Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-01
made Of fermine. winch is worn at Rome by

/ The nobility of England on solemn Oc-
casiOns, when they don their coronets,
wear cape of ermine, similar in shape TO
the mozzetta of the Roman prelate.
| The zuchetto is Q skull cap ard covers
the tonsure circle. The POpe's Is white
/ the Cardinals red. the bishops purple and
the priests black, They are not used IN
this country because the tonsure IS not OBJ
served here.
I The presentation to q Cardinal OF the IN
sigma of his Office can never take place IN
| Protestant or non Catholic country. BY
the official insignia is meant the hat and
the ring of sapphire set in gold.
/ When person whose name Is prominent
! in the conSistory is not iii Rome,a member
of the Pope's body guard is despatched to
notify him by letter, which is always IN
Latin, and by tho presentation Of a skull
can OF zuchettO. When living at great
distance from Rome the guard Is accompa-
MED by a mOnsignOre connected with
the Propaganda College, who IL
selection is carefully made. When nOti-
fed to prepare tor his mission and receive
his instructions from the Cardinal Preiect
of the Propaganda, he makes preparations
ID DC ItttlNtu ~ bIAt OH's AAit' 't''N'''
place at any time that may Sult the Pom
tin. Soon rs the interview Is over the
Monsigneur and the Soldier-bearer OF the
znchettO set out immediGtely-nOt a min
ute. not a second must they tarry after they
leave the Pope's presence.
The former is an Ablcgatc-a very high
honor: the latter "a POpe's messenger.
Both are to be received with respect and
Hospitality entertained wherever they may
STAY, and no one, under the penalty Of Sc
we're ccnsure. is To hinder OF delay them on
their tourney. Should any accident Or in
| firmity OVertakc them they are To bc care
| fully taken care of and their miShap in
Stantly reported to the Propaganda and the
| Cardinal Secretary Of State.
CARE FOR THE ABLEGATE.
That there may he no mistake about the
care and attention to Dc bestowed upon the
Ablegatc. the letter from the Pope to the
! Cardinal-clcct charges the latter - be care
! ful of him in the following words: We
alo greatly desire that you would receive
with all manner of kindness him whom We
! have sent to you, both for the sake Of the
mission upon which ne is sent and for our
sake. =
The person in the absence Of the Pope 10
place the brrIcttl upon the head OF the
! CJrdinal-clcct must b. appointed for the
purpose by the Pope. lie is called the
/ APOSTOLIC lcgitc. The one appointed to
confer the bcrrctta on Archbishop Gibbons
! is the venerable Archbishop OF ~. Louis,
| Peter Richard Kcmick. who WAS born in
| The parish of St Nicholas Myra, Dublin,
| august l., lSO6. lie wdS made Il bishop
/ in is41 aud became Archbishop OF st.
! Louis in lSi7.
! Resides the Allocate and Apostolic lic-
! gate, there are two others, namely legatc
! dr hiicre and q hi,rc. The first is one sent
! from the Pope upon special mission into
| blc Paral territory or to a King or Emper-
or. The second is the highest Of all, and
is rarely conferred because he prcSides over
councils ~ ii the Pope were present. In
all he does it is the same rs ii done by the
Pope in person.
Tn. temporal power being 4 thing Of the
| past. and Councils few and lar between,
! the de iegdtc and a lcgdte are relics Of the
past.
The officer undoubtedly held high rank
i'm the middle ages, but our AGE Of rail-
roads, trlcglaphS and telephones Is Il
mortal enemy to the "c%lwS Of rank unless
earned and made rcSpIrudaut by genius,
great labor aad mOrIi industry. Shake
sprIrr was not unacquamtrd with tn" Eo-
man lcg;tttS, Who have no ordinary place
in English history. He says:
Lonk wher, the holy icgl'n comes aIHcr,
Tugl,c ,a',ytrrs,ut !r..',, the maud ni Heaven
There is, however, u matter-oi-dct side
to the affair which makes it very crafty
inc to the Italian. The Cardinal recipient
. besides entertaining them. makes a present
l of at least ~ OOO To the NnnSl%nor", and
about aS much more 10 the Noble Guard.
| This is exclusive of all their expenses
| while in this country, which are born by
/ the Cardinal.
! Mgr. Ronrrtti. the bearer Of the hrrrrtta
/ Ia the late Cardinal McCl"Skcy clcvrn
/ years Igo. took away in gifts over -, mp.
! When the Executive OF the country - u
! Catholic it i customary h. send Ii" red hat
| 10 him to he presented to the new Cardl.
Inal. The sapphire rim" set i'm gold must
| be placed on the Cardinals finger by the
Pope in person.
There are three COnSistorics necessary TO
| make a Cardinal At the first the bcr,ttl
! is givcn;at the second the Int; at the thud
the titles and ring.
| Cardinals hats were tir;t given hy limo
iGeut w.. in the thirteenth century, aS 4
I sign that the Cardinals Ought To hr ever
ready to shed their blood in defense "i the
faith" and for the liberty OF the Christian
people
A Cardinal must have y coat Of arms and
/ :. t.,1 L.. mn,
foot mt Rome or in his diocese if Il bishop
or Archbishop outside of Ituly-Romr. He
I generally is either one or the other. Cardi-
nal deacons are invariably confined TO
/ Rome. His rank entities him 10 precedence
over all the nobility at Rome, in Catholic
countries next to oroyalty itself Cardinals
I take rank according to the respective or
! derS OF bishops, priests and dcacOnS Ia
which they belong, and in such order to
! the date of their creation, except the Car
dinal Secretary of State, who, rs It matter
/ of courtesy. is allowed the first rank among
4 the members o, his particular order.
/ The committees Congregations of the
| Senate of the Church are called: EccleSi-
astical Council, bishops and Regular
! Clergy. Index, Sacred Rites. The cardinals
are divided among them, the senior bccom-
: ing President dc tGcto, but the Pope Is al
wavs President when he chooses 10 prcSideS
at 4 congregation, which hc rarely does
nowadays. These congregations commit
! tceSl arrange everything, from the Sacra-
mcnt of Baptism TO the I'jaijcam through
out the whole world An appeal lies from
anv congregation to the Pope, but it is a
/ luxury seldom INDUCED in, because they
are slow but very sure in their delihera-
tions and have the work of their prcdcces-
( snrs D, fore thcm-the decisions of the Pom
tlfs for a thousand years within reach
ami are, invariably, just and independent
\ in their action.
| p.,,o,,,,,.,ad nv AceInust,On.