Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-05-30
CREATE PRINCES OF
CATHOLIC CHURC|
On Ee Of Consstory the Eternal CT,
is Grea ely Astir Over the
Event

ROME, May 2....-On the eve OF Il
,ong-looked-for consistor at whic
dozen Cardinals are to be created
he Eternal City is greatly ast:r ovc
ne event and is lavishly decorate
honor OF the occasion. Not n ce:
rries has a consistory attracted :
zach outside interest as the presel
re, owing to the large number ,
rdinals to be created, and the Ger
onies, which will begin Monday an
ntinue through the greater part
he week, promise to be among tn
cost imposing in the history of tn
hurch
The city is overrun with visitor
rom all over the continent, and hun
reds Of American tourists have al
'anged their itineraries so as to b,
Il Rome the coming week. Thos.
rom the United States desire to wi,
aess the ceremonies, or that porto!
open to the public, in which thre,
=
IONS, Farley and O'Connell-will TAX,
part Among the visitors are many
Canadians, mostly clergy, who are
attracted to the consistory by the
Fact that among those to be created
princes Of the church is one of then
number-the Most Rev. Louis Nazairt
Begin, archbishop of Quebec.
Two distinct ceremonies will b,
performed when the new cardinals re
ceive their insignia of office. The
irst will be at the consistory, to b,
leld Monday, when the cardinals ar,
% be formally created and receiv
the red hat from the hands Of tn,
Pope. At this ceremony the Pope vii
| lsk the opinion Of the Sacred Colleg,
concerning the newly named and vii
| hen solemnly proclaim them card
lals in the name Of the Holy CathC
| ic church. The second ceremony a
! St. Peters Cathedral will equal i
! lot surpass the first in pomp anC
| ;plendor. 1t will consist of the i'm
[ position Of the red baretta and zu
| Ghetto. Before the bestowal, how
ever, there will be a grand process
sion of prelates and priests and a!
| Imposing mass in the presence OF the
| Pope.
| The creating Of so many cardinal.
at one time, though made necessar!
| ny deaths in the Sacred College, j.
extraordinary, and has been duplicat
ed or surpassed only once in modern
| ture Of the consistory is the fact that
| IF the twelve candidates only calf
| are Italians. The addition of six
| foreigners to the Sacred College viii!
reduce the Italian majority in that
body to the smallest proportion in
many years.
No nglish-speaking cardinals are
| included in the list of those to be
| elevated at this consistory The hon
|
| Quebec is considered as a recognition
/ Of the French-speaking Catholics in
| Canada. Some disappointment has
| been expressed that no English-speak,
| ing prelate has been included in the
| list 1t was generally expected that
Australia would be thus honored, Car
dinal Moran, Of Sydney, having died
last year.
The recognition Of Abbot Gasquet
| president Of the English Benedictions,
| is gratifying to the liberal-m.nded
! clement of the church, though none
! of the less surprising. Abbot Gasquet
| visited America only a short time ago
and will be remembered as the head
| of the Benedictine Commission that
| is revising the Vulgate translation Of
the Bible.
The comforting Of the honor upon
| Two Germans, the archbishop of Co
! logne and the archbishop Of Munich,