardinals
being the heirs presumptive of the Sow
ereign Pontiff The title, is that of a
church in Rome, to which every Cardi-
nal, not of the Episcopal order, is as
| signed. "a
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