Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1901-10-24
NEWSPAPER OPINION

Conectures As 10 Who Will be Next Pope
From the New Orleans Picayune.
One Of uhe most interesting of uac
worlds public problems at the presen.
time is as to who will be chosen to sue
coed the venerable and most eminent
Pontin of the Catholic Church. Leo
XIII, who is now in his 9lst year
or course, there are no means of de
termining which one of the cardinals
Win be chosen, since the election is
held under conditions that prevent the
giving out OF any information while 4.
is in progress, and since the cardinals
Who will do the voting are scattered all
over the globe, guessing is all that is
left to the curious world until the act
shall be accomplished In the mean.
time, guessing goes ON all THE same.
and there is scarcely a well-knOwn car
dinal OF the Church whose name has
NOT, at one time or another. been men
toned In connection with the ponun
cate.
In This connection. the alleged
prophecies of SIT Malachy may be men
toned. Ma.achy next TO st. Patrick.
the greatest OF the prelates OF the
Church in Ireland was born about 1896.
He attained to great celebrity, and re-
.ceived successive ecclesiastical promo
tons until he became archbishop of
Armagh and prlmate OF ireland. He
died ON All Saints Day, in las. His
life was written by St Bernard. The
supposed connection of st. Malachv.
since The was duly canonized, with the
election of Pope, is drawn from a sue
cession of supposed prophecies attrib-
uted to him, although they were not
made public until 1895, nearly 45O Years
after his death. 1t is proper to say that
They are regarded as fOrgeries by Those
who have given the most careful study
to THEM, and THEY are, therefore. of in
terest only because they are curious in
themselves and not without a great dea
of ingenuity in their composition.
Moreover, being 300 years old at least.
it is worth while to note their latest
predictions, and particularly That whic'
is supposed to apply to the successor O
the venerable Leo.
These alleged prophecies, written il
Latin, consist OF brief sentences O
mcttoes which are supposed to charac
terize each Pope. The names given il
uhls iigmauve way, to the number O
Ill, represent the number of person
Who were to fill ont the entire papa
succession from the year ll43. when it
was claimed they We're written. down
to the end Of the Christian word.
OF these III Popes, 102 have sat on
the pontidcal throne. while nine more
are to follow, 1t is claimed that the
certificates Of these nine shepherds o
the Church viii expire about 1896. and
Then there will be an awful deliveranoe
of Divine Judgment.
Which. being translated. sets forth
that in the midst of extreme persecu
ton will sit the Roman Peter. who will
feed his flocks in many tribulations
which, being fulfilled, the seven-hilled
city will be destroyed, and the tremen-
dous Judge will pronounce doom upon
the people
Now for the forecasting of the Popes
themselves. Pho Mono is DESIGNATED by
the term, "Crux de Cruce," "the cross
from the cross" supposed to refer Il
the prosecutions he suffered among
which was the loss of the temporal
power and dominion so long enjoyed By
the Roman pontiffs. Leo XIII is char
lacteri2ed as 'LMmen in Coelo," "th
Light in the Heavens"