The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-11
BENEDICT XIV.
ASSUMES CROWN
Pope Takes Tiara Of Peter
Amid AccIamations
SCENE A DAZZLING CINE
Performed In Sistine Chapel Of the
Vatican-Roman A~ristocracy and
Members Of Sacred College
in Gorgeous Array.

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Reme.-The impressive ceremony
of Growing Pope Benedict XIV. was
performed in the Sistine chapel Of
the Vatican.
Fifty-eight Cardinals including Car
dinals Gibbons, Farley and O'ConneH,
gorgeously robed and mitred, and
scores of prelates, chamberlains in
full uniform and troops surrounded
the gestatorial chair bearing the Pope
in cloth of gold studded with jewels
through the crowded corridors Of the
Vatican.
After the alteration of the sacra-
ment in the Pauline chapel the cor
tege proceeded to the Sistine chapel,
where the Pope, assisted by the Car
dinals, celebrated high mass. He was
solemnly crowned with the tiara amid
the acclamations Of the crowds, the
sounding OF trumpets and the ringing
of bells.
Long before the doors Of the
Vatican were opened at $50 o'clock
in the morning the great piazza was
full to the colonnades with waiting
people. Troops divided the people
into squares in order to maintain
order and quiet.
Precisely at 8 o'clock Pope Bene-
dict appeared in the Sistine chapel.
The Pontiff, carried high in the
canopied sedia gestatoria and u
rounded by the Noble Guards in new
red uniforms with swords drawn, was
the last figure in the procession en-
tering the church. Immediately pre-
ceding him were the Cardinals mag
n~ifcently robed and attended each
one with his chaplain, equerry and
trainbearer. The Cardinals were pre-
ceded by the pontiical chaplain bear
ing the historical triple crown or
tiara, ornamented with precious
stones and pearls and equipped with
three royal diadems. A cleaning
cross preceded the cortege.
"Tu est Petrus."
To the right of the Pope was the
tribune of the Ambassadors and to his
left that of the Roman ~aristocracy.
Eight chosen men surrounded him
bearing the famous ostrich feather
fans with peacock tips that added a
luxurious touch to the scene The
audience burst into shouts of APP
plause, which were continued until
the Pope rose and. by a gesture OF
blessing, requested that the cheers
cease. 1t was a stirring and impress
sive moment. Bells rang, the papal
troops knelt, trumpets sounded long
drawn notes throughout the lofty
arches and the great choir sang the
anthem "Tu est Petrus."
The actual ceremony of coronation
was begun by the Pope blessing the
altar and assuming symbolic vest.
ments. One of the Cardinals entered
from the crypt of st. Peters bearing
the ponti1cal pallium. This. was
placed about the shoulders Of the
Pope and fastened with three jeweled
gold pins.
Mass was said, the Gospel being
read in Latin and Greek. The Pope
brook the wafer, communing with one
half and giving the other half to the
deacon and s~ub-deacon.
At the end of the mass the arch
priest advanced with a purse contain
ing twenty-five pacil, equal in value tc
about so cents, and gave the money &c
the Pope, saying: Accept this fee
for a mass we'll said"
Following this the Cardinals kissed
the Pope's foot and embraced him. A
prelate then advanced bearing a dish
on which vas live charcoal. Taking
a position before the Pope, he laid
handful of hemp over the coal, and
as the smoke assembled, uttered the
following reminder; Holy Father
thus passes the glory Of the world"
With the Sacred College gathered
about him the Pope chanted Pales
trina's Corona Aurea Super Caput
Eius," while the choir sang a song
of triumph. When silence was re
stored the Senior Cardinal Deacon
crowned the Pope with the tiara, say
ing the while in Latin: Receive the
triple crown and know that you are
the father of kings, the pastor of the
world, the vicar of Christ, and crown
ed Pope"
At the conclusion of these words
thunderous applause joined with the
ringing of bells and blasts of trum
pets, until the newly crowned Pope
rose and ordered silence and pro
nounced the benediction.
The ceremony ended at l O'Clock
and the Pope retired, borne away in
the sedia gestatoria.