The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-21
Il CARDINALS
TO Be NAMED
THAT MANY VACANCIES EXIST
AND POPE HAS ONLY TEN
WORKERS.
Archbishop Farley Favored BY Pope
In Appointment of Cardinals For
America-Not Reached
Decision.

and Archbishop Farley will arrive her
and Archbishop Farley will arriyt
consistory and the latter TO presen
to the Pope the Peters pence collect
ed In the New York diocese, which ii
believed to be the largest sum evel
collected from an American diocese
No consistory has ever been so
eagerly discussed as the impending
one which will inaugurate the reform
of the Roman curia which has just
been formulated by Pope Plus X. The
changes made involve the creation OF
several new cardinals for Rome.
There are fifty-nine living members
of the Sacred College, eleven short
of the full number and five less than
tenth. Twenty-seven of them reside
in Rome and almost half OF them arc
either octogenarians or invalids
Many of the other half are inca.
pable of work, wherefore the onlv
fathers active helpers number scarce.
ly more than dozen. including Car
dinals Del Val. Rampolla, Gaspard.
Wives, Delai, Martinelli. Segna, Gottl,
Vanutelli and Ferrar.
Gotti Loses Power.
The congregation Of the propagan
da has lost two-thrds of it's import
ance by the removal therefrom Ct
nearly the while English speaking
world, so Cardinal Gotti has been
shorn of nearly all of his importance
1t is believed that Cardinal Ram.
polla may emerge from comparative
retirement to become secretary Of the
consistorial congregation, which is
now the most important of all Roman
organizations and which in future viii
control the making of nearly all bistl-
ops, including those In the United
States, but the work involved In Pope
Plus reform will involve the creation
OF number of active cardinals al
least four of whom must reside in
Rome.
II Is said that while Pope Plus was
discussing the question Of foreign
cardinals few days ago. his holiness
declared he had not reached decis
ion in II. The Vatican long since de
cided in principle TO increase the mum
Der OF American cardinals and Their
is no dorbt that Cardinal Gibbons viii
he consulted by his holiness when he
arrives here this week
Pope Likes Farley.
Four names have been kept promin
emily before the influential prelates |
here, namely Arehbishops Farley Of |
New York, O'Connell of Boston. Ryan |
of Philadelphia and Quigley Of Chica |
so. Archbishop Ryan is not likely t. |
receive the red hat, owing to his ex |
IRENE age, as his holiness prefers |
younger men.
There is no chance that the othe /
three will be nominated simultanc- |
ously at the same consistory, but it Is |
that two of them may re
ceive the purple at the next consist
DRY, namely the centenary of their
diocese. If Pope Plus alone were con.
cerned in the promotions, it is certain
that Archbishop Farley would be Gre
ated cardinal without delay. for
his holiness frequently refers to Mon
signor Farley as model archbishop
Thus far, however, Pope Plus is aid
ed almost exclusively by the advice
Of the other cardinals i'm creating nov |
ones, and neither Archbishop Earle
Of his admirers will endeavor to push
New York's claims for recognition in
the cardinalate. 1t is rumored that |
Archbishop O'Connell of Boston may /
DO the first to receive the purple from
he consistory.