The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-02-22
ELECTIxG A POPE.
some Rules Observed by the Electoral
G0nsiaye.

fANtWAr communications Da-
= tween the Conclavc and the outer world
u j. no longer prohibited n visit ! car
: ulnai pra memDe Of his suite, although
!. W. eoiio1ny must be held at some one
y 81 the entries, and whatever T. snokan
= W heara by the prelates doing duty
mere. Instead ~ the single small win
uoW-mor like an oubti Ne than Il
/, u'ng else-which Gregory prescribed,
I openings ia the shape ~ pivotal or re-
: solNihg wooden frames, like those used
y nuhnef4es and called thurs, in French,
mere adopted AZ h suggestion Of Paride
~ nrassl, Master Of Ceremonies 10
ieo =. light Of them are always CON
necteu on different sides with the hail of
,onciave, wherever il may be. The ten
uaSs before The Conclave can open be-
IN from the very day Of the Pope's
ueatn' out somtimes a much longer
Time mas elapsed, rs, for instance. after
me uea'h of Alexander vi, when the
violence o. Cesar Borgia and the pres
ence q a French army in Rome occa-
stoned 4 delay Of thirty days and again.
When Cardinal Ferreri was arrested On
ms way from Nercelli to the Cone ave
iDy The Duke Of Milan, his loyal col
ieagles waited for him eight DAYS be-
yond the usual time. The Conclave n
winch uliu Ill. was elected IN 1850
was not opened until nineteen DAYS after
M predecessors death, to oblige the
french Cardinals, who had not Vet All
arrived AZ Rome. In early ages, before Z
" became customary 70 give the hat 70 |
occupants q Episcopal sees other than |
ine seven suburbican ones, and when l
Cardinals We're strictly bound 10 reside I
~ cnrtd -. II, 70 live near the Pope. az /
whose court they were the principal h
~personages, there was generally no me- a
cessify for a considerable delay. A
Inc Sacred Congregation OF Rome Il
are privileged 70 transact business M B
small Importance through their secreta- q
res, and even 70 finish affairs IL what \
ever Importance. il at the Pope's death i
they We're 30 far advanced AZ 10 need Of
only the secretary's signature. a
II q Cardinal fall III and choose 10 re- Il,
man IN Conclaye, provision i made "a
axe ms vote, but he may retire. il ~
Wish, losing his vote, however. which
can not he given outside Of the Conclave
p ~ proxy Ii he recover ne i oblig- u
~ ID conscience 10 return. because II n u,
! duty of his Office, and not merely 4 W
PERSONAL privilege, 10 take part IN papal :,
lectons All Cardinals, unless speci- 81.
NY deprived by the Pope before his ~.
lealh o. the right Of electing, and be- III
NJ elected, car vote and are elivihle ~,
ven u under censures- The Cardinals r.
nay elect whom they please: nor i II 49,
ecessary to be either 4 member ~ tho ~
.acred College or an Italian Ia become Ia,
No matter what may have been H..
man previous condition. ne can IL -,
lected; and there are not A few in- Nh
-ances Of persons Of ignoble birth or III,
lean antecedents having been exalted I'M.
Inc fapacy, which they have illus ;rc
ated 70 their virtues or BY their learn III
=. ~,
Gregory Y. prescribed that a stric, M,
atch should be kept over the Conclave La,'
herever u might be held. When held al
Rome the representatives Of tho mn ,na
esl families have a principal part II NH
aintaining order IN the city and nrn- rn.
citing the Cardinals from any kind ~ -,
reference. The Marshal Of the Holy rra;l
'man Church and guardian III the snn,
'nciaye watches over the external ILL.,
ace and quiet of the Sacred College NJ,
- i one Of the highest Office held IN iwo
ayman AZ the Roman Court. n 4 ova,
reditary. and belonged for over 100 dacl
irs 70 the great baronial family M
>ayelli until its extinction. Ii passed ,ha
~ 70 the princely family OF Chiri. ! ~.
e very ancient and now ducal family ~
Matter va charged with preserving four
peace OF the Ghetto and fraste,srs ~cr,
this purpose il is used TO raise And the;,
up q small body Of troops, which was ;ncb,
up as long as the Conclave lasted 49,,
: MaJordomo Of the late Pope i ex- ~ \,
clo Governor Of the Conclave since s,an,
Of Clement MI (Corsini. 1890 worL
". Although he also exercises some
'rnal jurisdiction, he is more partic-
'iy required To attend 10 the domes-
Of the Cardinals, and preserve
'r within the palace where the Con- TIL
g may be held. Delegations from Port
various colleges Of the Roman pra- lad ii
prothonotaries. auditors rae
ie Pope, clerks Of the chamber. ETC dale
king their orders daily from IN. took
ernor, are to be stationed AZ one ar in ri
r Of the Rnote. or turnstile windows. killed
NJ the whole Of the Conclaye. ate II
le collect Pro eltqendo po.fifce- fond.
God may grant a worthy pastor ~ and il
said at ali masses and q
ighout the world from the becin- ably b
Of the Conclave until news arrives fed on
z Pope's election. In Rome there The l
laily procession Of the clergy from tanner
hurch Of 81. Lawrence ia DamaSo young
Peters basilica (f the Conclave Dutch
ID in the Vatican, chanting tbe house
Of the saints and other pravers built
! the procession arrives there 1 pine b
de Spirifn Sancfo Is said by A papal the gr,
ain IN 4 temporary chapel fitted up this m
me main entrance To the Conclave all the
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