New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-05
NEW SUPREME P0NTIFF.
Career of Cardinal Sarto, Successor
to the Chair of st. Peter.


80 DAYS after the death of Pope Leo XIII,
>, was said: For this reason the election of a
.sndidate of marked administrative capacity
md liberal tendencies. like Cardinal Sarto, is
.vnacte5 t,v close observers. This result might
ba forecast more confidently if Cardinal sarto
we're in better health than recent reports from
Venice represent
Cardinal Sarto, who will be known in history
&c Pone Plus X was held in the highest esteem
nv his. predecessor. More than year before his
death Pope Leo XIII said to Able Lorenzo
Perosi. the italian composer: Hold him very
dear Perosi, as in the future he will be able TO
6o much for you. We firmly believe he will be
our successor.
Giuseppe Sarto was q parish priest in the
.,-ovirce Of Venice for many years before rising
- The rank Of bishop. Ten years ago he received
.he red robe of the cardinalGte and the title of
Patriarch Of Venice, title which ranks next TO
that Of Pope in the Roman Catholic hierarchy.
.ha only other patriarchate in the College OF
Cardinals being that Of Lisbon. The Pope him
self has as one Of his titles that Of Patriarch
OF The West.
The new Pope. who. according to the list Of
e--erra Por+fffs given in the officia Catholic
,,i~ao.C--- is the two hundred and sixty-fourth
.,0sesrr If - Peter was born at Riese diocese
Of Frcv4so italy. June =. 1880 He was educated
in the salosian Institute at Cottolengo, which
was founded by the famous Dom Bosco, and at
ps5r,s He was studious youth, and his
rector. once said Of him. 'Sarto has never been
z child
After his ordination on September IS 1soS'
he began the work of a parish priest, and
showed so much energy and ability that he was
elected episcopal chancellor in 1879 and after
ward spiritual director Of the seminary. pro-
sy-rodal examiner member Of the ecclesiastical
tribunal and finally vicar Of the chapter of
Treviso On November 10. 1854, he was made
Bishop Of Mantua, when he was forty-nine years
old Il was on June y. 1893, that the Con-
sistorv created him Cardinal and Patriarch of
Venice This was the cause of a controversy
with The Italian Government, which claimed the
right 70 nominate 10 the vacant patriarchate,
rfr- an agreement was reached with Premier
Crispi by which the Church appointed an ecclesi-
astical vicar, apostolic for Northeastern Africa,
10 assist in establishing italian colonies on the
Dark Continent.
Il was shown by learned theologians that the
Patriarchate OF Venice was only a continuation
Of the ancient PatriarchaJe Of Aquileja, now dis
persed and that the right of appointment &C
corded by the Popes from the time Of San
Lorenzo and Justinian only q privilege
granted 10 the republic, and not transfer
rible TO others. The Italian Government, after
long refusing 10 grant exequatur to the
patriarch, finally acqu. ed in the demands Of
the Vatican.
Cardinal Sarto has high reputation for learn
ing and as a supporter of the doctrines of the
Church. He has destroyed relics of doubtful
authenticity misleading. He stands for the
exact truth between the Church and the people.
His energy and ability administrator in
his post as cardinal and patriarch give assur-
ance OF wise and faithful admin tration the
head OF the Church. He had not been a
dinal more than a year when he took occasion
10 advocate a union between church and state
in Italy, at a time when the Austrian and Prus-
sian ambassadors at the Vatican were at work
TO secure the consent of the Pope to an agree
uent with the Italian Government, which it was
hoped would end the division which has existed
since 1870 when the Pope became a prisoner
in the Vatican. II was thought that Pope Leo
XIII, when he succeeded Pope Plus TX, would
end the condition OF things existing under his
PREDECESSOR, but no result was secured in this
direction and he reverted 10 the policy Of Pope
Plus X. In Venice, however, a different state
Of things prevailed than in Rome and there was
no division between the ecclesiastical and the
civil authorities. Cardinal Sarto was presented
10 the King and Queen when they visited his
city.
n his diocesan work Cardinal Sarto showed
much energy and devotion. He is a patron of
G-egorian chant il ST. Marks. and insisted on
the Observance Of lturgicaI rules by the
priests Of his diocese He reformed abuses
which had crept int the administration Of the
churches and he gained a high reputation as
preacher.
As cardinal he belonged 70 the ecclesiastical
congregations Of Bishops and Regulars, Sacred
Rites, Indulgences and Sacred Relics. He al
ways enjoyed great popularity in his diocese,
and is honored fo- his purity for the strict up
rightness Of his life and for his liberal ideas
De Is said TO be an agreeable man, highly cult
waited, very kind he rted and still srong and
robust in spite Of his sixty-eight years. He has
never taken great part in the political and public
life OF the Church, but has divided his time he
tween study and good works.
he has been considered among the moro liberal
members Of the Italian episcopate and Sacred
College. Il is said that Leo XIII sided with hin,
on one occasion when sarto disapproved of Pam
poIla's policy.
Cardinal s%rto kept away from The Curia and
gave his chief attention 10 his work in the Queen
Of the Adriasic.
In writing Of Pope Leo,s Successor. F
Marion Crawford, the novelist, says in Every
body's Magazine for August, of the cardinal
who succeeds:
Cardinal Sarto was much talked Of in T+a1y
when. on his prefernent to the yena+iar, 19a-
tria-chate IN 1888, he encountered da-.~-,;,5
opposition on the part Of the Italian Government.
before he could take possession OF his See Tho
government maintained that the Fa+riaro,,.+a
was part OF the King Of ItaIy's oatrooaea -
that it was the Kings right TO present his ,,,r,
candidate The difficulty which eusued was IN
reality solved, or shelved because Cardina1. Sar-
10. though chosen by the Pope. was a fa,.arita
with the Italian Government and with King
Humbert himself-a rather singular as -
Italy. The Cardinal has therefnro -..,-,