The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-05
POPE Plus X.
month.

A new Pope is named. It Is Cardlnai
Gulssepe sarto, Patriarch OF Venice, VINO
takes the title OF Plus *. ana VINO 's
elxty-eight years OF age
The portraits represent him as a hne
looking man. with an expression oe'''s"
and cheerful, yet Arm ana intellectual
He was born at ReIsi. diocese OF Trevlso'
and was created cardina! ny Leo AlAl''
receiving tho title Of St. Bernardo Delo
Terme. and since Juno y, 1903, ne mas
been Patriarch OF Venice and Bishop OF
of Mantua. He has never taken an I'M
portant part In the politics and pubic
life of tho church. but has divided his
time between study and works OF charity.
Upon Cardinal Sarto's appointment to
the patr.arohate, he encountered deter
mined opposition on the part Of the ltal-
Ian government before ne could take pos
session of his Soc. The King claimed
the right to present his own candidate,
and held tenaciously to that view, while
Leo quite as firmly maintained the oppo-
sition. This difficulty was never really
solved, but was "shelved."
Marion Crawford, good son OF tho
Catholic Church and widely known
author. says Of him that he 10 man
OF very noteworthy common sense, apd
that he ,s beloved by all Catholics. es-
teemed by the government and respected
by his enemies" Mr.. Crawford would
not class sarto as a political" Pope.
nor yet as a contentious "theologian."
burt as ian humble, charitable and plous
Pope, who will seek to renew the MI
raculous conversion of mankind BY truly
apostolic means"
We are at liberty, Also to believe that
the relations between the new head Of
the church and the ouirinal will be less
strained than they were In the times OF
Plus TX. and Leo XIII. But to what ex-
tent this relaxation will extend we can
only Imagine. The church seems resolved
never to acquiesce In the deprivation OF
Its ren,parol power, and the Italian gov
ernment-.United Itely"-is understood
to be equally determined never to Yield
It's claims or to recede from Its present
position. 1t is to be presumed however,
that the policy of Plus tx and that OF
Leo XIII. will be carried out by Plus X,
hut wlththis difrerence--that the new Pope
Is in a position to smooth some OF the
rough edgey4 Of the trouble between the
Vatican and the ouirinal.
Whether an understanding as to- the
temporal power Of the church can be
reached during this generation OF mon Is
a question which would seem not to ad-
NIT of hopeful answer at this time.
Plus X. has the prospect OF quite many
years Of life, and Is said to be good.
sensible, steady worker. In church at
fairs ne is classed as liberal!st, and he
is distinguished for piety and good works
That he is the favorite of the church
the conclave has declared, and he ID for
tunate In being acceptable to the gov
eminent. It would seem. therefore, that
he enters into his exalted Office under hap
by circumstances and with smoother
road before him than most OF his prede-
cessors have had.
When congratulated on his prospects
by some of his friends, on his arrival in
Rome. he said he did not expect success:
that he had bought return 10 Venice"
That ticket he can never hope to use
IJnIess the policy of the church Is 10 be
reversed, ne will never see the city OF
canals and gondolas again-he Is "th'
prisoner OF the Vatican now"