The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-07-25
PRAYED Together.

order about the vatican, but it cannot
and will not participate directly in the
mourning.
Prayed Together.
! A little scene that occurred today will
! better than anything else illustrate what
! is the present feeling between the two par
| ties which so bitterly fought against one
another until 1870, when the temporal
! power fell. When the death of the pom
| tiff became known inside the Basiica OF
I st Peters an old captain of the ponti-
flcal army went to kneel in chapel
where the sacrament was exposed. A
Young captain in the Italian army fol-
lowed him and kneeling together. they
both prayed for the repoSe of the soul Of
their common holy father.
Immediately following the death of the
pope cablegrams and kilograms were dis
TaLched to all parts of the world, noti-
flying the SovereignS, rulers and foreign
governments of the demise. Before night
fell many kilograms of coincidence reached
the vatican, coming from emperors kings,
political rulers and high church digni-
taries abroad. The vatican officials are
deluged with these messages. Accord
ing to the etiquette of the papal court
the college of cardinals WILL just before
entering the conclave, hold a formal re-
ception of the diplomats accredited to
the vatican. At this reception it is the
practice for the diplomats to express YER
bally the condolences of their sovereigns
on the demise of the pope. Secretary
Hay has been officially advised OF Pope
Leo's death by the American embassy
here.
Funeral Arrangements.
Only the most general funeral arrange
ments have thus far been made as the
shock of the pope's death for the mo,
ment occupies all attention. Cardinal
oreglia, together with the members Of
the sacred college, will determine the
details of the elaborate funeral cere-
monies. which will last nine days. In
the case of Plus IN his personal friends
among the Roman aristocracy were per-
mitted to see the embalmed body before
it was removed to st. Peters, where
the general public had like privilege.
1t is expected that similar plans viii be
carried out in the present case. On the
evening of the eighth day the corpse will
be enclosed in two coffins, the inner one
of cypress and the other of lead, which
will be deposited within a stone sar-
cophagus. 1t will not be Immediately
to its final resting place but
viii be deposited high over the door near
the choir of a chapel in st. Peters,
where it may be viewed by all visitors.
The ultimate burial place win be the
baSilica of st. John Lateran. |
Pope Leo's expressed WISH |
the niche in which it win lie will cor
respond to that which the pope desig- |
mated as the resting place of Innocent |
III.
The marble memorial will show a re- |
,umbent figure of the pontiff surrounded |
with allegorical figures. |
Tomorrow morning the recognition of |
he death of the pope will be officially /
by Cardinal Oreglia, in the |
afternoon DR.. Lapponi viii have the body l
:arried into the adjoining room, called /
he little throne rooM," where Pope /
LEO recently received King Edward and
Emperor William. There the body will
De embalmed. On Wednesday it will be
exposed in the chapel of st. Peters, re-
naming there three days, after which
he burial will occur.