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HOLY SEE PLANS
NUMEROUS CHANGES
American May Be Appointed
PapaI Envoy at Wash
lngton.

ROME, Oct.s II. = Notwithsta nfIino,
the fact that Plus X has decided To
postpone the nomination of his secre-
tary of state until the consistorv
which is to take place in December.
many changes are to be made imme-
diately among the representatives OF
| the holy see abroad.
| Cardinal Taliania, nuncfo at Vienna
ana Cardinal Ajuti nuncio at Lisbon
nave been called to Rome for Decem.
per, TO receive the red hat, with which
they have not yet been invested. Both
nave already secured apartments i'm
Rome, where they are to reside as
| members OF the curia, it being contrary
10 custom for a cardinal to remain aft
ms nunciature long after being pro-
| NOTED to the sacred college.
BESIDES these two places TO be filled
several OF che present papal ENJOYS ale
| 10 be transferred among them Mon
slgnore Eorenzelli, the nuncio at Paris.
VINO has stood at his post all through
| the tempeStuouS proceedings against
the religious congregations in France.
Will Not Absent Himself.
Apropos of the. Paris nuncio, it has
been incorrectly stated that he has
been ordered by the Vatican to absent
hlmself from Paris during the visit
| there of the Italian ROYALTY. This
would certainly have been the case
under the late pope and with Rampolla
| as secretary of state, but Plus X. has
! instead ordered the nuncio to remain
| at his post and to come to Rome only
after the festivities are over, in order
TO assist In the reception of President
Loubet, who will pay an official visit
| to the Vatican
After this Monsignore Lorenzelli is
to be nominated a cardinal, and his
place is to be filled by some prelate.
probably Monsignore Calegari, bishop
of Padua. personal and intimate
! friend of Plus x.
1t is rumored in Rome that even the
| apostolic delegate at Washington is to
! De changed very soon, as Plus Y de-
| sires that all diplomatic positions
abroad be filed by secular prelates and
not by members of religious orders.
only few of the apostolic delega-
| lions, which are considered semi-dip-
! lomatic positions, are filled now by
members of the religious orders Mon
| siSnore Bonetti, the apostolic delegate
| at Constantinople, has just been pro-
noted assistant to the prontificaI
| throne, and his resignation from the
position he now occupies is expected in
| a few weeks
Want American Appointed.
In the case of papal envoy to the
| United States, several requests that an
I
/ been made under Pope Leo and SINH
| lar demands have been made upon the
| present pope. Many American bish-
ops say native is more likely to enjoy
| their full confidence than foreigner,
| especially because a native prelate
would be more apt to understand the
| conditions and requirements of the
| country where he is to represent the
! holy see.
Cardinal Gibbons and the rector of
the American college at Rome have
already been asked for their opinion
and as their views are in complete ac-
cord with those of the majority of the
American bishops it is thought the
pope's selection of a successor to Mon
| signore Falconi Will meet the expressed
wishes of the American preIates and
| clergy.
It has been stated that Plus x. has
so far abstained from touching upon
| political issues and has limited him
self strictly to religious questions and
| appointments.
Sent on Secret Mission.
Such, however is not the case. as
some Of the most delicate political
4 questions have already commanded the
pope's attention. Monsignore Wilpert
the celebrated archaeolosist, who was
recently promoted to the office of apos-
| tolic protonotary and whose selection
cabled abroad, has been charged with
a secret diplomatic mission to Berlin,
where he is to present to Emperor Will
! liam an autograph letter from the pope.
Plus X. after officially announcing his
| elevation TO the pontifical throne.
| makes reference to the friendliness
/ which existed between the kaiSer's gov
eminent and his predecessor and ex-
| presses the hope that the same accord
| be maintained during his pontificate,
and that he may soon have the pleas
| ure of making the personal acquaint-
ance of the kaiser i'm Rome.
Another political question which is
! being dealt with at the vatican regards
| the nomination of several new French
| bishops. The French government in
| sists that the bull of appointment is
| sued by Rome should contain the words
| "Nobis nominayit,' in order to make it
| clear that, under the concordat it is
the right Of the French government to
| nominate the persons to be promoted
and that the vatican has only the right
of confirmation in these appointments.
Plus Solves This Problem.
| This question embittered the last few
years of the reign of Leo XIII. who
! claimed that the words should be omit
| ted from the official bull, as only the
! vatican could claim the right of APP
| pointment under the concordat. Plus
X. mas already expressed his views In
| the matter, and, without renouncing
any of the rights of the papacy. has
| found a solution fthe difficulty agree
able to all the parties concerned, and
| this will be acted upon at the coming
consistory.
The business of the vatican is just
at present centered in the preparations
necessary for the first consistory under
the new pope. preparations which are
| long and tedious and require great
| deal of canonical knowledge and dipIo-
matte tact. Besides the new cardinals,
! the consistory will fill the vacant epis-
| copal sees all over the world.
The work of appointing bishops for
| Italy, when not undertaken personally
| by the pope, belongs to a special con-
gregation, whose president is the car
| dinal vicar general of Rome, and which
1 is composed of five other cardinals and
| a secretary.
| Biography Is Printed.
The bishops of the other Catholic
| countries of Europe are appointed
| through the consistoriaI congregation.
which examines into the merit OF each
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