The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-21
GROWING OF A POPE
How the Ceremony Is Conduct
ed by the Cardinals.
IT TAXES PLACE IN TEE MORNING

A Procession Headed ny the Swiss
/. Guards and Ended by the New Pope
surrounded by Noble Guards With
Drawn Swords Starts the Cere-
mony Actual Coronation Takes
Place Mt Conclusion of the Mass,
the First Cardinal Deacon Ofnciat-
ing. u.
Papal c%Oronations differ from those
of temporal sovereigns, and there
seems to be a very general impression
that popes crown themselves, since by
reason Of their exalted rank no n Is
qualified to place tine tiara on their
head. This is not the case, for the
pope is crowned by a member OF the
sacred college. who is not a cardinal
bishop or evens q cardinal priest, but
merely a cardinal deacon. 1t is Car
dinai Borromeo who crowned Leo NH.
1t is to Cardinal Macchi, now the senior
OF the cardinal deacons, to whom
would fall the lot of browning the next
occupant Of the chair Of st. Peter, says
Marquise De Fontenoy in the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
It remains to be seen whether the
next coronation will take place in st.
Peters or. in the Sistine chapel in the
Vatican. Much will depend upon the
views and politics of the new pope. II
it is Cardinal Vannutelli or n Of the
members of the sacred college who
are disposed to be friendly with the
Italian government, it is probable that
the coronation will take place in st.
Peters, whereas if the next pope be-
longs to the %intransigent party it will
take place, like that of Leo NIL, In
the Sistine chapel.
The ceremony will take place in the
morning, and will with a
procession headed by the Swiss guards
and ended by the new pope, wearing a
golden inter, carried aloft on the sedia
gestatoria, with q silver damask can
opy borne above his head, 1anked by
the flabelli, the great fans Of ostrich
and peacock feathers, and surrounded
by the noble guards with drawn
swords AS the pope enters either the
Sistine chapel or st. P~eter's-that is
to say, the place where the corona
ton takes place-he is stopped three
times by one Of the clerks OF the
chapel, who, kneeling, sets fire to some
fax on the points of a three pronged
stick, exclaiming in Il loud and mourn
full voice, "Pater sancte, sic transit
gloria mundi' (holy father, thus passes
away the glory Of the world.
Having descended from the sedia
gestatoria. the pope proceeds to the al
tar and after a brief prayer commences
the introit of the mass, which on this
occasion is celebrated by him. At the
end of the confession he takes his place
ON the throne on the left side of b al
tar, while the first cardinal bishop re-
cites the three customary prayers over
him. Then the pope returns to the al
tar, kneels on the step, and while the
first cardinal deacon removes his gold
miter the second cardinal deacon in
vests him with the pontifical pallium'
or band of white wool worn on the
shoulders, with a short band extending
downward on the back and breast
This pallium is adorned with three
black silk embroidered crosses and con
stitutes the most sacred and important
tokens of his office.
AS soon as the pope is invested there
with he resumes his miter. reascends
his throne and then receives the hom'
age of the principal dignitaries present
The cardinals come first and kiss in
turn his foot and his hand and are theI
embraced by him. Archbishops anc
bishops kiss his foot and his right knee
but receive no embraces, while minol
dignitaries of the church and laymeI
kiss his foot, or, rather. the cross on hi:
slipper. alone.
The mass is then proceeded with. anf
after the collects the senior carolina
deacon, standing at the lowest step O
the altar. cries three times. Long l1f'
to our lord. Leo XIV. Tor whatever 9th
er title the new pope may assume). tn
bishop and universal pontiff given t.
us by God" and thereupon, turning to
ward the pope, hands him the papa
crozier. which is distinguished from
those of all cardinals, archbishops ant
bishops and abbots in that it Is sur
mounted by a cross instead of a shep
herds crook. This form of crozier i
exclusively used by the pontiff. and
is said that one of the reasons why tn
~croziers of the other dignitaries Of til
church have the upper end bent an
are surmounted by a crook is as a sym
Dol of the fact that their n ar
compelled to bow to the will of the su
preme pontiff.
Not until the conclusion of the mas
does the actual coronation take place
The pope proceeds from the altar t
his seat on the throne, and thereupoI
rvL:1o %I,o co,iov oor 1iro1 Deacon mr.