The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-03
MORE VATICAN INNOVATIONS.
Pope Likes to Chat With People OF
His Household.

His Household
Plus Y is at present occupying the
apartments in the vatican which Nefe
Tor sixteen long years the nome 81
Cardinal Rampolla while secretary OF
state. who throughout that entire
time never spent single night else
where, declining TO take any holidaF
and restricting his excursions DeEohu
the walls Of Rome to places from
which he could return TO the Eternal
City on the same day.
The alterations in progress on the
floor below i'm connection with the
apartments which are to become the
permanent residence of the pOnuff Will
l.nt be completed until the end of next
month. and it is, therefore. doubtful
whether the Office of secretary of state
viii be filled until then.
The rooms occupied by Leo NH are
being entirely redeCorated, refurnished
and rcmodeled and win be used by
Plus Y for the purpose Of reception
rooms and audience chambers. For
his own private apartments the pope
is having arranged four small rooms
Just above. which during the reign OF
his predecessors were occupied by
Mgr. Angel. the chamberlain of Leo
XIII. and by Dr. Lapponi. and by the
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disposition or Illness of the holy father
happened to keep them over night at
the vatican. This small suite OF
apartments consists of three rooms
and bath room-that is all-which
are being most simply furnished as a
he'd room. n dining room and study.
They communicate with the rooms
downstairs by means of a small stair
case. and have in the eyes of the pope,
the inestima BILE advantage of a pri-
Vatc entrance, which Will. therefore,
enable him to quit his apartments and
T. wander forth through the huge pal
ace and in the gardens whenever the
fancy takes him. and without passing
through the great antechambers, where
Irelates, noble guards. and dignitaries
OF one kind and another are always on
duty. In one word, this small suite OF
three rooms occupied by the attend
ants of the late pontiff and now being
prepared for his successor will with
their private entrance. enable Plus X
10 leave his apartments unescorted.
Plus Y has also repealed the orders
which existed during the reign Of his
predecessor 10 the effect that on the APP
proach of the holy father every one
should step aside and get out of sight.
Plus. on the contrary, dislikes the ide;
Of people thus getting out of his way
and fleeing on his approach. and likes
10 chat with those he meets d bout the
Vatican, no matter how humble their
rank.
mentioned the other day in these
letters that be had decided to retain
The pauiarchate of Venice ia coniunc-
ton With his office as supreme pontiff,
and that he had appointed Bishop
Cavallari as his pro-yicar general of
the archdiocese. But I neglected to
state that until the day of his appoint
nent Mgr Cavallari was mere priest,
tho rector of the parish of Castillo ut
Venice. Plus caused him to he sum-
moned 10 Rome by telegram. and sud
denly without any warning. addressing
him with the familiar pronoun thou"
exclaimed:
You knew ] am going to have you
consecrated bishop next Sunday"
The worthy priest, who as rector had
Contented himself with a stipend of $50
month, finding means with even this
pittance to eXpend some of it upon the
poor, started as if he had been shot.
and stammered: But holy father. l
have nothing with me but this cassoclz
OF priest, and | am not prepared
mat Is all right" responded the
pope DO not preoccupy yourself
about anything. l win attend to ev-
erything that is necessary" And then.
sCmmoning Mgr Bisleti. one Of his
secretaries. he directed him to see that
Father CarallaH was furnished with all
the necessary episcopal robes and vest
ments and that every. expense in con- |
nection herewith. as well as relating |
20 his nomination and conservation as
bishop. should be betrayed out of his |
private purse.--Marquise de Fontenoy, |
in Chicago Tribune.