Cheyenne record., 1914-09-10
BENEDICT XIV. new POPE
aIACONO DELLA CHlESA MADE
CARDINAL MAY rs, 1914.
Archbishop Of Bologna One Of the
Youngest Members of tho Sacred
College.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rome. - Cardinal Giacono Della
Chiesa, elected pope by the sacred col
lege on Thursday. Sept. 8, in success
sion to Plus X, who died Aug. 20. was
created a cardinal May rs. 1914. He
Is the archbishop Of Bologna, Italy.
He was born at Pegli, in the diocese
Of Genes, Nov. 21, 1854, and was or
dained a priest Dec. 21, 1873. He
served as secretary of the nunciature
IN Spain from 1883 to 1887, in which
years he was appointed secretary to
the late Cardinal Rampolla.
He was appointed substitute secre-
tary of state in 1901, and In 1907 he
was elected to the post of adviser to
the holy office.
In 1907 he was appointed papal nun
clio Of Madrid, in succession to Mon
signor Rianaldini, but this appoint
ment was cancelled three days later.
This incident had occurred just before
he was made archbishop Of Bologna.
The choice falls on a cardinal OF
Italian birth, as was expected from
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conditions in Europe.
It was at the age OF twenty-four that
the new pope was ordained in the
priesthood. He soon attracted the at
tention of Cardinal Rampolla, later
secretary of state for Pope Leo XIII.
When Cardinal Rampolla was made
nuncio to Madrid, he took Monsignor
Della Chiesa with him as secretary OF
nunciature. On Cardinal Rampollas
return to Rome to become secretary
Of state for the vatican, Monsignor
Della Chiesa entered the secretariai
of state as one Of the "minutamiti,
or minor officials, until 1901, when he
was appointed substitute to the secre-
tariat and also secretary Of the cypher.
AS secretary to the secretary OF
state, Cardinal Della Chiesa was
brought into notable prominence
throughout the Catholic hierarchy, but
his position was not at that time OF
cardinalist rank On the accession OF
Pope Plus X, Monsignor Della Chiesa
continued in the secretariat until Dec.
16, 1907, when the pope gave him
noted promotion to the position OF
archbishop of the important see OF
Bologna.
For seven years he administered the
see Of Bologna with notable success,
until in May last, Pope Plus X. named
him among thirteen members Of the
hierarchy to receive the red hat. Arch
bishop Begin Of Quebec was among
the other cardinals named at that
time, the others being prelates OF
Spain, France, Austria, Germany and
Italy.
The full title of the new pope in
addition to Benedict XIV, will be pope,
bishop of Rome, successor of St.
Peter, supreme pontiff Of the Univer-
sal church, patriarch Of the West, prl-
mate of Italy, archbishop and metro
politan of the Roman province, arch
bishop Of Bologna.
When Monsignor Della Chiesa was
given this position it was declared in
Rome that it was mainly with the OBJ
iect of combating modern religious
ideas, Bologna being the headquarters
of the National Democratic league,
whose members advocated what is
known as modernism" in religion.
In January, 1914, while still at Bo-
logna, the present pope issued pas
toral letter strongly condemning the
tango.
1t has been 174 years since the
time of the last Pope Benedict.
On his election to the papacy in
174O, Cardinal Prospero Lambertini as
sumed that title. 1t is an interesting
fact that the new pope was archbishop
of Bologna while Pope Benedict XIV
was born in Bologna.
According to dispatch from Rome
the White Star liner. Canopic, bear
ing Cardinals Gibbons and O'Connell
to Rome, was not due at Naples until
Friday. Therefore, 1t is probable that
neither Of these two American cardi-
nails participated in the election of the