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or less certainty group the cardinals in
sucn a way as to know who are the
papablh- The element Of guessWork
sun exists in following such a proc
ess, but it is greatly diminished, and
although the name Of the actual sue
ceSsor can rarely be predicted, stlll the
future pope Is generally elected from
among the cardinals grouped together
as papabih.
The new pope must be a cardinal
whose piety, intellectual attachments
and executive ability are well known.
he must be an Italian, as although the
sacred college is free to elect a for
eigner, for many centuries the pope
mas been an Italian, and a foreign
gope, 1t is feared, would compromise
the question Of temporal power Every
cardinal is bound by oath TO DEFEND
lntegrally and strenuously, the tenn
poral rights and the liberty Of the holy
see especially the civil principally OF
the pope. This implies that II elected
pope he is expected to oppose recon
clllaton with Italy, and a foreigner
may fail to do so, while the three IJaI-
ian pOpes since 1870 followed impllc-
Must Not Be Old.
The new pope must be comparatively
young so as to insure lonS pOntlfl-
cate Finally, he must not belong TO
a monastic order The majority OF car
dinals are secular priests. and although
hard to explain il is obvious to any
one even Slightly acquainted with
Rome that a monk or a frlar VIII never
be elected pope
The sacred college of cardinals is at
present composed of s. members. The
following Italian cardinals may be con-
sidered old as they are over 20: Di
Pietro, who is Sc; Aglarcls who IS
81; GOtt and Serafino Nannutelll, who
are both T9; Frisco, VincenzO VannU
tell, BOSCH. Cassetta, Bacelieri and
Falconio, whose ages vary from Y to
Il Two of the old Italian cardinals
and one of the remaining young" ones
members of monastic or religious or
ders. Gotti, who Is a carmellte rriar;
Falconio, a Franciscan, and Martinelli,
an Agustinian- The process OF elm
nation must now be followed until a
group Of cardinals so-called "papabih' !
VIII Not Be Pope.
The following Italian cardinal dea-
cons have not received episcopal con-
secratiOn: Della Volpe, CagianO, Bis
lett, Lugari and POmpili- OF course
they are eligible to the papacy, but ow-
ing to the fact that they owe their
hats to the posts they occupied in the {
Curia, the first three as majordomOs ]
and the two others as secretaries OF /
congregations. it is not likely that any /
one of them will be elected pope.
Out OF the remaining Italian car /
dinals eight are sO-called cardinals di 1
curia. who reside in Rome, and six oc- /
cupy residential Italian sees Of the /
latter cardinals Francisca-Navas arch /
bishop Of Catania, and Lualdi, arch
bishop of Palermo, as well as cardinal 4
archbishop Of Turin; car
dinal Ferrari. archbishop of Milan: car
dinal Cavallar1, patriarch Of Venice
and cardinal Maffi, archbishop Of Pisa,
owe their dignity to the Importance Of
the episcopal sees they occupy Car
iinal Cavallari was an intimate friend !
Of Piux Y, and cardinal Richelmy is
very close, too close perhaps, to the
Italian royal family. These two and
cardinal Francisca-Nava are decidedly /
not papabili, while the cardinal arch
bishop Of Milan has had trouble with
he mOdernists Of his archdiocese, with
whom he is suspected Of sympathizing.
Have Good Chance.
Cardinals AIaffi and Lualdi, and more
10 the former. have a good chance to
lection, as they are noted for their
Intellectual attainments and executive !
bility, and what is more important ]
heir names have not been mentioned ] ,
S likely candidates for the papacy. |
hey are as il were the black horses
hat generally win in the conclave. The {
light cardinals di Curia who are con- 2
idered papabiH have not Of course
he same chance Of success. and the
'rocess Of elimination will further re- \
luce their number.
Cardinals LorenzeIH, Belmonte and
TicO stand slight chances Of election,
While Cardinal RinaldinTs name has
lever been mentioned.
On the contrary. Cardinal Gasparri
S one Of the most eminent members
f the sacred college and he is well
tilted to become pope. His chances
Z election are strong, ard there are
many who think that at the next con-
lave cardinals Gasparri and Naffi will
e the two foremost candidates.
The group Of papabiH therefore
onsists of the following cardinals:
laffi. Gasparri. Lualdi. De Lai and
'errata- Cardinal AIafh is So years old
e has been six years a cardinal and
e is an eminent scientist Cardinal
.ualdi is Sc, cardinal Gasparri is 81,
ardinal de Lai is 81, and cardinal Fer
alta is SIS.
The new Italian cardinals. created