The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-26

ian eplScopacy onerS 10 the ponIH but
| besides this there are three other ham
mers offered him for the opening Of the
doorways in the other churches. The
French Catholics have offered that for
st. John Lateran the work Of a celehrat-
ed goldsmith OF Lyons; the clergy and
Catholic laity of Italy that for st. Mary
the Greater, made on the design Of the
| architect Collamarini: and the Catholic
Iaity of the German empire will offer
that for ST. Paurs.
The ceremony viii possess a character
Of extraordinary solemnity. as was Gus
tonnary formerly in the other similar ju-
| bilee years. The formal part OF the cere-
mony Of Christmas eve viii be elaborate.
and because of the feeble health of Pope
Leo XIII, will be even more carefully
| arranged than usual. At the hour for
vespers the supreme pontin OF Rome, If
his health permits, will be carefully
! dressed in heavily lined garments calcu-
lated to exclude all danger OF his catch
ing cold. Over these he will wear his
robes and emblems used only on high
| ceremonial occasions.
Bearers will carry him aloft on a
inner portal of St Peters cathedral,
where the stone work already will have
| been removed. Under the porch Of the
Vatican basilica will be erected tribunes.
and the large portico will be protected
against drafts of cold air and kept at a
mild temperature, 50 that the health OF
the venerable pontiff may not be impair
ed while he discharges a duty rather
longer than he can well endure.
One of the church dignitaries will place
in his hand the golden mallet with which
he will strike the door three times re-
peating the service and ordering the por-
tails to fall.
A slight touch from church officer
will cause the himsy framework remain
ing to fall inward. Then, after the sides
| of the doorway have been sprinkled with
holy water, and blessed, the Pope. with
| a lighted taper in his hand, will pass
through.
After this takes place all who may
pass through the portal during the year
VIII be granted the jubilee indulgence to
pilgrims.
After the Pope has passed through the
holy doorway at st. Peters the Sacred
College of Cardinals and the whole pom
tlflcal court will follow to assist at the
first solemn vespers Of the nativity. At
the same hour Cardinal Satoli. who was
Apostolic Nuncto to the United States.
| will proceed to st. Johns TO fulfill iden-
teal functions. Cardinal Vincenzo Van
nutelh will go as delegate from the Pope
TO open the holy door at the Church Of
st. Mary the Greater, and lastly Cardinal
Lucido Maria Parrocchi, appointed but
| a short time ago Vive Chancellor to the
Pontiff, will strike with his hammer on
the holy door of st. Pauls
Many other religious functions will be
discharged, with festivities celebrated
with great pomp during the holy year,
which is to begin and reckon from ANU
airy to December. 1900. when It is expected
that no less than a million of foreign
pilgrims will come to Home for the jubilee
festivities.
The last opening Of the Holy Doorway
was celebrated, as I have said, in 1925,
and copperplate engraving of the cere-
| mony of that year exhibits the Pontiff
Leo XII, in the act of striking with his
golden hammer the fragile wall which
| closed up the doorway.
Some old people now living, who were
| then in Rome remember the ceremony of
that year. when the Pontiff, in penitence,
proceeded barefoot to the tomb Of St.
Philip Neri, and went also to wash the
feet of the poor in the Hospital of Trim
tia del Pellegrini, and to perform other
works of charity and humiliation.
Among those who were present at the
opening of the Holy Doorway in 1925 was
Joachino Pecci, the present Pontiff who
now, IA years later, is making prepare
tons for renewing the ceremony of that
time in pronouncing to all Catholics
throughout the world his divine words
of benediction.
It is too early yet to know all that is
contained in the various documents that
mya be found hidden by the door closed
by Pope Leo XII. at the end of the year
1926 but it is believed that they will be
found to contain many things which,
when fully disclosed, will verge upon the
prophetic.
The ceremony to be performed on De-
cember 10 will be much in the nature of
removing the cornerstone Of an old
building TO make way for a new one.
A peculiar coincidence marks the cere-
monies Of 1926 and of the present wear
in that Pope Leo XII, almost year
before the time for the ceremony of 1925
was not expected to live, and, in fact,
had taken the last sacraments on Deem
Der g. 1923 and prepared for death. He
recovered, however, and lived until 1893.
At the end Of the jubilee year he closed
the portals and sealed them up. antcipat-
ing that within quarter. or at the latest
half of a century, some succeeding Pope
would open them and find the relics and
tokens deposited within.
Circumstances, however. prevented such
an outcome. In the jubilee year OF 30
during which Pope Leo TX. was in the
Vatican, the decree was Issued as usual.
but the ceremonies were abandoned owing
10 the disturbed state Of Italy growing
out of the revolutions that preceded that
time.
How confident were the Vatican ofi-
cials Of 1se5 that but 2 short period
would eIapse before the door should Re
opened again is evidenced by the fact
thar some Of the souvenirs then hid from
sirht are shown to have been INTENDED
for persons who were then alive and
somewhat advanced in wears.
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