The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11

The new pope will be elected In sacred
conclave by the college of cardinals. The
whole number Of cardinals, when the coll
lege is full. is seventy. These are divided
into three classes. as follows: Six car
dnal bishops fifty cardinal priests and
fourteen cardinal deacons. OF the pres
ent cardinals, only one, Cardinal Oreglia,
was created by Pope Plus TX. There are
twenty-five cardinals who reside in Rome.
These form the Roman Curia. There are
thirtyfve cardinals of Italian birth, and
one of them will be the next pope. All
talk about Cardinal Gibbons or any one
except an italian. is idle.
The three orders in the college-bishops.
priests and deacons-belong exclusively to
the college and have nothing to do with
the dignity held by the cardinal outside
of the college For example, Cardinal
Gibbons OF Baltimore Is. in the college. a
priest. The cardinal bishops hold the
suburban sees of Rome. Among those
who rank as priests in the college are
the archbishops Of Naples, Milan. b.
logna, Paris Westminster, Baltimore,
Capua, etc.
Not very many orders are represented
In the college, because most orders COM
pei the taking of vows not to seek prefer
ment, and to accept the same only when
ordered to do so by the pope himself. The
only Jesuit in the college is Steinhuber,
a cardinal deacon.
The senior bishop In the college is DEAN
the senior priest Is first priest, and the
senior deacon is first deacon of the sacred
college, At present Oreglia Is the car
Ginal canlerlengo. which is the same as
cardinal chamberlain, and upopn the death
of the pope he assumes the charge of af-
fairs, and with the seniors of the three
orders Of cardinals, forms sort Of ex-
,t1l. f,,&1r affNt y1
until a new pope is chosen. This commit
tee makes the arrangements for the con-
clave. The cardinal dean consecrates the
new pope and the cardinal who Is first
deacon proclaims and crowns him.
There are three parties in the college,
according as the views Of the members
support. oppose or are neutral to the pol
icy Of Leo XIII. His supporters are few
1t Is said not above one-third Of the car
dinals, if so many. His opponents num-
Der fully thirty and about ten take no
special stand. The chief point Of division
is the proper course Of the church toward
the italian government-the temporal
power question. The secretary Of state
Is Cardinal Rampolla, the vicar general,
Cardinal Respighi the major domo. Car
dnal Macchi, and the vice chancellor
Serafino Cardinal Vannutell
Each cardinal takes title from some
church in Rome, and this is only dropped,
not changed, when cardinal becomes
thru advancement cardinal bishop and
for the time takes title from the see.
Cardinals belong to different committees,
called congregations, as the propaganda
f1de. Some are projects or heads Of the
congregations and most of them are pro-
tectors or attorneys for Catholic socie-
ties in different parts of the world, chiefly
In Europe. The two Vannutellis in the
college are brothers. Advices of recent
date from Rome indicate that the car
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cessors to Pope Leo XIII. are Di Pietro,
Ferrari, Ferrata, Gotti. Rampolla, Re-
spighi Sarto, Satolli, Svampa and both
Vannutellis.
Cardinal GottI-(cardlnaI Prest)
Jerome Maria Gotti belongs to the Order
of Barefoot Carmelites. Born in Genoa.
March 80. 1884. Spent boyhood among
the shipping, his father having been
dock laborer Yet the members of his
family are now prominent in the educa-
tional affairs of Genoa, and one is a.
scientific writer Of eminence thruout Italy.
Went to Jesuit school in Genoa, but at
16 determined to become Carmelite and
was admitted as novice. Selected bare
foot order of that name, most severe and
austere of all. Educated at Carmelite
schools in Rome and reaching priesthood
was attached to famous Church of ST.
Maria della Scala. Represented Carmelite
order in Ecum enicil council Of 1870 which
acled on papal 1nfal1b1l1ty dogma, being
theological advisor to procurator general
Of his order. Two years later sent to
Palestine to make report on Mt. Carmel
monastery and advisability of restoring It,
Defended his order against entertainments
of Germans in Palestine, and this brought
his individually to notice Of Pope Plus
TX. There are six branches of Carmelites
IN the Roman church, all taking name
from promontory in Mediterranean on the
coast of Palestine, made famous by story
OF Elijah and Elisha. The orders are
among the oldest in the church. claiming
descent from Elisha, but none having
actual date earlier than 1850, A. D. The
order is mendicant one. and at sugges-
ton Of ST. Teresa became barefoot Not
all followed this suggestion and hence the
divisions. The Carmelites in America
have no direct connection. Gotti has al
ways served his order faithfully. Just
before the death Of Plus TX. Gotti was
made head of the mother house Of the