San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-01
THE POPE'S BIRTHDAY.
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR A BIG
CELEBRATION.
Much Speculation as to Who Will
Be HIS Successor.

ROME, March l.-All arrange
ments have been completed for tn
celebration of the Pope's eighty
fifth birthday, and the seventeenth
anniversary of the coronation to
morrow. The Pope having reached
such an advanced age, much specu
lation as to his successor is inevi
tably associated with the celebra
ton of the day. From inner circles
of the College of Cardinals it i.
learned that Cardinal Luigi Gal
inherit will be the next Pope in
the event OF the early death of the
present occupant of st. Peters
chair. He was the founder of the
"MOniteur de Rome" and is the
most trusted counsellor of the
Pope. While he has steered a sort
of middle course between the war
ring American archbishops he is in
close touch with the Papal Able.
gate at Washington.
He Is admittedly averse to any
course which would commit the
church to departure from its uni
versal character, and this, no
doubt, implies that he is not an
over warm admirer of the very
flattering preference of the Pope
for the repub lics of the west and
east. In the Roman sense, how
ever, be is "liberal," an advocate
Of peace with Italy and Difference
to all powers that be in Christen-
dom.
He is believed to be a singularly
able man in the field OF diplomacy,
and possesses wide experience in
European matters. The nations Of
the world are sometimes said to
object to the constant possession Of
the papal crown by an Italian.
The French wish it for the French,
the Germans for the Germans, etc.
There is no doubt that the aim of
the papacy in coming years Will be
to form constructive alliance be-.
tween the Eastern or Greek church,
the head OF which is the Car Of
Russia. The forces Of Western civ.
iliZation are resented by the pres
ent Roman church. The Eastern
church is believed by many people
who have given attention to church
matters to be the rightful descen-
dant of the church of the early
apostles.
The Catholic church in it's early
history consisted Of five ratriarchs,
one at Antioch, one at Jerusalem,
one at Constantinople, one at Ath-
ems, and the fifth at Rome, who
was the Pope. When the Byzan-
tine Empire fell the patriarch of
Rome assumed to represent the an.
cient prestige and authority Of the
Roman Empire, and it is from the
fame of ancient Rome preserved in
the Papacy that so much temporal
authority was welded by the early
Popes. Discussion and rivalry be-
tween the eastern and western
churches has existed from the ear
lest period. The present Pope more
than any Of his predecessors has
recognized that rivalry to such an
extent that he has made distinct
Overtures for the reconciliation Of
the Greek and Roman churches.
The Pope thinks there is little diff
ference between the ritual and GER
emOnials Of the Roman Catholic
and the Greek church, and he has
modified doctrines for that portion
OF the church which extends into
Greece, Servia, Montenegro, Bulga-
ria and Russia, to such an extent as
to permit Catholic priests in those
countries to marry. The modifica-
tion consists in this that priest If
ordained cannot marry, but II
already married this fact does not
prevent him joining the church and
administering it's functions. Such
a modification Of the rigid rules Of
celibacy as observed in western
countries has been permitted sole
ly to accommodate the Catholic
church to the form Of its Greek sis
ter. Since the death of the late
Gar this policy Of reunion has
been renewed, and it is believed
that the present young Emperor is
not unfavorable to the proposed
Papal alliance, II he could thereby
secure the favor and loyalty Of the
Polish Catholics and extend his
dominions in the direction Of Con-
stantinople and Athens. 1t is well
known that Galimberti warmly in
dorses this PROJECT.
The Princatnn- Harvard Dahata.