The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-21
The Interregnum and Conclave.

The obsequieS pontlhcal at HoiiAe w"
occupy the next twelve days, during wh1cn
the Cardinal Camerlingo will perform ex-
ecutiye duties at the vatican, directing ar
rangements for the ceremonial, the car
dinaps powers during the interim oeihs
confined within the narrowest limits py
various prescriptions issued by successive
pontiffs. Formerly, during this period,
Rome was a scene Of wild disorder Pras
soners were released from the jails, and
up to the year 1865 the cell of the newly
elected pope was sacked by the attend
ants on the cardinals If Cardinal oregna
follows precedent, as he has 'lntlmateo
that he will. the successor or Leo ALL
will have public coronation Whlch Leo
had determined to have, but abandoned
because it was thought necessary by the
3 cardinals to keep uo the fiction Of "prls-
oner Of the Vatican"
{ A public coronation Of pope is very
imposing affair. Gregory XVI. Was
crowned in the balcony OF ST. Peters
amidst the waving of peacocks' feathers'
the beating of drums and the firing OF
artillery, the salvos being repeated along
the coast of Italy to that or France ana
along the French littoral to Spain, SO
announcing to these. countries that the
new nontiff had been consecrated. and
had given the traditional benediction to
the eternal city and to the world. Greg
ory accepted homage at the great altar
of st. Peters, received the kiss of peace
from the cardinals, and was carried IN
snowy robes and his tiara on MS head'
the triple crown proclaiming his. claim TO
temporal spiritual and purgatorlal power.
Leo XIII was crowned in private
E Practically the temporal power had
slsnsed even in the days of Gregory XVI.
serious revolt of the papal subjects in
the states of the church led Gregory to
appeal to France and Austria Tor protec-
ton. Fearful of trouble, he fled to Castle
sGondofo The walls of the vatican gar
dens were raised higher, and the secret
passage from the vatican to the castle OF
San Angelo was reopened and prepared
for use by the pope, who had grea'
dread of reforms and innovations Whlcf
were demanded by his people. 1t was
revolutionary period in Europe and Whef
Pins TX. succeeded Gregory, he encoun'
tered the same demand. and made enough
concessions to increase the reform move
ment, which had acquired great momen
tum In the course of a few years oc
= Cured the Italian struggle for a United
Italy, which ended in the entrance int
Rome of the Italian army and the aD
sorption of the papal territory in tn
kingdom of Italy, with Rome the nationa
Mt n
session of the vatican and a country resi-
dence and in the exercise of his splr1tua
functions The temporal power was gone
Plus TX. and Leo XIII. both steadfastl
claimed it, and Intellectually. Relation
between the vatican and the quirinal hav
been broken off since.
Ir the papal election soon to take place
it is probable that this troublesome mat
ter may figure to some extent, as Card
nal Vannutelli is represented as one,
least, Of the candidates who desires com
position with the quirinal for the peac
and prosperity of the church. The Ultra
montana element, however has alwa!
been bitterly opposed to the adjustmel
of any question by compromise of an
kind on the part of the vatican. Thel
are thirty-seven Italian and twenty-s
foreign cardinals in the college, nakir
the election Of an Italian probable, b1
it does not follow that he will be blir
to the advantages to the church OF tt
direct and active and pervasive intere
and influence in the great movements ar
tendencies of thought in the world, whit
distinguished the late pontiff. The ten
poral power is a very meager and unsati
factory possession compared with strol
and effective influence for righteousne
over the hearts and characters of men.
1870 ma fiualv it'll ha heen said in t