The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-09-11

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Less than four months later he be-
came, (to give him his full title):
ellis Holiness the Pope, Bishop Of
Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ; sue
cessor of st. Peter, Prince of the
Apostles; Supreme Pontiff of the Uni
versal church, Patriarch of the West,
Primate of Italy, Archbishop and
Metropolitan of the Roman Province,
Sovereign of the Temporal Dominions
of the Holy Roman Catholic Church."
Many see the finger of Cardinal
Merry Del Val, to whom the new pope
was so long assistant, in the election.
1t is the concensus of opinion here
that the vatican Is more apt to return
to the policy Of Leo XIII than to con-
tinue the method of Plus X. Others
predict what they term a "happy me-
dunn between diplomacy as motto
and piety as MOTTO"
IL fate deals as kindly as usual with
Benedict XIV he will occupy the throne
for many years. He will be sixty
years old on November 81 of this
year. Plus X was sixty-eight years
at his election and his pOntificate last
ed eleven years. Leo XIII was the
same age and he reigned twenty-five
years. Gregory XIV, who preceded
Plus TX, was sixty-five years of age
when elected and he reigned sixteen
years. The youngest man to be chos-
en- pontiff in the last three-quarters of
a century was Plus TX. He was fifty
four and his pontificate covered thir-
ty-two years.
1t is believed the Pope's age had
much to do with his election. 1t was
deemed wise to have a pontiff not
weighed down with years or infirm-
ity.
Pope Benedict XIV is the 16Oth oc-
cupant of the chair of st. Peter. OF
fifty-seven popes since 1878 all save
four have been Italians.
1t is curious that the present pope
selected after much balloting is ele-
waited in much the same compromise
manner as Pope Benedict XIV, whose
name the present pope assumes. The
former was Archbishop of Bologna,
too.
The conclave of 1740 was unable to
agree on a successor to Clement XII
cardinals were divided almost evenly
between France and Spain. Each Of
the two Catholic powers tried to elect
a pope favorable to themselves, so
that the divided conclave promised to
be protracted indefinitely. 1t was
brought to sudden and most unex-
pected end by the following remark
able speech Of Cardinal Lambertini,
Archbishop of Bologna, known as a
wit:
Gentlemen, this must stop. The
people of my archbishopric need me
and the people Of your archbishoprics
need you.
eff you want saint, there is Car
dinal Ostini; if you want statesman,
there is Cardinal Aldobrandini. If you
want an all-around good fellow, here
am l."
At the very next ballot he was
elected pope almost unanimously, and
proved one of the greatest men who
ever sat in the chair of st. Peter.
The new Pope is said to be opposed
to modernism" in religion. When
he was appointed Archbishop of Be-
logna it was said that he was put
there to combat certain new ideas
which we're being promulgated by the
National Democratic League, with
headquarters in Bologna.
Some Important Dates in the Life of
Pope Benedict XIV.
Born at Pegli, in the diocese of Ge-
noa, Italy, November 81, 1854.
Ordained to the priesthood in
Homeland in 1878.
Became secretary to Mgr. Rampol-
la, afterward Cardinal Rampolla,
when that prelate was Papal Nuncio
to Madrid, Spain, in 1883.
Returned to Rome with Cardinal
Rampolla, and entered the Secretary
of State, one of the "minutanti," in
1887.
Appointed substitute of the Secre-
tariate and Secretary of the CIPHER in
1901, under Cardinal Merry Del Val
Appointed Archbishop of Bologna.
December 16, 1907, by Pope Plus X,
and on December 25, 1907, consecrat-
ed in the Sistine Chapel by the Pontiff
Created a Cardinal by Pope Plus X,
at last consistory of Pontiff's life,
May 25, 1914.
Elected Pope of the Roman Catho-
lie church, September 3, 1914.
Took name of Pope Benedict XIV,
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September 8, 1914.