The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-11
POPE BENEDICT XIV:
MANNER OF MAN HE is


irrcpr'achabl" Whn, always cour-
teoHS. ic il =uardcd ia his statements
He * rcmHri.,t.l" for his ability to
keep his temper. NcVc. docs his voice
, rise. although hc can command the
greatest force ia his sentences. lie is
ia. finished diplomatist
What nirtl' and training have To do
III the producing al this manner Of man
~ sven 10y a review OF H"ncdict's life. He
- u" son of M.trchcsc della ChIcSa
pronounced i\eenHaD and was born iu
'eSIi. III The diocese OF Genoa. Novcm-
Der y. lS5f christopher columbus
was also a uativ" OF pcel:.
lie received his education at the
capronican College. and later attended
the Academy of Noble Ecclcsiastics
winch Formerly was reserved exclusive
u Tor persons OF noble birth lie Was
"rdtiucn Il priest In ISIS
Then c:lne irtinir.; under three OF
tuc greatest modern church statesmen
Pope Leo MIL. Cardinal Rampoli,
ana cardinal Merry Del Val. In ISIS:
u- accompanied MEr. Earupoiia
ht'"r cardinal, t" Spain. where the lat e.
ter was Nuncio This was under pouc
Leo. IN lS>T y" returned to Rome. where.
Nan;poila had become cardinal. and
entered tho S-crcturiat OF state as ON.
ot th" uIinutantc ur minor officials
IN 1901 he was appointed substitute
OF IA" sccrctariat and secretary Of the
Cypher. Here II" was in position to
study Ia" diplomacy Of the Vatican in
tinatcly. In the same year he was
appointed consultor Of the Holy Office
His promotion was rapid ON Deem
Der 10. 1907 Pope Plus y. appointed
riin archbishop OF the important See
OF Bologna. Here his administration
was most di!iEcnt. He attracted popu-
lar attention once by an indignant at
tack ON the tango which he forbade
a. -A,,l.
characterized by great prudence and
diplomacy.
Not for century has a cardinal o.;
such short standing been made Pope
flc assumed the Red Hat May - last.
Less than four months later he became
Ito give him his full titlc), Ills Holt
ness the Pope, Bishop Of Rome and
Vicar of Jesus Christ; Successor Of st
iet"r. Prince OF the Apostles; Supreme
Pontim OF the Universal Church Pa =
triarch OF the West, Primate of Italy,
Archbishop and Metropolitan OF the
Roman Province, Sovereign of the Tenn
poral Dominions of tho Holy Roman
Catholic Church"
Many see the finger OF Cardinal Merry
Del Val. TO whom the new Pope was
50 long assistant. in the election. II
is the concensus or opinion here that
the avtican is more apt to return to
the policy Of Leo XIII. than to CON
tinuc the method OF Plus y Others
predict what they term happy
medium between diplomacy Is a metto
and piety as motto
IL fate deals an kindly az usual with
! Benedict Nv he Will occupy the throne
for many years. lie will he sixty years
old on November ~ OF this year Plus
y was sivty-eight years at his cleo
I tion, and his pontiticatc lated eleven
years. Leo Nil WAS the same age, and
lie reigned twenty five years Gregory
I'M. Lodi
Ave years of age when elected. and he
seigned sixteen years. The youngest
man to be chosen Pontif in tho last
three-quartcrs OF a century was Plus
IN He was nifty four. and his pontih-
cate covered thirty-,wO years
II IS believed the pope's age had
much TO do With hts election. 1t was
deemed wise 10 have a Pontin not
weighted down with years or inflrmity.
Pope Benedict Nv. is the l6oth oc-
cupant of the chair Of ST. Peters OF
fifty Popcs since 1878, all save
four have been Italians.
1t is curious that tho present Pope,
selected after much balloiing, is cle-
waited in much the same CONFRONT Sc
manner as Pope Benedict XIV, whose
name the present Pope assumes. The
former was Archbishop OF Bologna, too.
The conclave OF 1910 was unable TO
agree on 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
Il Pope favorable to themselves so that
the divided Conclave promised to bo
protracted indefinitely II was brought
to sudden and most unexpected end
by the following remarkable speech
of Cardinal I,ambertini, Archbishop OF
Bologna, known rs wit:
Gentlemen, this must stop. The peo-
pie OF my archbishopric need moe, and
the people OF your archbishoprics need
you.
IF you want saint. there is Car
dinal Ostini: II YOU want a states
man, there is Cardinal Aldobrandini;
II YOU want an all-around good fellow,
here am J."
Al the very next ballot he was
elected Pope almost unanimously. and
proved one OF the greatest men who
ever sat iii the chair OF st. Peter.
The new Pope Is said 10 be opposed
10 modernism" in religion. When he
was appointed Archbishop OF Bologna
/; was said that lie was put there to
combat certain new ideas which were
being promulgated Ivy the National
Democratic League. with headquarters
in Bologna.