Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-02-15

tai Fcrretti known to the world as Pho |
Mono, the 262dPopc in drectsuccession
from st. Peter, was born at Sinigaglia
on the 18th of May, 1892. His family
was noble, tracing its lineage in an un-
interrupted descent to the thirteenth
century. The future Pontiff was blessed
with mother of great talents and sin
gular piety, and it was from her that
he received his whole education, until
at the age of twelve he was sent to the
College of Volterra, in Tuscany. There
he remained for six years, and upon
making his first appearance in the
world he sought admission into the
Guards of his relative, the reigning
Pope Plus VII, but very nervous dis
order debarred him from a military ca
reer, and he directed his studies to the
ology. He was cured of this nervous
ness and returned to Volterra, and
in 1909 received Yousure, his first
step to the ecclesiastical state. The
same year he went to Rome, and
obtained position in the Chapter of
the Vatican Basilica. Some time be-
fore this Giovanni Borgi had founded
at Rome an orphan asylum called Tata
Giovanni, and Plus VII. placed him at
its head. His connection with this be-
nevolent institution lasted until the 9th
of July, 1928, when Mgr MuzZi, created
Vicar Apostolic for Chill, induced him
to accompany him in his travels into
what was Then an almost unknown land.
For two years the young priest remained
| in America travelling from mission to
mission, and on his return to Rome Leo
XI. made him one of his domestic pre-
lates and Director of the establishment
of San Michel, an industrial and art
school. On the 21st of May, 1927, he
was created Archbishop of Spoleto, and
subsequently,o ,on the 18th of September,
1882, transferred to the See of Imola,
where, on the 23d of December, 1889,
he was announced as Cardinal in secret
consistory, and openlyproclaimed ayear
later, and remained so until the death of
Gregory XVI. summoned him to Rome
to sit in the conclave which ultimately
elected him Pope. The Sacred College
assembled on the 14th of June, 1916;
and on the 10th of the same month the
Cardinals were enabled to declare to
| the people of Rome " Papam Habemusn
we have a Pope. There were fifty
! four Cardinals in conclave. The Lib
eral Cardinals, among them Mastai
Ferretti, were determined to prevent
the intrigues of the Austrian Govern
ment. They succeeded. A two-thirds
vote was necessary for election. Lam
bruschini was his strongest opponent
in conclave. On the fourth ballot Mas
tai received forty-two votes, enough for
his election. He was proclaimed Pope
on June IL, at the Quirinal, and was
crowned Nov. 8, 1916. At this cere-
mony, in taking his coronation oath, he
swore to preserve the temporal power.
The chief ecclesiastical acts of the
Pope have been the condemnation of
the Irish colleges; the division of En-
gland into Roman Catholic dioceses in
1850; the formal definition of the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dec. 8,
1854; the publication of the famous
Encyclical and Syllabus, Dec. 8, 1864;
the canonization of the japanese mar
tyrs; and lastly the Gcumenical Coun-
Gil of the Vatican, convoked by bull
Dec. 8, 1867, and solemnly opened in
in the Vatican Basilica, Dec. 8, 1869.
The most important act of the Council
was the definition of the dogma of the
infallibility of the Roman Pontiff