The Irish standard., 1906-11-10
ANOTHER CARDINAL
will the Honor Fall to Arch
s-.... bishop Farley :?
A Freeman's Journal Cores
z pondent Thinks 1t Will.

In last weeks issue of the Free
mans Journal of New York. the fol-
lowing letter from Rome, under date
of October 10, appeared in that paper
bearing on the appointment of another
American Cardinal. "Vox Urbis," the
correspondent, says:
The next Consistory is likely to be
an important one, although it is prob
able that at the present moment not
even the. Holy Father himself knows
when. it will be held. Nothing has
been decided either as to the date or
as to the number or the persons OF
the Cardinals who are to be created.
Hitherto France has had from six to
eight Cardinals in the Sacred College
at present that number is reduced
to three: Richard, Lecot, and Matt
hieu, who resides in Rome. Will Plus
x. bring the number up to the usual
complement at the coming Consistory.
which will hardly be held later than
December? There is no reason to sup
pose that he will, but it is probable
that one other French Cardinal will
be made as recognition of the splen-
did and unanimous loyalty to the
Holy See shown by the French hier-
archy duving the present crisis. Ger
many has now three Cardinals-Ffs-
cher. Kopp and Steinhuber, the last
Of whom is Cardinal of the Curia.
1t is very unlikely that this number
will he Increased, Notwithstanding the
magnificent position which Germany
occupies in the Catholic world at the
beginning of the twentieth century.
The Holy Father wishes to avoid even
the, rer,otest chance of offending
French susceptibilities. Spain has five
Cardinals, and the number is not
likely to be increased. although two OF
them. Merry del Val and Wives Tuto,
are Cardinals of the Curia. There
are also five in Austria Hungary, and
they will remain at that figure. Italy
has no fewer than thirty-five Car
dinals. OF whom eleven are Bishops
Of italian dioceses outside Rome and
it's district and twenty-four belong to
the Curia. 1t is not unlikely that the
Holy Father will confer the Purple
on two other Italian Bishops: his sue
cessor in the Patriarchate of Venice,
and the Archbishop of Palermo. Ire
land has one Cardinal, but 1t never
has any more; Australia also has one
and there is no likelihood of another
being cretade; Portugal has Cardinal
Neto. Patriarch of Lisbon. and he
will not be given another colleague.
AS Belgium. one of the most flourish
ing Of Catholic countries, is without
a Cardinal since the death of Cardinal
Goosens, there is good reason to be-
lieve that his successor, Mgr. MERCER,
will enter the Sacred College at the
next Consistory. England also is
without a Cardinal since the death of
Cardinal Vaughan, but if your corre-
spondent's information is correct it is
not likely that Mgr. Bourne will be
created at the next Consistory. Neither
is there at present any talk of maxi
ing a Prince of the Church among
the Canadian Bishops. and Of course
South America must be content for
long time to come with Cardinal Albu-
ent composition of the Sacred College.
with the exception of Cardinal Glib.
bons, the solitary Cardinal Of the
United States. Here the probabilities
Of an Increase have for some years
past been constantly growing.
The Church of the United States
has never had more than one Car
dinal living. but that is not to he con-
When Cardinal Gibbons was created
a little more than twenty years ago
the Church in the United States oc-
cupied a position of far less promi-
hence than it does today; there were
fewer Bishops, fewer priests, and sew
eral millions fewer people; the Catho-
Nv body was less compactly organ
lied. The great change that has
taken place in the United States dur
ing these twenty years is one of the
reasons. The other reason is that to
your correspondents certain knowl-
edge the Holy See has several times
In recent years seriously considered
the ACCESSIBILITY of creating another
American Cardinal. and has been de-
tered only by temporary causes which
have now quite passed away. 1t
might be taken for certain, therefore,
another American Cardinal will be
created in, the near future, perhaps
sven in the next Consistory.