Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-27

creation of new pontiff is to be treated
the divine assistance is more earnestly
TO be implored and efforts made to merit
IT, therefore, as we greatly commend It,
so do we decree the maintenance OF the
laudable custom hitherto observed where
by the almoner Of the pontff continues
to exercise his office, and that during
the vacancy of tho see the same amount
of money be distributed and alocated by
the said almoner for the relief of the
same poor and needy which was wont
to be distributed during the life of the
pontiff"
During the vacancy of the holy sec
the sacred Roman congregations have
no authority in those matters which
they could not treat without the Pope's
consent, sanction or by virtue of special
and extraordinary faculties granted by
him. The congregations, therefore, only
retain those faculties attributed to them
by apostolic letters and defer affairs of
a more important and controverted kind
to the future. but in cases of urgency
provisional decisions can he taken with
the approval of the sacred college.
The cardinals must have obsedules cell
ebrated according to custom for the soul
OF the deceased pontiff during nine sue
! cessive days On the three last DAYS they
shall celebrate the obsequies with more
solemn rite, and on the last day OF the
obsequies an Grafton ION the deceased
| pontin" shall be delivered by an eccle
siastc deputed for the purpose.
ELECTION OF THE NEW POPE.
! The second part of the constitution
deals with the election of the Roman
pontif, the right of exercising which
belongs solely and exclusively to the
cardinals of the Holy Roman Church"
Should the Pope die during the celebra-
tion of general council 1t will at once
cease from all meetings, congregations
and sessions, and it cannot proceed any
further until the new pontiT, economically
elected, orders it to be reassumed ana
continued.
No cardinal can be excluded from the
election Of the Pope, even though the
nat has not been conferred upon him,
and the only cardinals who have no
right in the election are those who have
been canonically dcposcd or who have
renowned the cardinalatal dignity with
the consent of the pontiff. Any cardl-
nal not ordained at least to the deacon
ate cannot be admitted in the conclave
for the purpose of election unless he pos
sesses a certain and undoubted pontifcal
privilege
After the Pope's death the cardinals
walt for those who are absent only
during the 10 days of the celebration
of the Pope's obseques, and they must
enter the concavc when these are ended;
but absent cardinals who arrive before
a L oil.
the conclavc. All cardinals must obey
the summons and betake themselves inn
mediately to the place designated for the
election of the pontiff unless they be
legitimately hindcred. Should anybody
refuse to enter the conclave or having
entered should leave it without manifest
cause of inirmity approved by the sworn
testimony Of doctors and by the majority
of the cardinals then he is not to be
again admitted. All the cardinals not
prevented by i'll health are to meet for
voting when the bell has been rung for
the third time in the usual places of
the conclave; land any one who fails |
to obey this law shall incur the penalty |
of accommodation latae sententiae."
Each cardinal may be attended by two |
clerics or laymen or one cleric and one |
layman; in case of illness n third atton- !
dant Is allowed Tho conclav,sts cannot |
be preIates or related by blood or mar
rage to the cardinals Tho r,os.ors 90 !
the ceremonies and all the ecclesiastical |
conclavists one or two days before en-
'ia,'oe iili" inc ronclaVe must take an
"'' VII '''e soape'S 10 observe lhVlolaole
'HO'i''HE an anu the several
,,'NS' '""' ule uohe IN inc e!ecuon or
''e ne" pohtlH not only under pain of
commentator reserved IN special
manner to the future Pope but also under
pain OF privation of all benefccs, pen
slpns' ofiices or charges Whatsoever to
De incurred in Cnse Of transgression.
ConclaVists once they leave the concave
are not allowed to return and If a car
uIhaI dles In conclave his conclavists
Inc persons allowed to enter the con-
'laNe are the sacristan of the apostolic
palaces with one or more clerics to as
siSt nm In the service OF the saCristy;
Il humper or masters OF ceremonies, not
~ eAV''" SIN lhe secretary or the sacred
Co'leSe' one religious TO near confessions
'"o P"Fsic''thS' one surgeon one aroma
''i JUS Vi chemist with one or two as
;. S'ahts ana snch other attendants for
the utHlty ana comfort or the conclave,
ou' not more numerous than necessity
requires
MEETING OF THE CARDINALS
on the conclusion NJ tho ohsoo,,ios %
~ da,.o,al .,-...t., .,