The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-01
Satolli and the Tiara.

C.,,stom and not law, has mace IL 'i,e
rule Of the Sacred College OF "a '"i'i''7
10 choose one Of their own hummer ~"
irene Ponfiff whenever theIe NO. -
vacancy I'm the Papacy. SIstoih 'o7 80
,,sde il the rule that such choice sha''
sa1t 90 m, Italian. and It has been OBJ
served without a single interruption sii,Ce
tho election Of Clement VII, IN los uhn,'
whom Henry VIII revolted from opeoi-
orcn IN the Roman See About no othel
election in the world are there more SUD
lie varied. and prodigious influences ~
work in its determination. II IL the cui-
rnination of astutc diplomacy IN the hai.u7
of the most experienced ana sllteo uipio-
matists on earth. There Is one man,
however who Is potential above an o'neis
H. nredetormining the event and he Is
the reigning Pope -oo,
During the eighteen years or the reign
NJ leo XIII he has conferred the fed
hat on thirty-four Of the sixty-four Car
dins1q living in 1895. OF these, all but ten
are sixty or more years OF age. Leo nm
self was On the eve Of his siNty-'ish'h
birthday when ne was chosen. IN some
resnects his administration has been re-
markable. even to the point almost OF
revolution I'm the policy of the roman
curia. In politics he has Generously au-
hsred 10 the position Of his preneoeSsoi
i'm refusing 10 recognize the fith' "i 'it'
King Of Italy 10 make Rome MS capilai'
and in insisting that the Pope mus nave
necessarily an Independent territorial SOW
oveigntv Yet in scholarship and philoso-
nbv he has restored throughout al the
ecbools and seminaries Of the Roman
communion the supremacy Of Thomas
Aouinas. and i'm his international reia-
tions he has cut loose from the ola ira
dition that the clerical party should sup
,o-t monarchy and the conservatives
while he forbids Catholics IN liaiy 70
vote AT civil elections, in France ne nt'
urged them TO adhere 10 the i'cpu"ii..
IIe seems TO have been the hrst oh'il
49, 80 made a serious study OF the
United states, ana 10 nave 'ei' - oa,,
4. bou, great benefits the chuich can
-, IA a free state. His reign Is nota-
az. for now adjustments 10 modern ahu
3.,,,oc-atic conditions. Yielding no Jot
~ I'll rrafensions. he has sought 'd'h-
IA. advancement by Cancellation ia'htI
.1Ha, rebnke and has been protuse III
continents Of sympathy with Iiiis "a
,,nitv and with the interests oil iaoo'
s-at,,rallv. he must regard the prospect Oh
a,,,' reversal of his policy as the over
throw of the work which ne mas Duii' "P
with marvellous skill ana TACT
,rhe American papal ALLOCATE IS per
hu
t,,al SON of Leo XIII. In 1862. wheh pul
ta,o,t,-dve years Of age, Satolh TOOK
orfoet's orders in Perugia, where Cardlhal
pecci the present Pope. was bishop' anu
fo,, that time on the Bishop was MS
deenlv interested mentor, guide anu
e,l,5 10 founded the Academy OF 81.
Thomas i'm his diocese. and put ms young
nriest at the head Of II. Ihe year al W.
attaining the Pontihcate ne lss"eu ms
famous oncvclical on theological laliils'
a',,,o,,ncino that the philosophy Of ST.
,,,l.,.,e must he the recognized basis of II
=, tho Roman communion; and shortly
aftervards he placed his stili youthful
diecinlc i'm the profcssorship Of doEmauc
tbcoioqv I'm Rome. While entaben tn
49, antics SatoIi was also given diplo-
lit duty as president of the College or
No,1o Fcclesiastics: and he wrote au-
tboritative treaties on church pubic law
His connection with the United states
began with his visit as papal repTese ma
tive at the opening of the Cathohc uni-
,orsitv al Washington. SO FAR All MS
,raininc has been Just in the line 10 con-
tinue the policy Of Leo XIII.
The extraordinary powers with which
safoli was clothed early I'm 1893 as apos-
tolic delegate in the United States were
well fitted, not only 10 test his prudence
and skill as an administrator. but 10
train him FOR an encounter with the
problems of a wider jurisdiction. Here
Catholicism presents itself in more varied
forms than I'm any other country in the
world IL is a unihcatiOn Of Irish, Ger
man. Polish. Italian. and other types
Here was 10 be wrought a recOncfiix ion
between autocratic and liberal methods.
Here the church was less tramen by
political complications. and was free 10
use her energies for new adaptations to
modern progress. Also in America Satolli
has been removed from all the cabals and
ioaIousies which might have made him
antagonistic i'm the Roman curia. when
the Sacred College next meets 10 replace
the triple crown on another head our
apostolic delegate will find the majority
| of IL 10 be the disciples of his papal pre-
ceptor and friend. They will recognize
i'm him man Of undoubted eminence in
pietv and learning; a thorough Italian.
sknlfnl in affairs, OF wide experience.
of universal sympathy, removed from
fractional or partisan animosities-a man
i'm whose hands the vigor and policy Of
Leo XIII. would obtain perpetuity. II his
| comparative youth should be an obstacle
| to his election the tiara might go TO some
venerable cardinal whose reign. in the
course Of nature, would be short; but
the present aspect Of the situation is
that Francis Satolli is marked ont yet to
hold the keys Of ST. Peter.-Philadelphia