The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-27

the Piracy emierated abroad or accepseo. ~.
for instance. during the Spanish domination.
| the political prctectorats Of . great power a.
certain periods. under tho Pontiflcatc OF taui
II. for example. and at the time OF tne eIecuoh
OF sixtus w.. foreigners were almost un-
represented in tho Senate OF the Roman
Church, The moro tho temporal power Of
tho PontifYs was extended and consolidated.
the moro the foreign representation was less-
encd, a. II Rome. the capital OF an important
politi,al State, felt the neod OF preventing the
national Churches from exercising sort OF
moral control over the affairs OF the Catholic
metropolis. and the central government OF the
Church. When the Papacy lost its territorial
power. to create In time another form OF
sovereignty and material Independence. the
prcponderanoo OF the Roman italian element
began TO diminish The weaker Rome IL poll
tically, the more she feols tho Mood Of cnhan-
cling her international substance. and OF re-
freshing her vitality In the waters OF the
Catholic ocean.
BY the side Of this moral and psychological
law we discover new factor OF transforma-
ton, fact unknown up to the present day.
and that Is tho expansion OF the Church In
all known countries, by reason OF coioni-
cation and tho extraordinary development Of
international communications. In former
days Rome give Cardinals to the Catholic Con-
ttnentht UOWeES TTSHCe, W "
Austria. and to Portugal. And. moreover she
was not very lavish in those gifts To.
day. in addition to the custom which
gives to these countries a fixed number
Of Cardinals. the churches recently cs-
tnblished and fourlshing rapidly claim as
the national reward for their conGucsts tho
right OF representation in tho Sacred College,
The United States AMI Australia have their
Cardinals. Tomorrow two or three more will
be needed in the United Stntcs. som" will be
wanted in South America some In the Le-
want. nnl some in Afri.n and China. Every
where colonization carries. like II rr.vidcn-
tial vehicle tho gain Of mustard seed OF the
Bible. Now since this work OF expulsion is pre-
cipitatod with tremendous rapidity. how many
foreign Cardinals shnll We have in iltty or II
hundred ycurs? At the present time with fifty
five Gard innlswe need only fifteen to como upto
the traditional n"mber Of seventy although
that number was never yet reached. Wo have
twrnty-thrce fo.rig IN Cardinals and Iii. ty-two
Italians. Before tho recent dauths wo had
thirty or thirty.two foreign Cardinals. Tho
proportion tends AREA ~ to be evenly bnl-
nnced. Very soon it will! he broken to the
detrimcnt ~ Italy. especially because the en-
tire situation crcntcd by tho events Of 1910
loads tho Holy See to extend Itself beyond the
national frontier. Superior numbers will mecca
sarily produce an Increase OF influence and n
disarranEemant Of the dominant machinery
OF the central government o. tho Church.
Sine the conclnvc which elected Leo EIII
IN 1878 the foreign element has PLAYED tho
lending role: FOR it hns bccn remarked that
the foreign Cardinals. although! inferior In
number. made the law and elected til" ropr
by forming IN alliance with tho most cnligat-
ennd and most modern Cardinals OF Italy.
Wa are witnessinra phenomenon contrary
to that which took place in the middle OF the
seventeenth century. when the italian Cardi-
mails endnavorcd to shake OF and break tho
Spanish domination. Tho party OF liberty cued
them the flying squadron" Du: then. us to-
day. tho movement tende to assure tn tho
Sacred College, and the Holy See all their free
dom and nll their influence. What passed mt
the last conclave will be repeated until the day
arrives when the DEVELOPMENT OF transforma.
tions will bring about n foreign Pope. or at
least II supra national Pope. The preponder-
ance OF the foreign element has won q victory
tho fruits OF which will not be lost. When Rome
is free. this progression will DO preci pitated.
because tho Holy See. placed in the immediate
neishborhood Of political and atonal State.
will be in honor bound to don the international
and cosmopolitan garment as the symbol and
the sign OF its independence. INNoMINATo.