El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-07
PLAN BROAD POLICY FOR
NAMING NEW CARD

NAMING NEW CARDINALS
At the Roman Catholic consistory,
to be held early in November, it IS re-
ported that seven new cardinals viii
be created, and the one held at pres
ent in what is called in petto" pro-
claimed. 1t was exactly year ago
that pope Plus X created the very I'M
usual number of II at one consis tory,
including the two American ones. But
no fewer than six have died within
the year, leaving the present number
SO, of whom "a are Italians and 25 OF
all other nationalities. The tradi-
tional number in the sacred college is
20, after the number OF disciples whom
Christ is recorded to have had at
particular time, but the college is
never filled completely, and is at
times depleted to As.
Pope Plus y is less anxious than
some of his predecessors about the
Italian majority in the college. At
present the majority is nine, but
year ago, at the time cardinals Farley
and O'COnnell were proclaimed, 1T was
only seven. The pope is said 10 hold
that tradition can be relied upon to
continue the papal line to Italian prel-
ates, and also to feel that the new
world, to which he looks with hope
for Catholic progress such as Europe
cannot offer, is entitled to honor above
small Italian jurisdictions. In this
feeling ne is said to have the SYM
patty of the curias or local govern
ing body.
Prelates mentioned in Rome at this
time. month before the date of the
cOnsistory, include the Most Rev. DR..
Paul BrQchesi, archbishop of Montre-
al; the Ri Rev. DR.. Thomas +. Ken
nedy, head of the American college in
Rome, and Mgr. Paul Peter Terrain,
the Armenian patriarch. Mgr. Tonti,
former nuncio at Lisbon, whose name
has been withheld, as already men
toned, will be proclaimed. There are
at least two Italians, one of them the
present assessor of the holy office,
Italians will then be Sc, or perhaps
81, according to the demands of the
curia for men to assist in its work, and
% to 80 not Italians, according as the
popes desire to honor growing parts
of the Catholic church is gratified. He
is understood to be particularly de-
sirous to honor the Armenians in
part because of their struggles and
IN part to encourage the eastern in
roads into the Greek world.
If further American cardinals are
named, and there are reports that two
more may be, the prelate said most
certain to be honOred is archbishop
Quigley, of Chicago. There is no
mention of archbishop ireland, but
! this is not due to any lack of SYM
pathy with him and his work felt by
! the pope, 1t is wholly a matter of
numbers. Great as has been Catholic
ploSIeSS III the nOLtuWeSls NUMBERS
of Catholic there are barely a quarter
of the number in the diocese of Chica-
go, and far fewer than in the great
jurisdiction of Philadelphia, New Or
leans and st. Louis. Archbishop Prem
| dergast, of Philadelphia, has but just
been instituted, aad his name is not
heard in the rumOrs. But the names
of archbishops Glennon and Blenk are
heard along with that of archbishop
/ Quigley.
One thing seems to be known
1t is that if the present pope's
life be spared and he remain
of the mind he now has, America will
soon have at least two more cardi-
nails. The reason is the wonderful prog
ress the Catholic church has been
making of recent years in America,
and is hoping to make within the next