The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-22
CARDINAL McCLOsIkEY's JOURNEY TO
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Cardinal McCloskey will sail for
Europe on Saturday, August 7. On
arriving at Havre, the Cardinal will
proceed Immediately to Rome, to as
sist at the Consistory which will take
place in September, and to receive
his title as Cardinal-priest of the Ho-
ly Roman church.
When a. Cardinal is created, he is
appointed titularly to one of the
churches in Rome. The Pope alone
has power to confer this title, which
is one Of the insignia of the Cardinal
ate. The ceremony which accompa-
MES the comforting of the title is very
solemn, and when carried out in full
a somewhat complicated one. A Sc
cret Consistory Of the College of Car
dinals, at which the Pope assists, is
first Of all held in the Aula Apostolica
in the Vatican. All the Cardinals
who are in Rome on that day will as
semble in the Vatican at an early
hour Of the morning. They will be
dressed in their robes Of office, and
each one will be attended by his chap
lains. The Pope will enter the Hall
first, and the Cardinals among them
Cardinal McCloskey-in the order of
their dignity, will follow. The Pope
will take his seat on the throne, and
the Cardinals remain standing. The
Holy Father will then bid the newly
promoted Cardinal to approach ;
whereupon the Master Of Ceremonies
will conduct Cardinal McCloskey to
the Pope, who will address him on the
nature and dignity of the Cardinalate.
Then, approaching the: throne, the
Cardinal will genuaect, kiss the Pope's
toe, afterward his hands, and finally
will be embraced by the Holy Father.
The Master of Ceremonies will next
lead the Cardinal back to the body Of
his brethren in rank, each of whom
will receive him with the kiss ofpeace.
If the regular order of the Consis-
tory is carried out, Cardinal McClos-
key, after having received the kiss of
peace, will receive, on his knees from
the Pope, the Gale,wn, rubraun, or red
hat, which the Holy Father will
place on the head Of the Cardinal
with his own hands. In comforting
the hat, the Pope addresses the Car
dinal in Latin, Of which the following
is a translation: "To the praise of
Almighty God and the honor of the
Holy See, receive the red hat, the in
sigma of the exalted dignity of the
Cardinalate, as sign that even to
death and the efusion of blood, for
the exaltation Of the holy faith, for
the peace and tranquility of Christian
people, for the increase and stability
of the Holy Roman Church, you
ought to hold yourself steadfast. In
the name ofthe Father and of the Son
and Of the Holy Ghost
The ceremony of "closing the
mouth" Of the new Cardinal will take
place at another Consistory. The
Pope therein prohibits the Cardinal
from presuming to speak in the Con-
sistories until he, by opening his
mouth, shall have given him permis-
sion to speak. Ina third Consistory,
the Pope bids the newly-elected Car
dinal to retire until he shall inquire
from the elder Cardinals whether it
appears fitting to them that he open
the mouth Of the new Cardinal. All
the Cardinals consenting, their newly
elected brother is recalled, and the
Pope bids him approach for the OPEN
ing Of his mouth. This consists in
the Holy Fathers simply giving the
Cardinal permission to speak in the
Consistories and elsewhere. The ring
is then conferred on the Cardinal and
placed on his hand by the Pope, who
announces to him the church in Rome
to which he is titularly assigned. It
is probable that much Of the ceremo-
ny will be dispensed with in the pres
ent instance, and that the title will
simply be announced at the first Con-
sistory, with which everything will
end. After this Cardinal McCloskey
will take his rank among the College
Of Cardinals.
The ceremony of installation in the
church to which Cardinal McCloskey
will be assigned by the Pope, fol-
lows soon after the Consistory. This
ceremony Will be marked with great
solemnity, and it is thought will at
tract much attention in Rome, it
being the first of its kind ever w.t.
messed in connection with an Ameri-
can Cardinal. The American resi-
dents and those visitors in Rome, as
wellas many Of other nationalities, will
attend. Suitable measures will be
taken to signalize so important an
event in the history of Cathoicity in
America. Solemn Mass will be cele-
DRAFTED by the Cardinal in his titular
church, and he will probably deliver
an address on the occasion.
The substance of John D. Lees
confession concerning the Mountain
Meadow Massacre in Utah is that
thirty Mormans with the assistance
Of large number of Indians decoyed
the emigrants from their entrench-
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