National Republican., 1875-07-19
CARDINAL MecLosKKY's JOURNEY TO
ROME.

Description Of the ceremoniss which VIII
Probably take Place on HIS Arrival-The
confsrring Of the Red Hat. the Giving Of
the Kiss Of Peace, and Installation a. Priest
in q Church at Rome.
Cardinal McUloskey will sail for Europe on
Saturday, August I, by the steamer Pereire OF the
French Transatlantic line. On arriving st Havre,
the Cardinal will proceed at once TO Rome, TO as
sist at the Consistory which Will take place In
September, and to receive his title IS CARDINAL
priest Of the Holy Roman Church.
When a new Cardinal is created, he is appointed
titulariy to one of the churches In Rome. The
Pope alone has power to confer this ttle which Is
one Of the insignia of the Oardinslate. The cere-
mony which accompanies the comforting OF the
title is very solemn, and when carried outin full
somewhat complicated one. A secret Consstory
of the College OF Cardinals, at which the Pope
assists is first of all held In the kula 1postoiieG
In the Vatican. All the Cardinals who are In
Rome on that day will assemble in the Vatican at
an early hour of the morning. They will be dressed
tended by his chaplRi The Pope Will enter the
hall first, and the Cardinals-among them Car
dinal McClOskey1in the order Of their dignity,
throne. and the Cardinals remain standing. The
Holy Father will then bid the newly promoted
ceremonies will conduct Cardinal McCioskey to
the Pope, who will addl ess him on the nature and
dignity of the Cardinalste: Then, approaching
the throne, the Cardinal will genuhect, kiss the
Pope's toe, afterward his hands, and finally will
be embraced by the Holy Father. The master OF
ceremonies win next lead the Cardinal : back & to
will receive him with the kiss OF peace
If the regular order Of the Oonsistory is carried
the kiss Of peace, will receive on his knees, from
the Pope, the Galerum rubrum, or red hat, whicn
the Holy Father will place on the head Of the
Cardinal with his own hands. In conferring the
hat the Pope addresses the Cardinal in Latin, Of
which the following is translation: ITO the
praise of Almighty God and the honor of the Holy
alted dignity Of the Cardnalate, as sign that
even TO death and the etuson Of blood, for the ex
auiiity Of Christian peoples, for the increase and
stability Of the Holy Catholic Church, you ought
to hold yourself steadfast. In the name Of the
The ceremony Of "closlng the mouth" OF the
new Cardinal will take place at another Consls-
tory The Pope therein PfSsiS5s rob tns Cardinal
he, by opening his mouth, shall have given him
permission to speak. In third Consistory the
Pope bids the newly-elected Cardinal to RETRO
until be shall inquire from the elder Cardinals
whether Il appears fitting TO them that he open
the mouth OF the new Cardinal. All tue Cardi-
mails consenting, their ewly.elected brother Is
recalled, and the Pope bids him approach for the
opening of the mouth. This consists In the Holy
Fathers simply gIyng the Ca SsrdEsi PsrmsSSSa TSa
ring is then conferred on the Cardinal and placed
on his hand by the Pope, who auHouncss to him
assigned 1t is probable that much of this cere-
mony will be dispensed with in the present In
stance, and that the title will simply be an-
nCunced at the first Consistory, with htch every
thing will end. Alter this Cardinal McCloskey
will take his rank among the College Of Cardi-
nails.
The ceremony OF installation in the church to
which Cardinal McCIoskey will be assigned by
the Pope follows soon after the Consistory. This
ceremony will be marked with great solemoity,
and it is thought will attract much attention in
Rome, being the first Of its kind ever witnessed
in connection with an American Cardinal. The
American residents and those visitors in Rome,
as well as many OF other nationalities, VIII a.
tend. Suitable measures will be taken to signal
iZe so important event in the history Of Catho.
licity IN America. Solemn Mass will be celeora-
ted by the Cardinal in his titular church, and he
will probably deliver an address on the occasion.