The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-31
SACREOCOllEGE
BECOMING MORE
INTERNATIONAL
WITH THE CREATION OF TAlR-
TEEN NEW CARDINALS LAST
MAY THE COLLEGE REACHED
A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF
SIxTY-SIx.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Rome. Aug 30.-The full MEM err
ship Of the Sacred College of Cardinals,
which elects the Pope is more inter
national in its representation than at
any time in the history of tho church.
With the creation of thirteen new
cardinals last May, Pope Plus X
brought the college up to S. only four
less than the maximum number al
lowed under the laws of the church
and three more than participated in
his own election in 1908. when there
was q record attendance of 63 Cardi-
nails.
While the Sacred College is not a
representative body in a strict sense
of the word. this year nearly all the
countries are represented in 1t. South
America. the United States Canada,
England. Ireland, Holland, Belgium,
Portugal, Germany. Austria. Hungary,
Italy France and Spain-fourteen ma
tons in all. The Orient has no cardi-
nal. neither has Russia, Africa. Aus
tralasia or Switzerland.
Twenty Of the present cardinals are
from five Of the warning nations of
Europe Austria Hungary having
and Germany ?. as against a total of
IL which might be said to represent
the allies" in the European war
While the world has been led to
expect that the traditions of the Cath
Ole church will he maintained by the
elevation of an lt\ian and not a for
eisner to the Papacy, the fact has been
generally overlooked that large num-
Der of the present Italian princes of
the church. from among whom the
Pope is said to be most likely to lie
chosen. might lay claim to being cos
mopolitan.
Dean of the College.
Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli dean
of the Sacred College, spent almost
quarter of a century in Mexico Mu-
mich, Central and South America, Bel
GUM and Vienna; his brother, Cardi-
nal Vincent Nannutelli, passed over
twenty years in Holland, Belgium.
Constantinople and Lisbon; Cardinal
A gliardi spent three years in India and
four IN Vienna; Cardinal di Pietro was
for ten years in the Argentine, Brazil,
Munich. and Madrid; Cardinal Gotti
lived for three years in Brazil; Card!-
nal Ferrata has filled diplomatic Off
GERS in Switzerland, Belgium and
France: Cardinal Martinelli was sec
ond Apostolic Delegate to the United
States; Cardinal F'alconio was the
third. and became a naturaIized Amer
lean citizen; and Cardinals Rinaldini.
Lorenzelh, Gasparri. Vico, BeImOnte.
and Serafini all had years of expert
ence outside of Italy The ONLY car
dlnals in curia, that is attached di-
rectly to the head of the church 1T
Rome, who have not spent part of their
lives abroad are Cardinals De l-ai,
Cassetta Della Nolpe, CaS!a1o. his
lett Pompili, Giustini, Lega and Sec
rhi all of whom have passed their |
lives in various Offices in the Roman
Curia.
With all Sc members of the college /
present at the ConcIaVe il would require |
a votes to elect The rule IS that an |
election does not take place until the !
candidate has received two-t birds OF |
All the votes cast. With the Italians |
holding the ma jOritY. and with some |
# the foreign delegates absent prom |
4hly. it is generally supposed that the !
,Onclave will not seriously consider !
foreign Pope at this time. The pom /
tiff tn he elected is the 231th IN the !
history of the church, and 1t = inter- |
,Sting to note that of those previously |
-ecorded, excepting the thrice elected |
2enedict TX. there have been alto /
.pthpr- los Popes who were Roman, 100 |
Italian other than Roman, and -
rams Alpine or transnparine.