Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-01
CREATION OF A CARDINAL
SECRET CONsISTORY SOON TO con-
WE'VE IN ROME.
Archbishop Nartinelli to Receive the
Red Hat-Plans for Its Presen-
tation in Baltimore.

Official announcement having been made
that 4 secret Consistory will be held in
Rome the 18th instant and public con-
sistory three days later, when Archbishop
Martineui will be raised to the cardinal
ate arrangements are being made, under
the supervision of Cardinal Gibbons, for
the presentation of the beretta to the ne"
cardinal at the cathedral in Baltimore Inc
exact date when the ceremony Will take
place has not vet been determined upon,
but announcement of that will he made
later
The consistory about which much To-
cal interest centers is the great senate OF
The Roman Church. There are two kinds
thu secret. from which every one but car
dinaIs is excluded. unless there happens TO
b a reigning Catholic sovereign in Rome
at the time, and the public one, TO Whlch
many prominent prelates. all blshopS nap
r,+-nine TO be in Rome, the diplomatic corps
and some notable lay persons are admit
ted The usual custom nowadays Is TO
hold three cOnSistorieS a year-ln Marcn,
June and December. a strict rule for cen
turtles is that secret cOnSistOries are held
ON Monday and public ones on the sue
Cecding Thursday.
The secret consistory is generally held
IN the. CapelIa PaOlina and the public one
i'm the. Sistine Chapel. Each cardinal goes
accompanied by his secretary, his train
bearer and footman- Half-past 10 in the
morning IS the nOUI, anu dS SOtil ctS lliS
cardinals are seated on benches forming a
rectanglc before the pOntifcal throne the
pope and his court enter. After prayers
the officials give the warming, kxeunt
Omncs" and all secretaries, train bearers
and preIates other than cardinals retire.
Ru.jness of secret ConsistOry.
The most important business transacted
at a secret consistory is the nomination OF
,,-rdirals. the promotion of others to a
different order or title. the appointment OF
new bishops and the confirmation of APP
pointmeuIs The pope has already asked
III. advice Of members of the college about
the new cardinals to be elected, and so
after asking "Vobis placet? he never
waits for an answer or protest. but con-
tiuues by uttering the decree OF nomlia-
ton. After the papal nominations are con-
cluded cardinal from the propasahda
reads the names of bishops appointed by
that congregation whose nominations arf
to be confirmed by the pope.
After the nominations the pope generally
makes an allocutiOn to the cardinals pres
ent in which he discusses the most seri
GUS difficulties encountered by the churci
In various parts of the world and outlines
his policy for meeting and overcoming
them Ii is thought that France, and wha
some regard as its Objectionable ieglsla
tion, will form prominent feature of tn
allOcutiOn on April II.
After the pope ceases speaking all Off
Gals who had been sent out are readmitte'
and then the officials of the congregation
Of rites petition the pope IN regard TO IN
canoniZation OF new saints. This bring
the consistory TO a close, and after tn
pope has retired to his apartment and tn
cardinals have discussed the situatio
among themselves in groups of two o
three, everybody goes home.
The public consistory on the follown
Thursday also takes place in the morning
II is simply public repetition of the prev
Gus secret proceedings. The pope is born
- Che Sistine Chapel in great pomp. tn
diplomatic corps Is present in uniform an
the public is admitted by ticket. New cal
Girals IL IN Rome, are expected to be pre-
ent. but as a matter of ceremony the poi
closes the mouth OF each at the beginnir
end opens il at the close to show they hay
no right 10 vote. New bishops are ais
admitted and at the close receive the Ii!
II peace from the pope.
Archbishop Nartineiif.
Archbishop S. Martinein, the prese
apostolic delegate to the United State