The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-15
What Happens When
NeW Pope Is Named
From the New York Sun.

II pope the cardinals meet in conclave to
" elect his successor. They meet in the
Vatican palace. where locked up in a vast
suite Of rooms, every act regulated Nv laws
nearly six centuries old. they vote daily until
they succeed in choosing a pope. The laws
governing the conclave are many and minute.
The general course Of the conClave is set forth
here.
The pouc dies As soon as hc is dead the of
fcials Of the rapal court leave the palace; nova.
days, thcy will simply leave tho chamber ~ the
dead pope, for it must not I've forgotten that the
pope is still, together with his officials, prison
er; so outside oi the Vatican the officials cannot
20 except individually. The cardinal Camerlongo
or chamberlain, announces to the people OF the
court that his holiness s dead; and then breaks
with a hammer tho ring oi the fisherman and
the seal Of the dead pope. The dean Of the
sacred college, the senior cardinal priest and
the senior cardinal deacon then take charge Of
the administration of the affairs Of the church
and send notice to all the cardinals not in the
city. These cardinals are not summoned: they
come at once without being called. For ten
days funeral services are held daily in st. Peters
church, and then the body is placed in tenn
poraIy resting place.
Tho period ~ ten days is fNcd by law hut it
is not obligatory on the cardinals &" obey the
law In tact, there are several things fixed hv
the Roman ceremonial governing tho conclave
| that may hc disrcgardcd. So the concsve may
begin within ten days, or il may not begin for
| a good deal moro than ten DAYS, II all depends.
But on the appointed day tho cardinals gather
in S. Peters. and the cardinal-dcan celebrates
| the mass Of the Holy Ghost. After this tho car.
dinals, in procession, singing "Vcni. Creator
| Spirtus," march to the place NJ the conclave in
| the palace There the dean rccites the prayer,
| "Dcus qui corda," and the constitutions gov.
| crning tho conclavc are read and the cardinals
| IL. IN,,-f IL, a.
day the cardinals receive their friends: but when
evening comes tho friends dcrart and the Cardin.
| ala are shut m; the conclave begins.
The pope, whose importance as actual bishop
| of Rome was much more apparent formerly
| than now, when his duties much more
| varied than those of ordinary bishop, was
| chosen at first by the people Of the city. Then
| grew up. little hv little the restriction 10 the
cardinals Of the right of suffrage in choosing the
! pope Tho Romans for many years retained the
! right Of ohicCting 20 the choice, "very much in
| the same manner as the forhidding bans of mar
| riaGe is now exercised" says an English stu
dent Of the history Of the conclaves. Then, after
| tho right ot the people had become obsolete, the
| emperor asserted his right 10 a controlling voice
| in the election; hut this right depended much On
| the character and residence Of the emperor
| Three outside powers still assert right 10 in.
| tcrfcrc, not after the election by way Of Veto
| but during tho oonclsye, il they learn thar SONS
| cardinal to whom they are opposed is likely to
| be elected These powers are France. Austria
and Spain; and not further ago than 1891 Spain
forbade the election ~ Cardinal Gustnani, The
| fact that outside powers can communicate with
| cardinals within the conClaye rather comhats
| the widespread belief that tho concIavists are
shut off from the world and rely wholly on di-
! vine guidance in their use OF the right TO vote,
o.
The conclayc itself is creature oi growth,
In its present form it seems 70 have begun about
| l2l6, and against the will NJ the cardinals, Tor
| in that year Innocent ILL., died at Perugia and
| the Perugians shut up the cardinals, who were
| in that city, and would not let them out until
| they had chosen a new pope--lionorious III.
| Gregory IN was elected in the same way, tho
| Romans shutting up the cardinals until they
had chosen him. In 1879 Gregory X. was chosen
in the same manner, Only, in his the
people Of Niterho removed the roof ot the build.
ing where the cardinals were shut m. TO make
them decide more quickly, The reason Tor shut.
ting mp the cardinals undoubtedly was to hasten
the election, the pone being in those days the
temporal ruler of Rome, and as all adm mnstra
tion was suspended at his death, naturally the
people were interested in getting a new ruler
as well as a new pope,
So the Conclaye begins in the evening ot the
eleventh day after the pontlG's death, or else
at some other time. The door il closed and
locked with two keys, one Of which il kept by
| nor ~ tho conclayc, prclatc chosen by the car
dinas. 4 turning box Is built into the door
through which food is passed; the KEYS are Kept
by an outside guard and by the chief master Of
ceremonies on the inside Prclates Of various
grades changed twice each day, watch outside
that no letters or messages are brought in, and
| in theory nothing can reach the concaviss from
the outside world, On tho inside the cardinal
dean and the camerlengo make tour of inspec
tion every evening to see that all is safe.
There are many more persons in the conclay'
than the cardinals Each cardinal is entitled Il
two servants. and third II he is very feeble
Then there are two sacrStans, two masters n
ceremonies religious 10 hear confessions, on,
secretary, who has one servant, three surgeons
four BARRIERS, one carpenter one mason, anc
. several general servants. None NJ these is N h,
chosen from the household OF any cardinal, no
is cardinal 70 bring with him anybody hu
aosual servants who have been in his service FOL