The herald., 1896-01-06

/ gratifies the holy father beyond measure
and he asks your emnence to express his
satisfaction. Furthermore, as token al
| his deep appreciation. he empowers your
1 efnlnence to Impart to all those present al
| ihe ceremony the apostolic bPn"t'ict'ou.
The cardinal pronounced the benediction
and the ceremony was ended.
FORMS AND CEREMONIES.
All cardinals are appointed by the pope,
who, as rule, announces such appoint
ments to a secret consistory of the existing
boiders of that office. The names are
made puolic at the opsn consis ory next
/ following. Their number is limited to
seventy, and thev compose what is known
as the sacr-d college. Twen y-niue of the
members of tha body as at present con-
stituted have been appointed by the reign
ing p0ntiff. If the appoin,ee is resident
OF Rome, he is invested with
the red hat, which is his badge
of office, at the consistorv following
the first announcement of his appoi ntment.
1t he resides or is stationed elsewhere, as in
the ca'e of Cardinal Satolli, it is, usu lily
me custom to send notice OF his appoint
me 1t by member OF the noble guard,
VINO, IN most inst ,nces, is accompanied by
ablegate, usually a memb er OF the
popes household. The member OF he
,ble guard bears with him letter from
the pope notifying the new card inal of his
which is to form part of til & cardinal s
wardrobe. They are expected to proceed
their mission with all pc s,ible haste,
and as soon as practicable after the ap-
po ntment the appointee is invested with
tn . zuchette and presented with the notice
of his elevation. 1t then becomes the duty
of the ablegate to publicly crown him with
tn. beretta, in accordance with the ritual
OF the Roman Catholic chu ch.
In the caee of Mgr. Satbili, the pope
commissioned Cardinal Gibbons to coufer
the beretta.
Mgr. Cesare Roucetti was the ablegate,
and Count Mareforchi the member OF the
papal guard. also came to this country at
the elevation of ihs late Cardinal McClos-
key. The beretta was imposed by Arch
bisnop Bayley, the archbishop of Balu-
more. The ceremony was performed in
old st. Patrick's cathedral, New York. on
April %. 1878, being preceded by a
so emn poniilicIal mass, cell ebrated by
Bishop Lougnln of Brooklyn.
Although Cardinal McCloskey was made
member of the coilese of cardinals by
Pope Plus TX, he received the red tat from
Leo NlIl. He was summoned to Rome at
the dea h of Plus IX, but did not reach
there until after the election of Leo, from
whom he received his hat and his title of
Santa Maria oopra Minerva.
In the case of Cardinal Gibbons, Mgr.
Strans and Count Mucci IA were the
me sengers from Rome. Archbishop Peter
h. kenrick of St Louis, Mo-, imposed the
beretta in the cathedral here on June 30,
1876, after a mass celebrated by Arch
bishop Wniams of Boston. The card nal
afterward went TO Rome and was v, sted
with the red hat and the title of Santa
Maria in Tras avere.
Within six months after his investure
with The zuchette and beretta Cardinal
Satolli will. in compliance with bis Official
IN. n -
apostles, and the ceremony, which makes
him a full member of the sacred college,
entitled to vote for Leo's succe ;sor, then
takes place. This is the most important
and interesting of all he ceremonies.
A cardinals wardrobe is a most COM
plicated affair. He wears three colors-
cardinal, violet and old rose, and he must
have a complete outfit in each of these
colors. Tae differen; colors are prescIib d
for different seasons of the ecciesla- zeal
years. Tue red is worn throughout the
year. except during the pom ifical seasons
worn, except the third Sunday of Advent
and except the fourth Sunday OF Lent,
when the old rose is subsii uted.
The vioe is selected because of it's asso-
cia ion with mourning, and on he partl-
cular Sundays in which the old rose is
used, an occasion of rejoicing for a day
brightens the gloom of the pontitical
season. The red is chosen as the distn-
gushing color OF a cardinal, because his
loyalty to the faith is assumed to include
Willingness to shed his blood for it.
The red hat is a peculiar feature of the
war dress of cardinal. 1t is oddly
shaped the hrim being six feet across.
The mate rial is cardinal bever. 1t j.
round and in striking contrast is small,
conica-shaped crown. quit, too small, ap,
parently, to fit anypody's head. But that
is another queer Instance OF the red hat.
1t is not intended to fit any body's head.
The sole use TO which it is put other than
symbolizing The distinction of the re-
cipient at the time it is Bestowed, is to be
hung in the cardinals church after his
death. Cardinal McCloskey's red hat is
conspicuously suspended near the high
altar in St. Patrick's Ca hedral, New York.