The San Francisco call., 1904-11-15
Plus HAS HOPE
OF AGREEMENT
In Secret COnsistOry the
Pope Talks of the Recent
Trouble With the French
BRILLIANT CEREMONY
POntiff, Despite His Late
Illness, Has Appearance
Of Being in Good Health

ROME, Nov. 1.-THE festivities in
honor of the jubilee of the Immacu-
late Conception began to-day with the
holding of brilliant consistory, which
was especially interesting, as the Pope
lately had been indisposed and many
persons wished to be assured of his
recovery. All the Cardinals living in
Rome, numbering about twenty-five,
gathered in the hall of the consistory
at the Vatican half an hour before the
ceremony, taking their places in three
groups and making one of those inn
posing pictures only to be seen at the
apostolic palace.
The United States was represented
81 the consistory by Monseigneur Ken
nedy, rector of the American College
here, and Monseigneur Seton, titular
Archbishop of Helopolis, OF Jersey
City, y. j. MonseiSneur Kennedy at
the private consistory received the
pallium for Archbishop Glennon of st.
Louis. The pallium for Archbishop
Moeller of Cincinnati was received in
the secret consistory by Father Haver,
private secretary of Cardinal Gotti,
Frefect of the Propaganda, and the
pallium for Archbishop Messmer of
Milwaukee was received by Mon
seigneur Jauquet.
In the secret consistory the Pope de-
livered an allocutiOn recalling the
origin of the concordat and the rea-
sons which induced Pope Plus VII to
conclude it with Napoleon, especially
referring to the provisions made for
the appointment of Bishops, the bud
get of the Ministry of Public Worship,
which was regulated by what was
practically a contract, and finally the
free exercise of Catholic worship. He
a 11nf hn 1Ah ar1ifs
articles" added in 1902 by Napoleon
had never been recognized by the Holy
See, either as law as being part of
the concordat. Therefore the Pontiff
deplored the fact that the present Gov
eminent of the French republic had
under various pretexts charged the
Holy See with not having observed the
cCncordat, adding that the church had
never in the case Of any country
broken an agreement made.
The Pope concluded with saying
that the French Government had
broken the fundamental conditions of
the concordat. He complained of the
impossibility, due to the existing state
OF affairs, of appointing Bishops to the
vacant sees in France, but expressed
the hope that an understanding would
be reached.
The majority of the Cardinals pres
ent considered the alIusion rather
mild and remarked that the Pope
omitted the part upon which he pre-
viously had consulted several of the
Cardinals, in which he was to have
appealed to the people of France and
10 have urged them to be loyal to the
church and use their rights as citizens
to prevent the Government from per-
scouting religion
The Pontiff entered the hall Of the
consistory surrounded by his imme-
diate encourage, fianked by the noble
and Swiss guards and followed by the
papal court. He seated himself on
the throne and those present advanced
to pay their homage, after which the
Pope delivered a prayer to the Holy
Ghost. Following this all except the
Cardinals left the hall, as the con-
sistory was secret. The Pope and Car
dInals then proceeded to proclaim the
Archbishops, Bishops, etc, as already
appointed by brief.
Immediately after the secret con-
sistory the Pope held a semi-public
consistory. preliminary TO the cere-
mony of the canonization of Blessed
Alessandro SAUL, the Barna bite, and
Blessed Gerardo MALTA, the Redemp-
torist. which will take place next
month.
All agree that outside of the fact
that he has a somewhat careworn ex-
preston, the Pope, Notwithstanding
his recent attack of gout, seems to be
in good health.