Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-20
Provisions for Selection of a
New Pontiff Now of Gen.
eral Concern = Proceed
ings MinuteIy Prescribed
DETAILS OF FORM
AT DEATH OF POPE
Assembling of Subsequent
COnclave Members Re-
tire from the World to
Garry Out Duties.

PARIS, April i9.-The next papal
conclave at Rome has become a sub
Jet Of pregnant interest to the en-.
tire 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.
clent details of the great ceremony
oy 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 formsIities
That are deliberately laid down and
which seem very much at variance
with the closing scene of a human
life. In the presence of the members
OF the sacred college the sacristan
bishop administers the vaticum aud
extreme function. The grand pleuiten.
tiary gives the dissolution. The peni.
tential psalms are then intoned. The
expiring pontiff, If he haye--fFte
strength to do so, gives his tenedie-
ton TO the assembly, and the dire of
the mortuary hymns continues to the
end. The Camerlingo of the Vat
ican, in order to make the official rec
ord of the death. takes up small sill
yer hammer, with which he strikes
three light BLOWS on the dead mans
head, and calls on him by his Chris
tian name
Nine days after the death OF the
Pope the conclaye meets to choose
his successor. The gathering takes its
name from the fact that the cardi
nails are locked up in conclaYe and
shut off from all communications with
the outer world The net copclaye
win be the first TO meet in the huge
tuilding constructed several years
ago in the rear of the Vatican Pal
ace Of the Conclaye The palace
has 200 rooms, distributed among 40
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 conclaye all are
summoned from their rooms by a bell
thrice rung, and repair to the assem-
bly, chamber. From this moment
until the result of the voting is an
nounced they have no communication
clothing and even their food is search
ed. lest they should contain CORE
spondence from outside.
After a night OF seclusion the con-
claye is formerly assembled early
next afternoon. and all repair to the
chapel where a desk has been pro-
vided for each cardinal. In the mid
die of the hall are six tables and be-
hind these an altar. Immediately in
front of the altar is a table on which
are two chalices for holding the bal
lots. Before proceeding further, a
search is made to assure the con
clave of the fact that none but those
entitled TO vote are present.
Each cardinal writes the name CT
the candidate he would elect, in the
centre of the voting ticket This is
Of an oblong form, prepared accord
ng to the directions OF the bull of
Gregory XIV. At the foot Of the altar
he voter lifts Up his hand and ex-
ltbits the ticket between his thumb
and finger. He then kneels andprays
'or a moment, after which ne takes
path that he is about to elect him
whom according TO God, he who
Ives ought to be elected. He thsn
puts the ticket on the paten and
slips it from thence into the chalice.
which he covers up again. Then he
makes anew a reverence before the
lltsr and returns to his place.
When all have voted in like man
her the six tellers examine the pa
1ers and proclaim the result. II no
cardinal has obtained the required
number Of votes-two-thirds Of the
lumber Of cardinals present-the re-
Iult is declared void. and the voting
,apers. collected together. are burned
n brazier with damp straw. the
tense smoke from which issues
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