The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06


positions DR.. Rocker OF the University
of Washington, advanced and in Latin
read the following document to Satolll
from the pope:
Our beloved son, health and apos-
tolic benediction: Although unworthy,
being constituted by divine mercy in
the sublimity of The apostolic see and
by virtue Of our office, having care OF
the welfare Of the Catholic church,
among our chief solicitudes is that the
college of our venerable brothers, the
cardinal Of the holy Roman church,
should be kept brilliant by most dis
tinguished men, as the dignity of that
most splendid order demands. For this
reason we have determined to inScribe
you in their number for your
great piety, YOUR zeal for the Catholic
faith. your prudence and most admir-
able qualities and gifts of mind lead
us to hope your ministry will be of
great use and benefit TO the church Of
God. To you. therefore, created by us
q cardinal of the holy Roman church,
we send one Of the insignia of this
sublime dignity-the beretta-by cur
beloved son. DonatuS Sbaretti, one OF
our private chamberlains. in order that
when it shall have been conferred
upon you, you may understand by the
mark of brilliant purple that you, hav-
ing been raised to the cardindlitial
dignity. must ever stand fearless and
inVincible against all dangers for the
church Of God. even to the shedding
of your blood, precious in the sight CT
the Lord We sincerely hope that you
will receive kindly and treat With all
consideration the person whom we
send 20 you. both because Of the mis-
sion he is fulfilling and for our sake.
We desire. however, that before you
receive the beretta you should by all
means take the oath which Will be pre-
scented to you by the said Donatus
Sbaretti. and return it signed by your
own hand. 20 US either by the same or
by some other person.
"Given at st. Peters. Rome, under
the seal Of the fisherman. on the 18th
day Of November. 1895. in the efgh-
beenth year of our pontifcate.
CSigned) &C. CARD. DE RUGGERrO."
He then crossed to the throne occu-
pied by Cardinal Gibbons. handed him
another papal brief. which was read
aloud by Father Magnien. 1t Is as
follows:
our beloved son, health and apes
to1ic benedsction; Following in the
footsteps of our predecessors, the
Roman pontiffs, we have always been
desircus that the senate of cardinals
should abound with men whose re-
kig ION and virtue and brilliant gifts of
mind should correspond with the great
eplendor and dignity of that college.
We have, therefore thought we'll to
create as a cardinal of the holy Roman
church, our venerable brother, Francis
Satolli, titular archbishop of Lepanto,
and delegate of the apostolic see in the
republic of the United States of Amer
lea, whose pretty, devotion to the Roman
see, zeal and industry in cultivating
the field Of the Lord have been so
plainly manifested 10 us that we have
deemed him worthy of so great an
honor.
Now, however since some <one must
be chosen to confer the baretta, one of
the insignia of his new duty, We have
determined to commit that Office TO
you, beloved son. Whereforel by our
apostolic authority, by these presents
We commit TO you the OfflceSof confer
ring our name, on our beloved son,
Francis Satolli, created cardinal of the
molly Roman church, the red berettae
which we have sent him by our beloved
son Donatus Sbretti, one of our private
chamberiains, observing all and sim
guar the laws which are prescribed by
the rites Of the church; and we there
fore concede and iTnpart TO you, by the
same apostolic authority, and by these
presents, all the faculties which may be
necessary or opportUne with all apos-
tolic constitutions and ordinances.
even though they might nesd special
and individual mention and ierogation
to the contrary notwithstanding.
Given at st Peters, Rome, under
the seal Of the fisherman on The 18th
day Of November, 1895. in the
eighteenth year Of our pontihcate.
(Signed)
&C. CARD. DE RUGGERIO."
TRIBUTE TO sAToLLL.
The reading Of the papal briefs hav-
ing been finished Mgr. Sbarett adj
VanCed TO q point in front of Cardinal
Gibbons throne and delivered an adj
dress in Latin, Of which the following
is a translation:
The honorable Office which the su-
preme pontiff. Leo XIII has deigned
to confer upon me is most grateful
and acceptable to me, because it is
testimonial Of pontifical consideration,
because by me are being carried the
Insignia of so exalted a dignity to a
man to whom I have ever been bound
by the tiss Of the greatest veneration
and respect, and because it is, as it
were, the seal of supreme authority
upon all that has been ACCOMPLISHED -
The speaker then paid a high tribute
10 the character OF Satoni. and review
ed the work accomplished by him since
his coming TO this country. In conclu-
sion he said:
THE honor which is bestowed ,1Ipon
the most eminent Cardinal Satolli re-
oounos upon the universal church, and
especially upon the church in America.
1t proves that the Catholic church.
under that equity of laws with which 4
this nation is blessed, can freely as
sert its activity and bear rich fruit. |
De5erVedly the supreme pontiff highly !
esteemed and dearly loves their young |
and valiant American people. De- 4
serVedly he has given to them this /
signal honor of today, for it is most |
rare. not to say unique, that an
apostolic delegate should be raised ia /
the dignity and decorated with the
insignia Of cardinal in that place on /
which he has fulfilled his mission. But
1t is given to US to see conferred u1,o,
him who has won for himself the good /
VIII OF all, the insignia Of that supreme =
dignity in this venerable METROPOLITAN
church, which is as it were, the mother
Of all the other churches in the United
States, and in the midst of this splendid
gathering Of bishops, priests and peo-
PIE.
I beg your eminence TO receive tfese
insignia as a pledge of the high esteem
and affection Of Leo XIII toward the
American church and people, and as a
well deserved reward to him who he's I
used with such marked success al his
zeal for increasing the honor and ex-
tent of the holy Catholic church in
America
ALL ATTENTION.
The vast audience became all atten-
ton as il neared the most interesting
point in all the ceremony, that of actu-
ally Oonferring the beretta. Cardinal
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