Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-03-23

number. nOr Will ne be one VINO
! speaks, as native to it, the English
language. Indeed. the next Pope is
certain to be an Italian. The Amer
lean and English cardinals, of whom
there are six who speak English as
a native tongue. are not in elise touch
with the ruling forces OF the church
| since most of them are Of but recent
! appointment. and all reside long dis
tances from Rome. Precedence in the
Sacred College is OF slow growth, per-
haps slower than in any other great
body. 1t is therefore only men or
years, and familiarity with the condi'
| tons who can hope to rule, except in
cases of emergency.
In the sacred college at the moment
| there are three factions. The exact
strength of each is not known. Each
has its candidate in the ems that in
each there is one cardinal who is a
leader. There may, therefore. be said
to be three cardinals who stand out
above all others as most likely, were
a conclave to be held at this time, TO
be chosen to the great chair.
The first is Cardinal Rampolla. the
former secretary of state, a member
of the Curia or administrative body
of the church. and the head priest OF
st. Peters Cathedral. Cardinal RAM
Dolla is considered 20 be almost cer.
tain of thirty votes from among the
sixty.two who voted for him at the
last conclave, when Austria's veto pre-
vented his election. |: may be assum-
ed that those who voted for him at
the last conclave will again support
him, while it is well known that many
of his former adversaries are now his
supporters. Furthermore there will
be no mention of a veto at the next
%conclave. ~
Cardinal Ram2olla stands foremost
among the leaders in the Catholic.
church who would bring the Vatican
into line with modern thought, modern
action. modern methods. Few men in
the world have a wider personal &C.
q%uaintance or greater correspondence
list, and were he chosen, the whole
world, Catholics and Protestant, would
hail the step as one of progress along
perfectly safe lines in religion and
scholarship.
Cardinal De Lai, also a member OF
the Curia. perhaps stands second alone
to Cardinal Rampolla as a possibility
for the chair of St. Peter. In many re-
.spects he is the exact opposite of the
former secretary of state. His ten
denotes are reactionary and he stands
strictly for a continuance Of the pres
ent policies. He is a close personal
friend of Pope Plus X, who last year
promoted him to the exclusive list of
Cardinal bishops, and gave him the
see of Sabina.
The third of the so-called leading
candidates is Cardinal Matfi, archbish.
or, of. Pisa. who has the advantage of
living outside Of Rome and not being
a member of the Curla. He is a mod
ern man in all respects, but such a
modern one as to have a large follow
ing in the sacred college. He is friend
ly with the Italian government. and
rs Pope would cooperate with it to
an extent that others might not. He
is ONLY fifty-fve a rather young man
to make a nope of. yet he has been
long enough in the sacred college to
be in touch with all the elements in
it. ..
There are several other members of
the sacred college who undoubtedly
will receive serious consideration:
when tn G time comes to elect a sue
cessor to Plus X, ',ut the general i'm
preston in Rome IS that the selection
will be eventually narrowed down to
Cardinals Rampolla, Deb Lai and Maj
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