Evening star., 1922-01-23
WASHINGTON CATHOLICS MOURN
PASSING OF POPE DURING WEEK
Churches, Schools and Colleges to Hold
Services-President Sends Message of
Condolence-Delegates Letter to Bishops.

place; consult with fsn on important
affairs and discuss the attitude OF the
Holy see on the most morentous ques-
tions. Their views and attitudes were
always identical and harmonious.
Although the Pope was not power
full in physique. while Gasparri Is
rather stout. both were indsfatiga-
BILE workers and they would go on
without relenting from o'clock in
the morning, when they began their
tire.
Nine-Day Obsequies.
Cardinal Gasparri will hold the re-
sponsible position of chamberlain
during the obsequies of the Pope
which win last nine days and during
the conclave he will be assisted by
the deans of the three orders in which
the cardinals are grouped-cardineis
nails. deacon. The authorized mem
bership of the sacred college cannot
surpass seventy and now consists Of
sixty-one. thirty-one Italians snd
thirty foreigners. There are only
six cardinals bishop. to whom are
entrusted the six dioceses Immediate
ly around Rome. The dean of these
dioceses Is Cardinal Vincenzo .Vanu-
telli, who was in the United Ststes
about ten years ago while represen-
tdtlVe OF rope fluS 10 the euCnarle'lc
congress In Montreal, Canada.
Since the death of Cardinal Gibbons,
Cardinal Vannutelli is also dean of
the entire sacred college. The car
dinal, who IS elghty-five years oid,
seems twenty years younger. his tall,
retired cavalry officer than an ecele-
siastic. He finds much enjoyment In
walking, and. although there is an
unwritten rule in the Vatican which
prohibits the wearers of the purple
to walk inside the city of Rome, at
brother. Cardinal Serafino Vannutslli,
he donned the garb Of an ordinary
priest and visited his brother daily.
He was candidate in the conclave of
not believed his name will be brought
forward now.
Cardinals Priest.
The order OF the cardinals priest
would comprise fifty members II the
sacred college had its full number Of
seventy. The dean OF this order. since
the death of Cardinal Gibbons. is
Cardinal Michael Logue. Archbishop
of Armagh. Ireland. who is eighty
two years old. He was created car
dinal by Leo XIII in 1893.
Cardinal Gaetano Bisleti is the pres
ent dean of the order of the cardinals
deacons which. in a full sacred col
4cSes "oulu COIlpIlSc AouTleSn Iictu.
bers. The dean is well known among
tourists from every land. as 1t is he
who receives every person who wishes
to be admitted to a public or private
audience with the Pope. He is small.
gentle man, about sixty-f1ve years old.
Should Cardinal Gasparri be chosen
the next Pope, the conciliatory atti-
tude toward the government of Italy
taken by Benedict will no doubt be
continued. but another cardinal might
have different ideas with regard to
the old standing problem Of the re-
lations between church and state in
Italy.
To the adherents Of proverbs. Cardi-
nal Gasparri will not be the victor in
the coming conclave. for an old
Roman proverb. HE who enters the
conclave as Pope comes out of 1t as
cardinal has been born out in the
last three elections. when Leo XIII,
Plus x and Benedict XIV were elected
contrary to the expectations Of the
majority.