Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-20
Pope Plus X
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when he tthe Patriarch) blessed 'ne
foundation stone of the new ea,ipaa,,
in piazza. San Marco. He was the can
| didate of LIE XIII as MS <...,,re
hut he SO little realized the iu.u,
~. Yben he left Venice, in july
1903 for the Conclave IN NUM-
bought return ticket
In the Cenclave the struggle T
for and against Cardinal Panipon 80
xIIrs secretary Of state,
chances were lost when Cafoili'.i
vi pronounced. the veto Oh ue'iio
AGAINST him. which veto was supposeo
IA renresent the Triple Alliance Iheh'
needing a compromise Pope, all eyes
turned to Cardinal Sarto, VINO at frst
refused but was afterward induced
: ~ accent the high position, being
elected almost unanimously on Aug.
4. assuming the title of:
pope Plus y, Bishop of Rome and
Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of
St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles: SUI
preme Pontiff of the Universal
Church, Patriarch of the West, Pri-
mate of Italy; Archbishop and Met
ropolita of the Roman Province and
! Sovereign of the Temporal Dominions
of the Holy Roman Church.
The Pontifcate OF Pope Plus X was
| characterized by that spirit of mod
esty which never abandoned him and
by that strong religious feeling which
made him choose as a motto, "To re-
store everything to Christ" The day
after his coronation he was asked to
give orders for his private apartment
| in the Vatican, and while he urged
| the then young MonsignQre Merry del
| Val, his pro-secretary of state, TO oc-
| cupy the gorgeous Borgia apartment,
he himself chose four small rooms in
the low ceilinged suite above the state
! apartment for the Pontiff, which I'M
der Leo XIII had been occupied by
his private secretary. Mgr. Angel.
Plus X desired TO give himself up
entirely to his work In so doing he did
not spare any fatigue, and giving au-
diences, admitting people to large re-
ceptions. celebrating masses, preach
ing, giving communion, reached such
a point of exhaustion that while in
the exercise of his priestly function
in the Pauline chapel, crowded with
people, he tainted, and thus started
after-that he was liable to fainting
fits. which was quite untrue, as that
was the only occasion on which he
suffered in that way. and it was en-
tirely due to the heat and the vitiated
air Of the chapel
That was the first opportunity for
the officials of the Vatican to step in,
and on the pretext of protecting the
Popes health, attempt gradually to
isolate him from the world. However,
they were not always successful. One
of the yearly American pilgrimages
had left the United States at the be-
ginning of July, 1903. On their way
to Europe Leo XIII, who should have
received them, died, SO that they were
In Rome during the Conclave, and the
day on which Plus X was elected and
descended into st. Peters to give his
first benedictien they were in the Bas-
ilion, with two American flags wav-
Ing above the immense crowd assem-
bled there and joining hurrahs to the
cheering which was in the Vatican
gardens when suddenly, the work of
the officials having already begun,
they were ordered away as the Pope
was seen approaching. With true Amer
lean determination they objected that
they did not want to leave. Plus X,
who understooS something of what
was going on, inquired. and Cardinal
Gibbons, who was among those who
accompanied them, explained that ii
was q pilgrimage of his countrymen
who desired to pay homage to the Holy
Father. They had asked for an audi
ence and were waiting for the ap-
pointed day. The Pontiff Immediately
said there was no necessity to wait,
and he would receive the Americans
at once in the adjoining Museum
Lapidarium. Thus Plus X received the
first pilgrimage of his Pontificate, held
in his hands and blessed the two
American flags which are still preserv-
ed, one in Rome and one in New York.
Plus Y did not intend to change the
substance of the policy which his
two predecessors had followed towards
Italy. His protests against the loss of
the Temporal Power, however, lost the
vehemence and bitterness which for
merly characterized them.
The strongest Of his protests on this
subject was when President Loubet,
disregarding the prohibition to all
Catholic rulers and heads of states to
visit the King of United Italy in his
capital, was the first, with the excep-
ton of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria,