The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-07

All About the Insignia of Archiepiscopal Au.
thoritY in the Catholic Church.

All About the Insignia of ArchiepiscopRl Au-
thority in the Catholic Church.
New York Herald.
The large painting in the nave Of the subter-
ranean church represents st. Peter installing st.
Clement and investing him with the pallium, the
symbol of universal jurisdiction. 1t may be said.
en- PEASANT, that a cardinal who is not an arch
bishop cannot wear it. One of the first cere-
monies after a cardinal is elected to the papal
chair, although he may be a cardinal bishop, is
to invest him with the pallium. ST. Clement be-
came Pope in A. D.. 81. This is the St. Clement
whom St Paul refers to: And I entreat my
sincere companion help those women who have
labered with me in the gospel with Clement.
Phil, iv, 8. St. Clement in the painting
is facing the people, as a priest does when he
says "Dominus Vobiscum." His pallium is
almost the same as the one now in use, with the
slight difference that the ancient one is longer.
It extends from the shoulders down in front of
the body. to an inch or two below the knees.
The pallium now used does not go below the
breast. 1t is made of white wool, dotted with
black crosses, fastened by golden pins, studded
with precious stones, and is about the width of
an ordinary suspender. 1t is put on over the
head; the end hangs on the heart over the
chasuble. When the Pope says mass in st.
Peters it is the ninth article Of his vestments
which he puts on.
When the person to be invested is not at
Rome, the pallium is sent by a trusty messenger.
always an ecclesiastic. who, for the time being,
is commissioned the Pope's messenger, and who
is bound to be received as such wheresoever he
may tarry, to receive all kinds of spiritual aid
and comfort, and no one, under severe censure,
is to hinder or delay him in his journey. He
delivers the packet containing the pallium to the
person designated by the Cardinal Project of the
Propaganda to receive it, and: to no one else.
HI is not relieved of his responsibility until the
act of investiture is concluded. He is a guest at
the and occupies a place of honor
throughout. because he is the Pope's messenger.
He is generally the recipient of some valuable
present from the invested prelate, who is bound
forthwith to report the day of his investure, the
name of the messenser, and of the prelate who
placed the pallium upon his shoulders. etc. The
latter is invariably some bishop named at Rome.
The pailium is only worn on solemn occasions,
as Christmas, Easter Sunday, etc. When the
prelate dies upon whom it has been vestured it
is buried with him, resting upon his shoulders
and pendant upon his breast as in life. The first
archbishop, the late DR.. Hughes, of this city, re-
ceived the pallium from the hands of the late
Plus TX, in 1850, at Rome. Cardinal McClosky
was invested in 1864, in ST. Patrick's Cathedral,
Mulberry street. To understand how Important
the pallium is we must bear in mind that. unlike
the bull nominating a priest to he a bishop, which
is often sent by mail, the pallium must be and
always is carried by a messenger. 1t is true
that bulls are sent by messengers when oppor-
tune, but many of them are transmitted by mail
to the metropolitan of the archdiocese wherein
the inchoate bishop resides. It will be observed
that the number of archbishops is quite small
throughout the world. There are only twelve
in the United States, one in England, four In
Ireland and one in the Scotland. 1t is a very
impressive ceremony, but of course not to be
compared In length to that of a conservation;
yet the conferring OF the pallium always has
been held in profound veneration because it is,
as q whole. the highest step one can attain in the
church