The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-28
DR. R|ORDAN WILL BE NEXT CARDINAL Pope Desires to Remember
 Western America CAMPANILE REBUILT Throne and Altar Are Very Near to Each Other-Summer Tourists
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CAMPANILE REBUILT

Rome, MAY zf.--NSpetlalt-fope BluS desires to honor the venerable metro polltan of the Catholic church on the western slope of the United States. At the earliest possible opportunity Most Rev. Dr. Rlordan will be named as the next American cardinal.
 When, breaking the precedent in the Vatican. the holy father named in con- junction three dignitaries of the church in America for membership In the sacred college 1t was his sincere wish that the dioceses of the great western slope of America should not be over looked. and that an episcopal leader who has shed luster on the church, both for his scholarship and piety should be properly recognized. Unfor- tunately, however, the Pope's wish was not realized in this nomination as in one other. It was impossible to create four American cardinals with one stroke of the pen and without raising a storm of protest in the senate of his holiness which is still (as it was more markedly them overwhelmingly Italian and pro- Italian. Mons. Falcomi and Mons. O'Connell were both designated by brilliant and fortunate missions as envoys of the Pope and the ties which residence in Rome naturally confers confirmed their candidature. But in or der to present the hat to the metropolis tan of Massachusetts it was equally important that offense should not be given to the metropolitan of New York. The Popes inner cabinet and the Roman cardinals worried over the delicate sit uation for weeks, and ultimately Plus made concessions. After the names of the cardinals nominated were an nounced 1t was also given out by Plus himself that he had named cardinal in petto (secretly, in his heart) Many of the students and Catholic laymen In Rome concluded that this cardinal con eealed" was none other than Mons. Riordan.
 The proposal now before the Vatican council to readiust diocesan authority in the southwest part of the United States and in Mexico and south Ameri- ca paves the way for the fulfllment of the Pope's desire. Under the new ar rangement San Francisco will be the mother see of all the dioceses south of the United States border The mendi- cant orders opposed this plan very strenuously, especially the Franciscans but the younger and more powerful cardinals approve it as does the Pope
 Venice rebuilt her Campanile with instinct sure and bold. The towers male strength is the masculine ele- ment that subdues. co-ordinates and harmonizes the feminine graces and beauty of the piazza. To Venice the Campanile is a living thing, and was during the years of her bereavement a poignant need In rising again from It's ancient foundations it has fulfilled more than Venetian purpose for on It's bells stated in juxtaposition the names of Pope and King. Alas that the names alone should so stand, and that this unique occasion should not have been used to unite in personal presence the wearers of tiara and crown under the aegis of St. Mark. Then indeed the festival would have been memora- ble. But, though ictions and interests still keep King and Pope, church and nation formally at loggerheads, there lay in the conservation and battle flag, churchly chant and revolutionary hymn, pledge that the national impulse which is creating an Italia di la del mar will bring throne and altar in- creasingly near each other. not in or der to restrain and oppress. but to fulfill and embody the aspirations of n people resolved to work out its own
 
 principle of church and state severance in fact, but cooperation in spirit. which has proved such a blessing to the peo- pie of the United States.
 The summer birds are with us early this year. Along the waterfront at Ma ples and Genoa the professional mendicant- musicians are reaping in rich harvest. English. Germans and French predominate in the crowds of tourists unloaded by the Mediterranean steam CTS and most of the trippers just touch at the seaports without seeing the real Italy at all Of course, Naples. her bay and never to be slighted Vesuvius and remains of the summer capital of the ancient Romans, deserve all the praise that one can bestow; and even peep along the corso Garibaldi and run up the railroad to Monte Righi and the Metropolis are well worth going miles to enjoy. Yet, that Is not seeing Italy. One needs to drink in the beau ties of the Grand canal, stand in tho neat square of St. Marks in Venice. mediate a while in Milan the marvel- ous, feast the eyes on the church and chateaux of Florence, ascend by the road of Claudius 10 the great hill which overlooks the Eternal City on one side and the vast amphitheatre of the Cam naipne on the other and then walk