The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-11

THE POPE'S MASS.
Brilliant Gathering Of Vati-
can Officials at the
SerVices-The Ponti-
fiCal Household.
WHAT THE CHURCHES ARE DOING
Gossip of the Various Parishes Of
the Cily-st. Aloysius'
Entertainment.
WHAT THE CHURCHES ARE DOING

HE
The correspondent of the Catholic
Onnnens'' at Rome, contributes a most
account of the Pope's mass
1t issue of that paper. Among
gs he says
the period of my residence in
the closing years of the last
had on several occasions the
OF attending low masses of
I. in the Cathedral of st. Peter.
clock of the Cathedral struck
4 of nine A. M, the Swiss Guard,
e red and yellow uniforms, black
ckin and hose, the design
i1lustrious Michael A~ngelo-were
first members OF the procession that
Arched up to the altar ratings. They
were followed by the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
e-Spada in dark uniform. with plumed
ltaaues; next to enter the sacred ealnce
were the Cardinals. who wore crimson
and white robes: they wore also the
state costume. the Cappa Magma with
the ermine tippet, carrying their red
birrettes in their hands,, the long trains
of their soutanes being supported by
the acolytes. The Guardia Mobile head
ed by Prince Altiepi arrayed in dark
coats embroidered with gold, next en-
tered the temple. They were moreover
clothed with gold fringed epaulettes,
gold helmets and white pants encased
in polished riding boots. In front of
the noble guard there were two trumpet
ers, followed by a score of Swiss soldiers
who stood in two divisions at either side
of the altar. From the grated tribune
high up towards the roof the sweet tones
of the hymn Tues Petrus' reverberated
Through the Cathedral, and the con-
g-regation fell on their knees. Leo XIII.
then presented himself, as the curtains
were drawn aside. in a sedan chair borne
by Cavaliers CARRIED in white robes, in
front of whom were the mace bearers,
followed by the chapter of St Peters.
LONG LIVE THE POPE KING
Shortly afterward a peal of silver
trumpets rang through the temple, and
the multitude cried out scores of times,
Long Live, the Pope King Leo XIII.
lifted mis- right hand and blessed the
congregation. On the arrival of the
procession before the altar the Supreme
Pontif stepped lightly out of his sedan
chair and Immediately began to celebrate
the holy sacrifice of the mass. AT the
Iavabo he took off the tiara, the vessel
of water being presented to him by the
Cardinal Vicar, Mgr. Parocchi- The
mass being concluded Leo XIII. was
borne to a platform temporarily erected
before the statue of ST. Peter, of whom
the present Pope is the 252d successor.
IN the Vatican there are an %ecclesi-
astieal, civil and military household.
Among the officials residing in that
IR taIisn. are asd p the duti sll Of w wh0m are are
assistants at the throne and to stand
beside the Pope at state ceremoniais;
ton, also composed of Italians: the
lay lawyers, the lay professors OF Latin,
Greek. numismatics. the judge Of m
ten vergers OF TIE Palace, forfy-eight
busso-mati who carry the Pontifical
commissary of the picture. and sculp,
ture galleries, the clerk of the Pontihcal
archives; eighteen mace bearers and run,
the convocation of the Pope The Ca
meriere-di-Cape-e-spada are an interna-
tional element in the ~, xatican an - Th thl
epoch when Raphael lived. who was q
Cameriere of Pope. Leo x. Each Ca
one year in the Vatican. Their duties
are to receive and present to the Pope
those members of the audience who
Chicago. Ill. is one member of this so
ciety. The members of several English
aristocratic families, such as the Gilt
fords, Standishes and Winchesters be-
long to the same order.
FOUR DISTINCT ARMED CORPS.
LEO XIII maintains at the Vatican
four perfectly distinct armed corps. III
first. which are exclusively Italian, is the
noble guard, composed of Roman patri
clans; the second is the Swiss guard
incidentally attired, who are posted a
the entrance to the buildings and apart
shents of the Palace. and whose duty
Palatine guard, formed of volunteer.
from the middle class of Rome's citi
! sens, who on gala occasions do serve un'
DER the orders of Count Antonio Sprecia
ahe fourth is the pontifcal constabulary
commanded by Cavaliere Taghieri. TIL,
inhabitants of the Vatican number 5000
1t possesses a prison and a courthouse
! The Vatican grounds are under tn,
Pope's civil jurisdiction. King Humber
and his government lave no legal au
fherity over the confines of the Watt
can. The only. folk who occupy thu
prison are a few lay domestics Wit
may nave stolen some article of The &c
clesiastics. The Pope drives in a phaeto,
yolked to four steeds through the gray
elled pathway between the flower gar
dens in summer and ives in a villa il
the coolest portion of the grounds COY
cred by elms and oak trees. The Vat
lean grounds on the whole are the sig
of a town Of 10000 or $1,000 inhabitants.