Arizona republican., 1913-04-21
PapaI Conclave Interests

PARIS. April 20-The next papal conclave at Rome has become a sub ject of pregnant interest to the entire Catholic world, not only from spiritual, but also from a political point of view. The following is an outline of the many peculiar and an- cient details of the great ceremony by which the new head of the church is selected
 In the first place the occupant of the holy see is subjected, at the try
 ing moment when his soul is about
 to be required of him. to formalities that are eiaborately laid down and which seem very much at variance
 with the closing scene of human life. In the presence of the members of the sacred college the sacristan bishop administers the Viaticum and extreme unction. The grand peniten- tiary gives the dissolution The pen itential psalms are then intoned The expiring pontiff, if he have the strength to do so, gives his benedic- tion to the assembly. and the dirge 1 Of the mortuary hymns continues to | the end. The Camerlingo of the Va I tican, in order to make the official l record of the death, takes up small silver hammer, with which he strikes three light blows on the dead mans head and calls on him by his Christ
 ian name.
 l Nine days after the death of the 1 pope the cOnclave meets to choose his | successor The gathering takes it's name from the fact that the car | dinals are locked up in "conclave'
 and shut off from all communication with the outer world. The next con- clave will be the first to meet in the
 huge building constructed several
 years ago in the rear of the Vatican Palace, and which is known as the Palace of the Conclave. The palace has 200 rooms. distributed among 70 apartments. each of which will con-
 stitute the accommodations needed for one of the cardinals when all
 come together to elect a pope.
 On the day of the conclave all are
 summoned from their rooms by d bell
 thrice rung. and repair to the as-
 sembly chamber. From this moment : until the result of the voting is an nounccd they have no communication
 save with the vatican officials. Their clothing and even their food is
 searched, lest they should contain , correspondence from outside.
 After night of seclusion the con-
 clave is formally assembled early nex [ afternoon, and all repair to the cha. :, pei, where a desk has been provided , for each cardinal. In the middle O l the hall are six tables and behind l these an altar. Immediately in iron of the altar is a table on which ar' : two chalices for holding the ballots l Before proceeding further. searcl ? is made to assure the conclave of tn
 fact that none but those entitled t. l vote are present.
 Each cardinal writes the name o the candidate he would elect, in tn . center of the voting ticket This i t of an oblong form, prepared according t to the directions of the bull of Greg 1 ory XIV At the foot of the altar tn f voter lifts up his hand and exhibit = the ticket between his thumb an = finger He then kneels and pray = for a moment, after which he take = oath that he is about to elect hir d whom, according to God, he think f ought to be elected He then put n the ticket on the paten and slips y from thence into the chalice. Whic
 he covers up again. Then he make $ anew a reverence before the alta y and returns to his place.
 S When all have voted in like man o ner the six tellers examine the paper IS and, proclaim the result. If no car !: dinal has obtained the required mum 1T Der of vOtes-two- thirds of the nun {, Der of cardinals present-the resu :; is declared void and the voting pa e pers collected together, are burned n a brazier with damp straw. the dens
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