Kentucky Irish American., 1914-09-05
Archbishop of Bologna and Was
Created Cardinal Last
May.
American Cardinals Failed to Be
Present When Conclave
Opened.
NOT YET SIXTY YEARS Old

Cardinal della Chiesa has been
elected Pope in succession to the
late Plus X The new Pope has
taken the name of Benedicte XIV.
This was the brief dispatch re-
ceived from Rome via the Associated
Press at noon Thursday.
Cardinal Giacono della Chiesa,
who was Thursday elected Pope by
the Sacred College in succession to
Plus X, who died August 20, was
created a Cardinal May 25, 1914. He
is the Archbishop of Bologna, Italy.
He was born at Pegli, in, the do
cese of Genes, November 21, 1854,
and was ordained priest December
81, 1873. He served as Secretary of
the Nunicature in Spain from 1885
to 1887, in which year he was ap-
pointed Secretary to the late Car
dinal Rampolla. He was appointed
substitute Secretary of State in 1901,
and in 1907 he was elected to the
post of Advisor to the Holy Office.
In 1907 he was appointed Papal
Nuncio to Madrid in succession to
Mgr. Rinaldini, but this appointment
was cancelled three days later. This
incident had occurred just before he
was made Archbishop of Bologna.
When Mgr. Della Chiesa was given
this post it was declared in Rome
that it was mainly with the object OF
combating modern religious ideas,
Bologna being the headquarters OF
the National Democratic League,
whose members advocated what is
known as modernism" in religion.
In January, 1914, while still at
Bologna, the present Pope issued a
pastoral letter strongly condemning
the tango.
1t has been 174 years since the
time of the last Pope Benedicte. On
his election to the Papacy in 174O
Cardinal Prospero Lambertini as
sumed that title. 1t is an interesting
fact that the new Pope was Arch
Bish of Bologna while Pope
Benedicte was born in Bologna.
According to a dispatch from
Rome dated at $3.50 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon and received in New
York early Thursday, the White Star
line steamer Canopic, bearing Car
dinals Gibbons and O'Connell to
Rome, was not due at Naples until
Friday. Therefore it is probable
that neither of these two American
Cardinals participated in the election
of the new Pope.
Upon hearing the news of the
election Bishop Denis O'Donaghue,
of the Louisville diocese, said to the
reporter: II presume the report is
authentic, and l am glad there has
been so little delay. | do not find
anything concerning Cardinal Della
Chiesa in the Annuario Pontifico for
1914, but find reference to Arch
bishop Giacomo Della Chiesa, OF
Bologna. The only information given
concerning him, however, is that he
was born November 21, 1854, at
Genoa, and that he was made Bishop
of Bologna in 1907"
When told that the new Pope
would assume the title of Benedicte |
XIV, the Bishop smiled at his Secre-
tary and said: do you remember
what / remarked early this morn
ing?" He went on to explain: when |
arose this morning | was thinking |
of the title which probably would be |
assumed by the new incumbent. or |
course he would not choose Plus; |
Leo, too, was too recent, and as | |
ran back over the list Benedicte |
XIV. occurred to me, and said: |
Yes, he will probably be called |
Benedicte XIV" Bishop O'Donaghue
than gave directions for the ringing |
of all the church bells in the diocese |
for ten minutes after the angelus.