The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-01

man church. cardinal of
 promise and swear from this hour
 hence as long as I live to be faith
 full and obedient to the Blessed Pe-
 ter, the Holy Roman Apostolic church,
 and the Most Holy Lord Plus x, and
 also his economically elected success
 Ors. I swear to give no counsel, not
 to concur in anything and not to aid
 in any way against the pontifical
 majesty or person never to disclose affairs entrusted to me by the num- clos or in their letters. willingly or knowingly, to their dertiment or dis
 honor; to be ever ready to aid them
 to retain, defend or recover their rights against all. I shall fight with all my zeal and all my forces for fend the legates and nuncios of the apostolic see in all places under my jurisdiction, provide for their safe journey. treat them honorably on their coming. during their stay and on their return, and resist, even to the shedding of blood, whenever would attempt anything against them.
 ''I shall try in every way to assert. uphold, preserve. increase and pro- mote the rights, even temporal. the liberty, the honor privileges and au- 'thority of the Holy Roman church of our Lord. the pope and his suc- cessors. When it shall come to my
  prejudicial to those rights which cannot prevent, is occurring I shall immediately make it known to the pope, his successors or some one qualified to convey such knowledge to him.
 see that others observe and fulfill. the regulations, decrees. ordinances. dispensations, reservations, and pro- visions of the apostolic mandates and of Sixtus I, of happy and to combat with every effort, heretfcs. schismatics and re- bellious uttera nces against Our Lord, | the pope and his successors.
 VIII Obey Sum nons.
 When summoned for any reason | by the Holy Father or his successor, ! I shall obey or, when detained by just | cause, I shall send some one to pre- sent by excuses. to show due rever- ence and obedience. l shall never sell. give away. mortgage Or alien ate. without the consent of the Ro- man Pontiff, the convents, churches, or their benef1cies com mitted to me. and I shall likewise oI- serve inviolable the constitution of the supreme pontiff Plus X. beginning Rome on the 25th day of December in the year 1904, concerning the vacancy i'm the Holy See and the election of the Roman pointiff.
 1T swear not to receive a commis- sion from any civil power under any pretext to propose a veto. even under the form of a simple desire, in ac- ,ordance with the constitution 'com- nissum nobis' given by Plus x, Jan- nary A. 1904, and not to disclose any thing, no matter how known to me. either in open conclave Or to the fn- liyidual cardinals by writing or or ally, directly Or indirectly, before or luring the conclave, and I promise to end no help. Or countenance no in- .ervention of any civil power in the election of the pope.
 Likewise I shall observe minute V each and all decrees, especially hose which have emanated from the ,acred congregation of ceremonies, or hose to come from it relative to the ublime dignity of the cardinalate. Nor shall do anything repugnant to he honor and dignity of the cardin- Lla te."
 When the pope appeared in the edia gesa toria. all those who had not1 cen him since last winter noticed a change. He was thinner : nd less alert his whole person giv- ng the impression that he was suf- ering from fatigue.