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new POPE |S0F
PATRIGIAN CLASS
Has Brothers in the italian
Navy and Army and Is
Son of a Marquise.

Of the Fisherman. A son Of marchese
tmarquise) whose brothers are an ad-
miraI and a captain in the Italian
navy. follows as poutiff of three hun
dred million Catholics. the son of a
village postman whose devout sisters
are the humblest Of peasants.
VIII my fran shoulders be able TO
bear this burden?" cried Giacomo. car
dfuaI della Chiesa. archbishop Of
Bologna when his election as vicar OF
Jesus Christ on earth, was announced
His hearers knew he referred to the
ArmaEeddon. for ne realized Iul4 Wen
he had been chosen TO meet one OF the
greatest crises in the WORLDS history.
And so is elevated to the highest
spiritual seat a man almost unknown
outside of Italy, one whose % years
make him young man IN the papacy'
The whole world, Catholic and non
Catholic alike, is curious over the per-
sonality of this figure whom the as
rute members of the sacred college
hope viii lead mankind back 10 the
walks Of peace There IS found noIn-
ing in the comparison Of the persons
OF Plus X and Benedict XIV. which
would suggest the higher birth, OF the
latter. In the new pope one sees s,i 4
man 5 feet II inches high and Wen
built. He is a trifle bent, as II from
study and wears heavy spectacles- he
is not a handsome man Asked Tor ms
portrait recently by friend, ne re-
I am too ugly to have my photo
grsph taken" and added that ne nao
not a single one in his possession
Only after much coaNlng vas ne ~ n
duced TO sit There was undoubtedly
much mOdesty in this, but Benedlct
XIV, if not ugly is not a handsome
Earnest, Quick TO Grasp.
Yet. everyone who talks with him
is deIighted. He is extremely earnest
He is quick to grasp and quick TO re
Dlv His bearing in conversation IS
teous he is guarded in his statements
He is remarkable for his ability 10
keep his temper. Never does his voice
rise, although he can command the
greatest force in his sentences de Is
the finished diplomatisL
What birth and training have TO 90
in the producing Of this manner OF
man is seen by a review Of BenedlcI
life. He is the son Of marchese della
Chiesa pronounced keeaZa) and was
born in PeEli, in the diocese Of Genoa
November u, 1854 Christopher Co
lumbus was also a native Of Pegu
He received his education at the
CaprOnican college, and later attended
the Academy Of Noble EccleslasllcS
which formerly was reserved eXclu-
sively for persons Of noble birth he
was ordained a priest IN 1879
Trained Under Leo XII.
Then came training under three OF
the greatest modern church statesmen
-PoDe Leo Kill cardinal RampOlla
and cardinal Merry Del Val. In 1883
he accompanied Mgr. RamQolla (laJer
cardinaD to Spain, where the latter
was NunciO- This was under pope
leo In 1873 he returned TO Rome,
where Rampolla had become a cardl-
nal and entered the secretarlat OF
state as one Of the mlnutante or minor
officials
In 1901 he was appointed substitute
Of the secretariat and secretary OF
the CIPHER. Here he was in a position
10 study the diplomacy Of the vatican
intimately In the same year ne was
appointed cOnsultOr OF the holy oIItce
His promotion was rapid On De-
cember 16, 1907. Pope Plus X appoint
ed him archbishop Of the important
see Of Bologna Here ms adminlstra-
ton was most diligent He attracted
popular attention once by an indig-
nant attack on the tango, which he
forbade his people TO dance His work
was characterized by great prudence
Breaks a Century's Record
Not for a century mas a cardinal
Of such short standing been made
pope. He assumed the red hat Nay
. last Less than four months later
he became This holiness the popeJ
bishop of Rome and vicar Of Jesus
Christ successor Of St Peter, prince
OF the apostles supreme pOnUft OF me
universal church. patriarch Of the
metropolitan Of the Roman province
sovereign Of the temporal dominions
Of the Holy Roman CathOnc churcn-
Many see the finger of cardinal
Merry Del Val. to whom the new pope
was so long assistant. in the election
It is the consensus Of opinion here
that the vatican is more apt to return
10 the policy of Leo XIII than to con-
tfnue the method Of Plus X Others
predict what they term happy me-
dunn between diplomacy as a motto
and piety as a motto"
Age Influenced Election
It is believed the pope's age had
much to do with his election II was
deemed wise TO have a pOntiff not
weighed down with years or lnflrmlIy-
Pope Benedict XIV is the l6Oth &C
cupant of the chair Of St Peter OF 81
pOpes since 1873, all save four have
It is curious that the present pope,
selected after much ballOtng, is ele-
waited in much the same compromise
manner as pope Benedict XIV. whose
name the present pope assumes The
former was archbishop Of Bologna
too.
The conclave Of 174O was unable
to agree on a successor to Clement
XII for many months The votes Of
the cardinals were divided almost
evenly between France and SPAIN
Each Of the two Catholic powers tried
TO elect q pope favorable TO them
selves. so that the divided conclave
promised to be protracted indefinitely.
II was brought to a sudden and most
unexpected end. by the following re-
markable speech Of cardinal Lamber-
TIM, archbishop Of Bologna. known
as a W.T.;
Gentlemen, this must stop. The
people of my archbishopric need me
and the people Of your archbishoprics
need you.
IF you want a saint, there is car
dinaI Ostini; If you want a statesman,
there is cardinal AldObbrandini; II
you want an all-around good fellow,
here am L.
At the very next ballot he was elect
ed pope almost unanimously, and
proved one Of the greatest men who
ever sat in the chair Of St Peter.
The new pope is said to be opposed
70 modernism" in religion When he
was appointed archbishop Of Bologna
il was said that he was put there to
combat certain new ideas which were
being promulgated by the National
Democratic league. with headquarters
in Bologna
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