The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24

ROME, Oct. 1S-Information from
sources within the vatican make it pos
sble to give details concerning the car
dinalate TO be conferred on Mgr.
Satolli and the retirement Of Mgr. Satol-
lis secretary, FIR. Papi, from the vatican
staff in order to join the Jesuit order.
There have been denials Of the report of
FIR. Papis move, but the facts are now
learned beyond any question. About four
months ago Fr. Papi applied here for his
eXeat. The request was very broad and
contemplated retirement from his Off
cial connection with the vatican's foreign
service and the prospective honors 1t had
in store for him. 1t was made known
that he desired to retire from the world
and devote his life in the Jesuit order TO
study and teaching To this end he ap-
piled TO the provincial of the Jesuit order
at New York for admission, and on the
granting of the eXeat here he would have
been transferred. The plans were modi-
fed, however, by the premature reports
of FIR. Papi's intention. 1t was felt also,
by those having Jesuit interests at heart,
that the accession of Mgr. SatollTs sec
rotary 10 the JeSuits might arouse crit
icism on the ground that the one best
Of the ALLOCATE had joined the order pop
ularly supposed to be opposed II Mgr.
SaJolH. While this criticism would be
groundlesS it was deemed advisable to
avoid the possible charge Of a Jesuit
trick"
For this reason it is believed the New
York provincial will advise FIR. Papi to
wait a year or two before taking his eX-
eat and joining the order, by watch time
Fr. Papis confidential relations with
Mgr. Satolli viii nave terminated.
Concerning the cardinalate 10 be con-
ferred on Archbishop Satolli, there appears
to be no ground for the reports that no
tice of the appointment has been forward
ed to the ALLOCATE. The cOnsistOry of car
dinals, which advises with the pope on
the creation Of cardinals. does not meet
until next month, so that the actual deer
mination on his appointment will not be
made until then. In the meantime there
are seven names under consideration,
from which number it is considered GER
tain that five cardinals Will be named ;
Mgr SatOlli is among the five. There are
no further American names among those
under consideration. 1t is expected that
the comforting of the red hat on Mgr.
SatOlI will be celebrated at Cardinal Glib
bonS's church in Baltimore and that sever
al n1bl5men OF high rank and distinguished
prelateS will 90 from here as The personal
representatives of the pope.
Ihere Is a doubt as yet as to whether
Mgr. Satolli's cardina.ate will carry juris-
diction over a diocese or viii be purely
honorary.
Cardinal Gibbons is also archbishop of
the Baltimore diocese, including Virginia.
Maryland and the District of Columbia.
which makes him powerful well an
honorary prelate. Whether a diocese VIII
be created for the new cardinal Is still UNI
determined. Ii is probable. however. thac
his jurisdiction over questions between
bishops and priests and other church con-
ficts will be regarded as equivalent TO
diocese All of The papers in thsSe trials
are In Latin. and IS Mgr SatOlli is q PEI
feet Latin scholar, as vel as a master Of
canon law, Ne is C)1s.d red better quail
fed for The work than for the supervision
over the active laboTs of a diOccse. The
title is likely. therefore, TO be honorary
without the supplementary power of an
archbishop. Yet IS the personal repre-
sentative Of the pope in America, the
new cardinal wi, occupy a station higher
than that which the powers Of archbishop
could bring to him.