The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-08-05
POPES Plus.

The which Cardinal called by
Though OF late has been favor with the elected pope
for years used The first Plus pope A. D. and
beng marred as all the early popes were he is known St Plus
he does not the papacy till A. D. 1853 and with
IN the hundred years following occurs four times Then there
lapse of hundred without the appearing till i'll
u77 Plus VI appears and in the century quarter
the of Plus oesadow all others for there have been eight
during that OF time and only three bore other Leo
Under the OF Plus
some not so strong 1t interesting to look back and catch glimpse
OF the periods OF history when these lived their lives and admins
tered the affairs the church and later the papa sovereignty For
stripped though the papac of temporal power its spiritual power is
still immense and Pope Plus counts devoted subjects
o the globe
The takes Imperial Rome, the
horrors Of the where delicate and gently nared Roman ladies
goaed of their fellow beings by wild beasts
under the weapons booaned gadaor The empire has passed
away the palaces and temples buried beneath the rubbish of
e but the paacy remains in ubroen line since the days OF ST.
Twelve hundred later when the second Plus Pope the
face OF Europe had changed Louis M was ruling France and
breaking the uda power OF the great French princes and intriguing
against Burgundy Charles the Bold The OF the Roses
going England breaking the ascendenc of the Barons and
Tudors '..a..
Plus came fifty years following Alexander Borga
calls the ming ling OF exquisite taste and great display the
budding forth of classic learning arctecue-S Peters
the birth But darkened with intrigue with guilty
passion and with murder by poison and by the dagger Plus "
Princes whose daughters married into the royal families OF Europe
and who may not naP be compared with the mumonaires OF
Pope Plus v the last OF the during this period the prince
minated bulls against her he urged her deposition and perhaps
The reformation was in full swing then Protestant Europe was
erng itself and fighting for its life Drake and Hawkins and Ra
leigh Frobher sweeping the carrying relentless
warfare with the Spanad That period of stirring adventure
Then been said the drops the papa rolls
When next up with Plus vi in 1775 the midst Of
which shook Europe to its center Plus VI saw the french
revolution and the opening Napoeonc epic He the French
plains OF Lombad he almost heard the
of Aroa and the bridge OF Lodi He saw his city occupied by French
troops himself carried prisoner France where he died He
ncpence of the Great Republic but knew not how great
would become His Plus VII also figure in the
Napoeonc epic this Pope crowned Napoleon emperor He
signed the concordant which restored Roman Catholicism
Then he fell of favor quarreled with emperor justly
denounced his rapaciy against the estates OF the church. was P
oned ovrhrown lived to Waterloo
emperor exed St Helena and lived to be restored to his
temporal domnions and his palace Of the Vatican Plus VII only
filled pap during the period OF reaction from
the NapoeOniC and has lett no mark. -,
the throne longer Peter by egnng rywo while
occupied the but twenty-five enter upon another striking
epoch In 1916 when Plus TX entered upon ms narge the great
throne Europe oee that of Great Britain The second
nc was established in France to be followed Napo
leonc empire that empire and fell during his ponthca
liberal Pope he for having lay ministry and
His occupation papa the Garbadan episode and
establishment united Italy under the House OF Savoy IN the
sistance and until the fall empire battle OF Sedan French
Sedan ony was the toc of the Napoeonc dynasty
the kne of the papa temporal power The Italian
possession of Rome and Plus * and his successor Leo
XIII regarded themselves as prisoners Vatican This attitude
Cardinal Sarto now Plus X, will no doubt continue.
Looking this record of the Plus Popes 1t Will be noted
that with few exceptions they have been world wide
and some of the most important and
mnts every think that Plus will not be behind
his predecessors Of like name in the womb OF the
centu early years may changes
methods government and in social organizations Muacy Arch
bhon Of Armagh who supplied future popes notices. of
which have been applicable gives present Pope Igns Aden
ardent This may foreshadow remarkable and brilliant career
hearing the papacv to greater spiritual power yet
tanned Time will tell Meanwhile Roman Catholic and Protestant
alike NAV the elected Pope who has been man OF blame
life, of singular Pety and OF thorough culture
We have not probably half his fortune
peculiarly could he have the good
somsdue of the workmen his