Putnam patriot., 1914-09-11

WIS appointed substitute of the secreta- riate and secretary of the cipher, one of the minor offices In the church or Rnnization Ut Rome.
 This office of the rising ecclesiaStic k by no means q "eardinalitial post, and if was q surprise tn some of the members of tbe church who did not know his reputation for learning aud churchlipess when oil Dec l6. l9OI, the late Pope Pins x. appointed him to the important see of Bologna. Less than seven years Of prudent admiuis- traton there won him he high honor nf selection for one of the vacant seats in the college of cardinals. in May. l9ll, He will not be sixty until No vemher of this year, as has been writ ten. and sixty is about the average age for cardnalitial creations" That age is. of course. below the average of the "papabilt" as the members of the col lege of cardinals who are considered most eligible for elevation to the pon- tideate are called.
 Coincidence In Careers of Benedicts.
 
 cidence in the careers of the two Rene diets. the new pope and the former wearer of the name. Benedict XIV. in the fact that they were both arch bishops of Bologna. Whether this fact influenced the new pope in the selec- ton of his name teach pope on his ac- ression has his choice of the name by which he will be knownl is not known with certainty. however.
 But Pope Benedict NV is a dligent : student of the history of the church and k believed to be an ardent admircr ot the former bearer of the name. So it k hy mo means improbable that he was greatly influenced ih his selection of jbe name by the eoineidenccs i'm the careers of himself and his predece~Sor Pope Benedict NlN was sixty five years old when raised .a the throne.
 One of Thirteen New Cardinals.
 The elevation of Archbishop della Chiesa to the cardinalate took place on May 25. l9ll. at secret consist | ory At that time Pope Plus \. creat- | ed thirteen new cardinals, of whom i the new pope was one. Another cardi ual. Mgr Belle, patriarch of Lisbon, | Portugal. had been selected at the con. i ~istory of tql1. but his name had been | held by the head of the church in l petto." Latin term meaning "m the i breast" or in secret that is, he had been selected for the second highest i ' deemed advisable to keep the name se cret for a time. This has been done sometimes in the Roman Catholic church for reasons of state But Mgr. i Bellos name was announced this year 1 as a new wearer of the red hat and he l assumed full Nrdinaatiai honorS,
 Della Voioe Conducted Election.
 Al thc same cousistory the office of papsl eamerlengo. or chamberlain, was i ereu ta CardlnH della Nolpe. and this i placed him in temporary charge of the l Vatican after the death 0t Pope Fiu and la the interregnHm. He also had full charge If the eonclaye and elees ton of the new pope
 Made Cardinals When Della chiesa Was Chosen,
 The other new earaiaalS chosen at i the same time as Candinal deila chic sa mow Pope Benedict ANJ are as l follows;
 Mgr. Louis Sazaire Begin. archbishop | of Quebec, Canada.
 Mgr. V. Giusascia ' Menendez, arch bishop of Toledo. Spain.
 Mgr. Domenico Serafini, assessor Of the congregation of the holy office.
 Nor John Czernoek, arehbishop of