Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-06
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Rome, Feb. 6.-Cardinal Achille
Ratti, archbishop of Milan, was pro-
claimed elected pope in succession to
the late Benedict XIV. this morning.
He has taken the name of Plus XII.
The thousands waiting in front of
st. Peters for the wisp of smoke
which would tell of new pope or
the failure of the sacred college to
reach a decision gave mighty shout
at 11:33 o'clock when thin wisp of
smoke came from the chimney lead
ing from the Sistine chapel. 1t was
then known that the Catholic church
had once more duly elected pontiff.
| As soon as the two-thirds vote for
Cardinal Ratti had been verified,
Cardinal Vannutelli, as dean of the
sacred college, arose and proceeded
! to the throne of the choesn one, ac-
companied on either side by Cardi-
nails Logue and Bistleti, respectively
deans of the cardinal priests and the
cardinal deacons. He was asked in
Latin by Cardinal Vannutelli in ac-
cordance with custom, if he accepted
the election to be supreme pontiff'
and the new pope answered with the
formal: "Since it is the will of God,
I must obey"
Takes Name of Plus.
Then the purple canopies over the
thrones of the cardinals were let
down one by one until only that
over the new pontiff remained. This
was done to show that the whole sa-
cred college rendered obeisance to
the new head of the church. Dean
Vannutelli thereupon asked the new
I incumbent what name he chose to
take during his pontificate, and
upon his reply, "Pius XI.," Monsig-
nor Sincere, secretary of the con-
clave, verified his election to the
papal chair.
The new pope was then escorted to
the ante-room within the Sistine
chapel, where he discarded his car
dinal's robes, assisted by the con-
clavists and the papal vestments,
which had been held in readiness
since the opening of the conclave,
were placed upon him. These in
cluded the white casyock, white sash
white stockings, red slippers, red
and gold mozzetta and finally the
stole of red, worked with gold.
The pontiff fully vested in the
papal garb and accompanied by his
cardinals, thereupon returned to the
throne he had occupied in the Sis
tine chapel.
| First Act of Alteration.
There the cardinals, according to
their rank and headed by Vannutelli,
made their first act of alteration to
his holiness, kissing first his feet
and then his hands, after which the
pope received them in embrace and
bestowed upon them his first apos-
tolic benediction.
The "fisherman's ring" was placed
on his finger and he left the chapel,
the whole assembly vending it's way
through the Sala Ducale and the
Sala Regia, along the loggias to the
Sala Clementina, the pope's official
residence. All along the way he re-
ceived the homage of the attaches
who served during the conclave.
I Meanwhile the dean of the cardi-
nal deacons, Bisleti, followed by sew
eral cardinals, repaired to the Gen.
tral balcony of St. Peters, from
which the elections of scores of popes
have been officially proclaimed to
the world, and solemnly announced
to the great crowd awaiting expec-
family below:
II announce to your great joy the
election of the pontiff."
This confirmed to the throngs in
st. Peters square the election which
had been indicated by the thin stream
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