The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-11-26
IN THE VATICAN
The Second Consistory Of the
Pontificate Takes Place.
Pope Plus x. Presides ut the
Solemn Ceremony.

I
tiicate of Pope Plus X, at which the
postulation Of the pallium for three
American Archbishops occurred and
ten American Bishops were pro-
claimed, took place in Rome Monday
morning, November IA. The ceremony
was shadowed by the death in the
Apostolic Palace of Cardinal Mocenni.
while the function was in progress
All the other Cardinals living in
Rome, numbering about twenty-five,
gathered in the Hall of the Consistory
at the Vatican, making one of those
imposing pictures only to be seen at
the Apostolic Palace.
The United States was represented
at the Consistory by Mgr. Kennedy,
rector of the American college, and
Mgr. Seton, titular Archbishop of He'll
opolis, of Newark, N. ]. The former
received the pallium for Archbishop
Glennon of st. Louis. The pallium for
Archbishop Moeller of Cincinnati, was
received by Father Haver, private
secretary of Cardinal Gotti, Project of
the Propaganda, and the pallium for
Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee,
by Mgr. Jaquet.
The Pontiff, dressed in white, en-
tered the Hall Of the Consistory
quietly, surrounded by his immediate
encourage, fanked by the Noble and
Swiss Guards and followed by the
Papal Court. He Immediately seated
himself on the throne, and those pres
ent advanced to pay their homage. The
Pope and the Cardinals then proceeded
to proclaim the Archbishops, Bishops,
etc., as already appointed by brief.
The American dignitaries thus pre-
conized were the Most Rev. S. G..
Messmer, Archbishop of Milwaukee;
the Most Rev. Henry Moeller, Arch
bishop Of Cincinnati. and the Most
Rev. John ]. Glenno,. Archbishop of
st. Louis. The Most Rev. NJ. f. How
ley, Archbishop Of st. Johns, N. f.,
was also preconized. The Most Rev.
Ambrose Agius, the Apostolic Delegate
to the Philippines, was appointed
Archbishop of Palmyra; Rev. William
Stang, Bishop of Fall River, Mass. !;
Rev. Matthias c. Lenehan, Bishop Of
Great Falls, Mont; Rev. Joseph j.
Fox, Bishop of Green Bay, Wis; Rev.
J. B. Delaney, Bishop of Manchester,
N. H.; Rev. Cornelius Van de ven
Bishop Of Natchitoches, La; Rev. John
Carroll, Bishop of Helena, Mont; Rev.
James Davis, Co-adjutor, with right of
succession to the Bishop of Davenport,
Iowa, and Titular Bishop of Ailopota-
mus; Rev. Thomas F. Lillis, Bishop of
Leavenworth, Kan; Rev. j. ]. Hart
ley, Bishop of Columbus, Ohio; Rev.
Thomas f. Cusack, Auxiliary Bishop
of New York, and Titular Bishop Of
Temiscyra; Rev. D. j. Scollard, Bishop
of the new diocese Of st. Mary Or
mense, Peterborough, Canada; Rev.
Neil Mcneil, Bishop of st. George, N.
F.; Rev. ]. Archambault, Bishop of
Toilette, Quebec; Rev. Emanuel Riv-
era, Co-adjutor Bishop of Queretaro,
Mexico, and Rev. Amelio Torres Y
Luis, Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Immediately afterward the Pope
held a semi-public Consistory prelim-
mary to the ceremony of the canoniza-
ton of Blessed Alessandro SAUL, a
Barnabite, and Blessed Gerardo Ma
jela, Redemptorist, which takes
place next month.
The Pope's allocution dealt mainly
with the Vatican's relation with
France. His Holiness deplored the
hostility to religion shown by a large
F.. part Of the population. Christ, he
said, had been banished from the
schools and law courts, and increasing
obstacles were placed in the way Of
the church. Worse was threatened,
but he hoped for an agreement in
reference to filling the vacant Sees.
! 1t was a calumny to say that the
Papacy had not respected the Concor-
dat. On the contrary, it was the
French government that had failed to
respect the free exercise of religion
guaranteed by the Concordat by re-
fusing to allow the Pope to commun-
icate directly with the Bishops.
He had hitherto refrained from pro-
| testing publicly lest he aggravate the
+, situation, but he could withhold no
longer. He protested without bitter
ness. He had the most Fatherly af-
lection for France.
There was every reason to fear that
the final catastrophe was impending,
"but events, however painful, will find
us neither unprepared nor fearful, for
we have confidence in God, who has
conquered the world"
Cardinal Mocenni, who had been
suffering from long attack Of creep
ing paralysis, died on the morning Of
the 14th. He was the only Cardinal
besides Cardinal Merry del Val, who
has been living at the Vatican. He
was administrator of the Apostolic
Palace under Pope Leo XIII. He was
Bishop of Sabina, eighty-one years old,
and was created a Cardinal in 1898.