The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-05-01
How Popes are Made.

j The illness Of Pope Plus I&., which
= Is no. uul.Seiy 70 prove fatal, renders
: 0f Interest the following account OF
1 how the POpe's successor Is 10 he ap-
: pointed, as given Uy German
pamphlet: - Word About tie Papa
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To escc @ Pope the Cardinals enter
= the CJuciaVe, which, in pursuance OF
, q decree Of Pope Gregory ", Of The
: year III, they axe not allowed TO
= leave until after their choice has been
made. The ConClave occupies a large
| space, beginning at the Tribune OF s..
Peter Church, where the Pope gives
bis benediction, and extending
D through the whole first story Of the
: Vatican palace. To each cardinal q
, cell is assigned with = few rooms for
= his retiuU5. The C0nClaye is prOyid-
, ed with eight dumb walters (rOUteJ
such as we commonly meet with in
converts by means Of which victuals
! and other uecessaries are introduced.
The food Is always Ostensibiy visited,
r lest cOA'et3 should occasionally be
| smuggled in. Nevertheless, the Em-
l b2ssad0Ts and many others know
, accurately what IS going on in the
COnclsve. The dumb-waiters are
guarded by the most distinguished
prelates, such as the chiCFicj de cl.Herd
and the cOuservators Of the city. Be
I sides these dumb-WaiteTs, there is a
window in the main door through
I which foreign ambassadors receive
audience, but they cannot look in, the
: curtain being down.
'FTen days after the Pope's death
lie Cardinals go into COnclave, the
MIggioI' duOBlO of the deceased, who
always becomes the Governor Of the
Conclave, taking possession Of his
: room in front Of the COnciave, at the
head Of the staircase, and statiOning
his guards.
"Ihe Marshal Of the CoEclave, an
Office hereditary in the family OF
Chigi, has his apartment not far dis
tant, and opens the Conclave when
ever anybody is to be let out or ad-
mitted. He has his guard at the
stairs below, While the remaining
proaches to the Vatican.
"The Cardinals hold their entrance
very solemnly, aud are accompanied
by the carriages of all their acquain-
tances. On entering the COnclave the
Cardinals repair first to st. Peters.
where the mass Of the Holy Ghost Is
said, and thence they so ia double
file, followed by the Conclavists,
! Servants, &C. and singing the hymn
| 'Veni Creator Spiritgs,' to the Pauline
! Chapel of the Vatican, where the
Papal bulls prescribing the rules for
their conduct, and i'll one Of which
they are designated as tInfdttbite8
dteTncs SGpicptile coRslit0rcs,' are read
10 them. ..
''They have to swear to these, and
the Cardinal Deacon admonishes
them, in q short address, to make the
best choice according to their con-
science. TheTeupOn the Cardinal re-
ceives the visits.Of the aristocr1cyi the
prelates, ambassadors and their ac-
quaintance, and toward evening,
when everything not remaining in
the Concl8ve is gone, 4 signal IS given
with Il bell to close the same, where
upon the Cardinal ComeIlingo, with
three others-called cdpi a. OfdMc-
| makes his round, inspecting every
thing lest anything should remain
open or aught not belonging there,
should remain in the COnclave.
! "Each Cardinal retains with him
one or two Conclavists and one Uuiet
| de cHdBl5rc. Besides these, there re-
mains in the COnclave the Master of
| Ceremonies, and secretary Of the Con-
clave, one cOufessOr, few saTcristans,
| two physicians, one surgeon. one
apothecary, four BARRIERS, one mason,
one ioiner, and some thirty walters.
An instrument is drawn up by 4 no.
tary concerning all the persons and
the nature of the four locks"
Then follows gu accurate descrlp-
ton Of the proceedings during the
scrufi1itul. Petrucelli deli Gattina,
i'm his "LEsiOire DipyOmdtiqltc des.
C0acJdUCs, Part l, p. IS, gives accurate
| information concerning the act OF
election itself, which is regulated by
la bull Of Gregory Nv. According 10
this bull the election may be heiu IN
one of three forms, viz: either IN lhat
of compromise, or fqudSl-InsplTatloh'
OF OF the sCTUti5tittHl.
That Of compromise was employed
in former times, in case no agreement
was reached by the Cardinals respect
ing a choice. The right might then
be conferred upon 4 certain Cardinal to
name the Pope. If we are not mis-
taken, this mode was resOrted to the
last time at the election OF John
NNII. He had been elected at his
own instance, and especially upon the
recommendation of Cardinal Napo-
leon Orsini, to designate Il Pope. To
the no little astOnishment OF the
Sacred College, he nominated himself,
saying "Pdpa cgO."
The mode of election by Q1tuSi-ln-
sDiTatiOn takes place when at least
tWO-thirds OF their colleagues upon
whose choice they have agreed, with
out preceding ScrUti0tuHI IN order,
after ''adOrning" him q, G., kissing his
hand, feet, breast and fOTehead)i to
proclaim him Pope.
The Scrutililln3 is the usual form
which has latterly been empioyed eX-
clusively. This mode of election Is
described in its miuutest details in the
bulls of Gregory XIV. and OF Urban
VIII. The election takes place IN
Pauline Chapel after mass has been
heard, and was formerly public. Now
| it is secret, by ballet, and is repeated
until one of the candidates has recelV-
ed two-thirds Of the votes,
The Pope elect is apprised OF the re-
suit by the Cardinal Deacon, where
upon he, after declaring his purpose
to accept, in the first place chooses
the name which, rs Pope, he intends
to bear. He then changes his at
tire as Cardinal for the Papal robe,
aseends the throne, and bestOWs the
beuedictiOu upon the Cardinals, who
kiss his hand. The ceremonies end |
bv the Cardinal COmeTlingO's placing
upon his finger the ring Of the Usher
l
Master Of Ceremonies that MS new
name may be engraved upon il. 7.
Meanwhile the Cardinal Deacon, ac- |
cOmpanied by q Master of OfCeremonIes,
repairs to the great balcony over Ihe
main entrance of st. Peters, when /
was walled up at the beginning OF tne
cOnclaYe, orders it to be opened, pup
licly announces tine election tEupdHl /
haJenuuS) as well as the name OF me |
Pope, and throws 4 slip upon Wnlch 1
the name is written among the mul- ]
tItude. Atthe same time the can
mons in the Castle st Angelo are fired, |
the soldiers on the parade in the n. |
azza Of st PETERS fire a salute ard all
the bells in the city ring.
Rome and the Catholic world have /
q Pope again. During the first week, |
however, until the time Of his c0nse- |
Grafton and coronation, the new Pope |
performs no public functions, and al 1
though he already actually governs he |
does not yet issue bulls under the /
Ieaden seal, but only briefs sealed |
with the fisherman's ring.
The ceremonial observed at the cor
onation is regarded with Byzantine |
circumstantiality. The solemnity |
eliminates at the moment when the /
Pope, after having celebrated mass |
and received holy communion, mounts |
the throne on the great balcony oyer /
the main entrance of ST. Peters |
church, in view of the whole people, |
and is crowned by the Cardinal Dea-
con with the triple crown. The latter |
addresses the Pope in these words
"AccipC TidTUH1 tT'i5lts cOTORiS cOrO- |
natUIl, ct sciqs pdtrcHl te esSc IJriHci- |
pun &c Reg7UtBl ReciOrelD Orbis, IL /
terrc UicdTiuHt sdlUdtOr IS lloStri Jesu /
Christi, oUi ct h06OT ct gloria io sdcc-
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