The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-15
The Supposed Right Of Veto in the hlsss'sA -
Popes. t..}

It is now moro than six .and-sWenty
years since Plus TX. ascended tne LaRt
throne. and, as his Holiness 10 upwards OF
eighty years old, it is not in the ordinary
course of nature that his life shcni6 %
prolonged for very many years. rev I'LL
tiffs have had o larger number OF aI%ens
these classes look forward with intense IN
terest to the election OF his successo,.
Though the Holy See must ever remain ~ ~.
fallibfe, though each Pope resembles, r.s
predecessor 10 all important Par a;tn vet
it is thought, not without reason, that tue
| individual character Of the next Pope may
materially influence the affairs ana .n.e -
ests both of the Church and OF society :"
general. The next Conciave wiz, ecn,;ar
appearance, be assembled under p ecuaa
circumstances, Eor can it even DC iores Ms
what will be the place of meeting. Inc
condition of the Sovereign Ponnn at sne
present moment is such thar IL seems seems sa,a:t
4 probable that the Cardinals would seiecC
Rome as their rendezvous. Beng 10 tno
hands of foreign King and Par!lamen.,
it would, at least, be an inausIicio9s sue
for the election of o successor OF 81: fetel.
| But in whatever spot their Eminehce:s
come together, we may be sure that their
mode of procedure will follow the line o,
precedent. During the election they VIII
3 have no communication with those wn WY,
D are external to the Conclave. iney. M va;
Q nal Camerlengo and q lay officer. called
t Marshal of the Church. They will Assem-.
d bic every day to vote until two-thiras OF
II the votes fall on one and the same inui-
l. vidual. They will, in short, oe gu,ueG; r eS
70 the numerous rules which have acquired
e the force of law by long. usage since Inc
t. institution of the Conclave, in l214, oy
le Gregory X. They will not, indeed, be re-
N duced absolutely to bread.and- VINE oi '.I'
D. if the Pope is not elected BY the eigntn
at day, because this custom, which once OBJ
ut tanned to shorten the protracted eiee'io"s'
ve has fallen into disuse.
ca But the most important questions winch
rs which arise for US are whether they WI. M
A. left perfectly free; whether attempts WIZ
in be made to prejudice their Judgments
ot whether Cabinets hostile to the Church, OF
nut of doubtful allegiance, will intrigue in ia
le- vor of some Liberal nominee; whetne'
to threats will be employed or toIce anu "a s tb,
nd lence essayed whether the claim TO t9'
he pretended right of veto will be revived
ID and, if 40, BY what Powers and with VIVA
led chance of success. Will the next Conciav'
del resemble that of 1900, of which Cardina
,to Consalvi, its secretary, has left US 80 faitn
inc ful memoir7 Rome was then ruled by
at horde of deragogues, and Italy was oceu
ter pied by revolutionary French armies
cal Austria was eager to make the new Iop
:th. her tool, and when the Conciave me o., a q
in months. Two contending parties were 10
her cause of this delay one headed by cara
ON nal Herzen on the part of Austria, and tn
less other by Maury, Bishop OF Montehascon
me in the Papal States. Consalvi, thoug" =. y.
out markable for his MODERATOR, oeS'1 -
can divisions scandalous, and reprooates u
and intrigues of the Imperial Court: Yet u
oil cannot avoid observing that the Sacrt
are College, nevertheless, seemed ieo on, nIo
hose by little. as lt were oy soue u'eu go
uch to postpone their private views and ln. 1s
late ests to the welfare of ChristeDdom. III
|, his debates of the Conclave, thushappily owe
aely ruled, resulted at last IN the eLection
q he Cardinal Chiaramonti, Pope Plus VI
an Whatever intrigues or intrusion may ma
r ali the approaching Conclave, we may be 81
de- the result will be the same. Goo
the watch over the course of His Chnrch
bring good out of every evil winch ]"
may mediate against her.
,lace A pamphlet has lately been published
, the Munich advocating the supposed rights
" of civil governments over the decision oil
onna Conclave. 1t has attracted much ats
tnre' eral press, while the Ciuilfa Cattolice h
ID by with I'm unsparing hand, laid bare ITS Ia
riduo fications of history, and reprobated the
dur soundness of it's doctrine. The very G.
wear (Ueber die Rechte der Regieruage" o.
their ConcLave) is q combination Of its contel
wear. Rights Of Governments over the Concla
,eciai II Governments had these rights, to W
Holy respect would the Conclaye 90 snst.e
than Its claims to respect would evidently
commensurate with the powers that swa!
;nione would be proportionally lessened.
panic Il appears from the cover of this pam
ment. let that 100 copies only have been print
days, designed, as the Geynsen'a says, for d liz
in the graphs, the rights which it attributes
alarm. Governments Of interfering in the cleo,
Of Pope. These, it declares, are tW
ice in the right of confirming and the right Of
sxpro- Guiding. The FIRST, it informs us, was
build by the Greek, Frank and German Eml
o each ors up to the time of Boniface VIII. az
rlonia, the second from the time of the succe
T. de of Boniface VIII. by the great CatI
The poWers Austria, France and Spain.
8 four although this broad assertion Is In
lie two highest degree inexact, it cannot be de
and a that the Emperors to the end of the
teenth century, frequently interfered II II
turned with good motive and with benet
result. They maintained order amid I
Cath factions and protected the right and
N oa'n truth. But far more often their int
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