The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-07-29
Leopold.

1916, and in the same year he was D.
consecrated archbishop of Perugia. Is
He continued in this position for the
32 years which interyened before his
election to the highest position in the
church, his tenure OF the episcopate
coinciding exactly with the 32 years a
of the reign of Plus TX v
In 1850 Monsignor Pecci was ele- '
waited to the dignity of cardinal T
priest. At the consistory held in
1877 Cardinal Pecci was appointed
camerlingo of the Catholic church,
which gave hum chief charge of the
temporalities of the holy see. In
this capacity it fell to his task to
make the necessary arrangements
for the conclave for the election OF
new pope, on the death of Plus IX.,
in February, 1878.
The conclave lasted 36 hours, aud
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at the third ballot Cardinal Pecci was
} elected supreme pontiff and took the
f name of Leo XIII, after the famous
Pope Leo XII for whom he had
great veneration. He was crowned
Y on March 3, with the tiara, or triple
n crown, the ceremony taking place
!. not in St. Peters, where all his pre-
" decessors but one had been crowned
II since 1855, but in the Sistine chapel
J. in the vatican, where the conclave
n had been held.
,e From the very outset, the new
d pontiff displayed the greatest interest
y in the social questions agitating the
world of today
il At the beginning of Pope Leo's
s. reign, the Identification of the clergy
tie with the royalist movement which
al gave rise to Gambetta's famons re-
mark, ale clericalism, VOLTA
rennui, had caused antagonsm to
all that savored of religion which at
one time bid fair to lead to the early
: separation of church and state IN
:" France Alive to the danger of the
-, situation, the pope sought to concll
late the republic by acknowledging
- 1T as the established legal form Of
"" "" government, and in 1891, the lat'
" Cardinal Lavigerie gave expression
" to his holiness views on this suoJec
n' to the great surprise of the Catholl
"' press. and the purturbation OF not
VI few members of the French episco
.e' " pate While thus engaged in polltl
n' cal negotiations with various coun
u' tries, requiring the greatest addres
on and dexterity, the late pope pal
w special attention to the actual wor
90 of propagating the Catholic falth an
80 no pontifcal reign since the retorl
ioi has witnessed such a recrudence
way Catholicism or such an extension
'ie the spiritual dominion of the Oatn'
~ lie church especially IN Enghs
=, speaking countries.
s The twenty fourth anniversary
~
'D Pope Leo's coronation was nelu
~ the vatican July 26, 1902 by u
''", entire papal court and thousands
u members of all the Catholic socie''
J d assembled in Rome for the occaslo
-, The last notable encyclical OF 70
..m Leo XIII, was dated OCTOBER D
1902 and designed to promote stu'
of the Scriptures and in February
this year he wrote poem, dedica'
10 a friend whom the pontifi deslr
m advise on the best means OF p'
,orv longing life.
Ista 1' The twenty.Gfth anniversary
late, ..,o, "a the ch
le of the iape pops ,',-..od Fehrus
t,n., vD 20 OF this year with elaborate pQl
50 in 10 the nan % 49,. on which
easioo the venerable prelsle Was y
o.,aa with a QOld tiara, eosl
Dapal szo'VvV, ~ 'Ds .,S and also Ia
SIX TIE 'Slp''' 49, s'',., ,,o,ious souro
IVY TDs esIsOrSllop o. 'D' twenty, v. :
ls4a enniss,s@y q the lele p9p's. 'o' '
t'fY liam oaoured 10 si Peters @p''