The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-14
GROWING OF A POPE.
How the Ceremony Is Conduct
ed BY the Cardinals.
IT TAKES PLACE IN THE MORNING

butEaH anu hHueu by the new rope
surrounded by Noble Guards with
Drawn swords starts the Cere-
nony - Actual Coronation Takes
Place at Conclusion OF the Mass,
The FIRST Cardinal Deacon omciat-
ing.
papal coronatious differ from those
Of temporal sovereigns, and there
seems to he a very general impression
that popes crown themselves, since by
reason Of their exalted rank no one is
qualified to place me terra on their
head. This il not the case, for the
Fl epe is crowned by a member Of the
stored college. who is not cardinal
5is up or even a cardinal priest but
merely cardinal deacon 1t Is Car
6inat Borromeo who crowned Leo Kill
1t Is to Cardinal Niacchi, 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
Alarquise DE Fontenoy in the st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
It remains to be seen whether the
next coronation win take place in ST
Peters or Ii the sistine chapel in the
yatican. Much win depend upon the
views and politics Of the new pope. If
it is Cardinal yannutelli or one 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 IL the next pope be-
longs to thg innansigent party it will
take place, like that of Leo XIII, in
She sistine chapel.
The ceremony win take place in the
morning, and viii commence with
procession headed by the Swiss guards
and ended by the new pope, wearing
golden inter, carried aloft on the sedia
gestatoria, with a silver damask can
opy borne above his head, banked by
the aabelIi. 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. Peter'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, kneeIing. sets fire to some
flax on the points Of d three prongei
stick excIaiming in a loud and mourn
ful voice. "Pater sancte, sic transit
gloria mundin (holy father, thus passes
- ,a4@ 4Ys1 w.rfErffA
Having descended from the sedia
gestatorla, the pope proceeds to the al
tar and after i brief prayer commences
the introit Of the mass, which on tits
occasion is celebrated by him. AZ tile
end Of the confession he takes his place
Oh the throne ON the left side Of the a.
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 geld
miter the second cardinal deacon in
vests him with the pontifcal palllum,
or band Of white wool worn on the
shoulders. with 4 short band extending
downward on the back and breast
This paIllum 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 inter, reaseends
his throne and then receives the hom-
age eff the principal dignitaries present.
The cardinals come first and kiss in
turn his foot and his hand and are then
embraced by him. Archbishops and
bishops kiss his foot and his right knee,
but receive no embraces while minor
dignitaries Of the church and laymen
kiss his foot, or rather, the cross on his
slipper alone.
The mass IS then proceeded with, and
after the collects the senior cardinal
deacon, standing at the lowest step Of
the altar. cries three times, Long life
to our lord. Leo XIV. Tor whatever 9th
err title the new pope may assumel, the
bishop and universal ponHhf given to
us by God" and thereupon, turning to-
ward the pope, hands him the papal
crozier. which is distinguished from
those Of all cardinals arehbishops and
| bishops and abbots in that It Is sur
mounted by cross instead Of shep-
! herds crook. This form Of erozier IS
exclusively used by the pontiff, and it
! is said that one Of the reasons why the
| croziers of the other dignitaries Of the
/ church have the upper end bent and
+ are surmounted by a crook is as a sym
/ Dol of the fact that their owners are
/ compelled to bow to the will Of the SUI
preme pontif.
Not until the conclusion of the mass
i does the actual coronation take place.
i The pope proceeds from the altar to
his seat on the throne and thereupon,
4 while the senior cardinal deacon pro-
nounces a prayer over him, the second
cardinal deacon removes from the pom
/ tbs head the golden inter which he
4 has until that time worn. The first
cardinal deacon then places the tiara
upon the pope's head, with the words;
Take this tiara. adorned with three
4 crowns, and know that thou art the
i father OF an princes and sovereigns,
i the ruler Of the globe, and on earth the