The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-05-13
From a Financial Point of View
the Celebration is Thus far a
Flat Failure.
Its Aim is to Mark the Momentary
Triumph of Irreligion over
Religion.
Sacred College Sustains a Severe
Loss in the Death of an
Old Member.

Now that the Roman exposition is
in full swing-if one may say SO, con-
sidering the half finished state of at
least part OF lit is of interest to
take a look at it from a distance. r
have not visited it, nor shall do so,
and I must depend on second hand in
formation, writes the Rome correspond
ent Of the Catholic Standard and
Times
Thus far the exposition, inaugurated
so pompously by Victor Emmanuel III.
on the heights of the Capitol, is q
financial failure. 1t may yet prove Il
success; wonders never cease.
1t is wonderful how we'll the exhibit
of Italian paintings tallies with the
scope Of the Roman exposition! To
mark the beginning of the Pope's inn
prisonment, to act as means of sig
nalizing the momentary triumph. from
material standpoint, of the forces of
1rreligion over religion, the exposition
has been opened. And the character
of the paintings-their immoralty and
their pagan tendencies-is quite in
keeping with the big show itself. This
is precisely what one should expect.
lndeed.-za-4lisitors to a modern picture
gallery in, Italy nowadays, if the gall
| lery be subject to the Government
knows before entering it that he shall
| meet with evidences Of two things
| within-decadence in morality and art
Of a very inferior type in comparison
| with what galleries few centuries
old can show him.
Death Of Cardinal Cavicchioni.
A severe loss has befallen the Sacred
College i'll the death of Cardinal Cav
! icchioni. who passed away peacefully,
after receiving the last sacraments and
the apostolic benediction, on Monday
evening, at the age of seventy-five
| only few days previously the physi-
clans of Cardinal Cavicchioni perform
! ed an operation on him. as he had
| suffered for a considerable time and
| with much fortitude. Success seemed
to have attended their efforts, so much
so that many believed new lease Of
| life had been given the great ecclesi-
! astic. But turn for the worse inter-
| vened on Monday, and few hours
| later the Cardinal was dead from
! paralysis of the heart.
Since his arrival in Rome, in 1862,
after ordination to the priesthood, a
bright career was evidently in store
for the young priest from the Diocese
OF V1terbo. The double doctorate in
canon and civil law was won by him
here, after which he worked for sever
al years in the Roman congregations.
In 1888, having been nominated de-
fender Of the matrimonial bond of the
Sacred Congregation Of the Council,
Leo XIII had him consecrated Titular
Archbishop of Amida, and a year later
dispatched Archbishop Cavicchioni as
representative os the Holy See to the
Republics of Peru, Bolivia and Equa-
dor.
On his return to Rome, in 1889, Leo
XIII. nominated him successfully Can
on Of st. John Lateran's and secretary
of the Sacred Congregation of the
Council, in which office his profound
knowledge of canon law made his
name famous not only in Rome, but in
all Italy. ....
At the last consistory held by Pope
Leo Kill, that in June of 1903, Arch
bishop Caviccioni was elected to the
Sacred College, Of which he continued
a few weeks before his DEATH