The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-19
The Next Pope
Foretold by Irish Saint
Prediction of 1aIachy Says Leos Tiara
Will BE MAN of Eire"-FTay Point Gotti Svampa


church Peter IL a Roman. shall reign. /
says St. Malaehy. He shall feed the
flock in many fluctuations. at the end
or which the city OF Seven Hills (Rome)
viii be destroyed and the powerful
Judge shall judge his people
St. Bridget of Sweden is also credited
with a prophecy that the world would
end in 1899.
Who is the Man.
Such being the forecast, whenever q
pope's reign ended there has been much
speculation as to the cardinal whose
personality would fit the prediction for
the next one. A cardinal who IS a
! likely candidate is called 'papabile'
and his adherents '.papeggianti' At
present two names are suggested from
the roll of the sacred college as those
for whom the Malachian prophecy was
intended. One is that OF the former
general of the barefooted Carmelites,
Cardinal Girolamo Gotti. The other IS
that OF Cardinal Dominica Svampa,
archbishop OF Bologna.
The title given by St Malachy for the
next pope, il viii be remembered, is
'Ignis Ardens''-ardent or blazing fire.
! Admirers of Cardinal Gotti say his
piety, zeal and fervor for the papacy
and the church fully carry out this
I categorical designation. He is the son
/ of a dock laboreF, and was born at
Genoa March %, 1884. 1t is a notable
fact about the present college Of cardi-
/ nails that majority of them, and with
! only two or three exceptions the lead
1 ing members, are all men Of the most
/ democratic and humble origin, who
have risen TO their present rank by
! sheer force of their intellectual ability.
Cardinal Gotti is supposed to be Pope
/ Leo's favorite for the succession. He
has a most attractive and pleasing per-
4 sonality, rejecting the spiritual Seren-
ity of his monastic life. He was a
| barefooted friar when the pope sent
| him as internuncio to Brazil to settle
| the many vexed questions that arose
there after the downfall of Dom Pedro
and the establishment of the republic
/ His mission was crowned with the
greatest success. and his return to Italy
| was made a veritable triumph He was
created q cardinal in 1895 He lives
modestly. and passes his days in retire
ment, untouched by party or factional
/ turmoil He is project of the Sacred
Congregation of Indulgences.
The other Candidate.
Those who would give more liberal
reading to st. Malachy's prediction
hold that Cardinal Svampa is the real
''Ignts Ardens." Sis name, Svampa, is
the Italian for flaming fire. On his
coat of arms there is a sun, surrounded
by rays of fire. and he was long bishop
of Foil, the patroness of which diocese
is The Madonna of the Fire" 1t is
so called from a picture of the Virgin
preserved in chapel of the cathedral
which was miFaculously spared by a
fire that destroyed the room in which it
hung in the palace of the Marquis Pao-
! lucci, three centuries ago The pope.
mindful of the prophecy, has more than
once jocularly hailed him as my dear
successor"
He was born at Monte Granaro, prov
ince Of Arcol, Italy, June Is. 1851. and
; after serving successfully in minor
ranks was raised to. the cardinalate in
1884 When Cardinal Galimberti then
heard Of his elevation he said: Here
the next pope" And Monsignor SatolH
on the same occasion, speaking to a
New Yorker, said: This is papal
stun: he has no sin but his age
Time is correcting that drawback,
viii sufficient elapse before the
''sfumata" OF his successful ballot curls
!, up the legendary chimney of the con-
claVe chamber? No one now knows
but shis 'papeggianti' stoutly maintain
that Il will, and thus prove that the
good st. Malachy has scored again as
the prophet of the papacy.
How New Pope is Elected.
On the tenth. or at the latest the
twelfth. day after the death of the pope
. the cOnclave VIII assemble for the cleo
ton OF the new pontiff. If precedent is
! followed the conclave is held at the
beautiful Sistine chapel within the
; walls of the vatican. Built by Pope
l SiXtus ~. this famous church has beer
= adorned by the hands of the creates
OF italian painters. On the walls are
{ the works of SignorelH. BottfceIH and
Peruglno, but these are dimmed by the
splendor of the frescoese Of Michae
" Angelo, Illustrating the creation anC
. the last judgment.
!, Connected with the chapel which il
itself on the first floor of the vatican
0 are the large galleries. which are fitte,
up for the reception of the cardinal
7 and their attendants, and the arrange
2 mentS are such that when their emf
5 nences have entered the place of con
:. clave the entire section of the vatican
( set apart for the purpose can be shu
Y off entirely from the outside world. tn
e intention being that the members 0
this exalted council shall be subjected
S to no mundane influences.
= Each cardinal is allowed the service
G OF secretary and an attendant, wins
G while the conclave lasts. occupy room
: adjacent to the particular cells allotte
I to their masters.
meeting 1eld IN secret.
On the day fixed for the meeting o
: the conclave the cardinals assemble I
I hear special mass Of the holy spiri
p and TO take the oaths of faithfuInes
: and secrecy. When this is accom-
i plished all the members of the sacre
congregation go in solemn procession
4. two by two. and followed by the Ion
: f'etinue of attendants, to the conclavs
While the Inspiring strains of the aver
sfeator Spiritus' are chanted
!. Once within the confines of the con
: elave. the massive doors are shut wit
e double locks. and from that momen
y until the new pontiff is elected no per
son is allowed to pass in or out. TIL
O meals for the assembIage are prepare
'e within the walls of the vatican. an
/ are delivered through wicket gat
or, rather, easement. let into the gres
i door
IS Tt is here also that. on the first da
of the conclave committee of can
n dinals, appointed by the whole bod.
y gives audience to the foreign envoy
a This. however. takes place before q
n conclave has actually met for the paps
election The Sistine chapel is esps
e ciaily fitted Tor the holding of this me
lie mentous council Of the church.
IS The stalls for the cardinals. range
d on each side are surmounted by car
J. opies of cloth in the ecclesiastical co
: ors and at the far end. opposite Il
d high altar. are places assigned TO Il
lie secretaries. On the altar itself. or 9
Y. a table in front of It, is a chalice
IA silver on which hests the pyX col
teining the host When mass has bee
le said and all is prepared. the concla'