, 1879-07-13
THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.

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THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.
A morning newspaper, a few days ago, in
! publishing the report-which, it may be
| said, is likely to prove true-that LEO XIII.
would, at Cons,story soon to be held,
create two new Cardinals, one from Canada
and one from the Western States, said:
''The College Of Cardinals is 80 nearly full TINT
they tweil-lnlormeo cathohesl 'alnk Ine rope M Is
1..,,. ~ ,onns, hsxe ,n;nr;tv IN ths
college md Iro XIII. wou]d meet with vigorous
opposition if he proposed the creation Of any more
foreign Cardinals and especially II ne proposed to
optsa1,. epRo.u. au :; 1ntao,,r9 ,rtbarn;ors ths
oniv prelate who cond with INV especial propriety
be appointed Cardinal would be the Bishop, OF
rather the Archbishop. Of Chicago But such
rrela1e ooes MOI e1st' anu, E wn1'e nlsnop LUCE Luce
Ir,vI, narch ,a.. .au ~ archh;shon ~ '~'
In no,nt of fact. The sacred col1eoa ia not
..nenr1v fnu" at present. Despita the
creation of ten Princes If tha Church on
+ha 7atb If Nov tbero ara s-van vacanc;as
and fonr others ara 1ike1v soon to occnr
thronch the artrame aea or faeb1a health
of incnmbanta. The statement that "The
Tto,;on card;na1a m LONGER have a majority
in tra ro,]aoe ~ is far from accnrote. for Of
+ha e;-tv- -,hraa Cardinals th;rtv-fonr ara
italians and Mo7a PrrR4 and n F.r1onx
MY co1n1.v +honoh of foraion birth hava
spant all their lives at Rome, In the third
nlace. the statement that "IEo XIII. would
meet with vigorous opposition if he proposed
the creation of any more foreign Cardinals" 4" is
MEANINGLESS. Though when he creates-the
official word "create" indicates sufficiently
The process to be an absolute one-a Cardi-
nal. the Holy Father, having delivered his
allocution and designated those whom be has
found worthy, does say to the Cardinals,
"Quid uobis ridetur?" the words are but
formula. When the Senate of the Church
had consultative functions, it was customary
for the Cardinals whose opinion WAS thus
asked to discuss the nominations and pre-
sent objections but now, as soon as the
formula is pronounced, the Cardinals riss
and bow in sign Of assent; and, hardly
waiting for them to do SO, the Pope pro-
caeds, ss ssAuctorit1te Onanipotenti. Del, Sans
tozunn ADostoZoyuua Petri ct Paul. ac 7,ostra,
c,.eamu,," etc. makes the declaration, s.-Azios
nuten2." etc.. if he has reserved any Cardi-
nails in petto signs the Cross thrice, in7ok-
ine tho Trinity, and leaves the Consistorial
Hall
r.rxx 1o.ta+o,oo,,+ f1ot ss Tha or1v pra-
49, ,~he .on,d w;th anv aenac;a1 n,,onr;etv
~ ,nao;ntaa Cardinal 1von1d ha the Risbon,
~ 1otho~ 49, Archh;sbon If Chicago ~ is
-aoan;na1a,s Fcc,as;asticai rank bas mt tha
a,;@hta.t th;na ~ A. 9Th elevation to tha
e.,a of tba Cardinals last craatad Nor
49,, ~1.a on1v The head of n cothoIc
49,, - Eachostor. No Hrncpxporrvv.
.,saa profossor at +ha nnivarsitv ~ wnrz.
49,. - M z1or5,p. was q Domin;can monk
taaeh;na pb;1osonbv at Roma: Nor. Pzcor
- 1.;n5 hnuh1a position in tia vatican
:ssa,-. erar arr,,o,n, R;shon If A1hanoa
-sosa,-rea ~ onv of tha for,v.tbraa 1ta1.
i'm m Archbisbona that do not wecr the red
hot. and Nor PR. Bishop of poitiers. was
ohoso, ;n France- thounh twe1ya Of the
Arcbhishons are not Cardinals. How little
acc1ee;ost;ca1 rank. or ANYTHING Of that sort.
baa tn do with the elevation OF Cardinal,
is snffcient,v shown bv the fact that Cardinal
NJ M.rT1ar111 who is at the head. Of the great
Gonoreootion Of the Index, was abruptly
raiead to the immense surprise Of
tha Romans. the Cardinals, and him.
self to the order of Carainal-Priests
from the humble position of Bacristan
in the Church of St. Augustine.-the
,ata pone having heard that he passed
honra in acstatic devotion before SAssoy1Nos
<,ro,n the Madonna and Child, and never
~as r-arv Of serving it's altar. It is hardly
nacssa,rv ~ that Cardinal sbonld be an eccle-
s,.st;c rba bn11 and ritno} Of 1921. still the
r1,1;no statntes for Papa1 elections declared
.hat }ha arclna;on orderad bv the bn,l Of
prre " Ithat no Cardinal still layman
shon,a e1sro;sa tbe privileges Of his dignity
- rono,a7a hnt r. he ant;tiad tn Tote.