The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-01-26
BENEDICT XIV
BURIED WITH
SOLEMN RITES
Historic and Beautiful Ritual
Witnessed Only by Mem
bers of the Sacred College
and Few Others.
BODY LIES IN CRYPT
(By Associated Press)

ROME, Jan. 26-Pope Benedict XIV
was entombed with solemn and I'M
pressive ceremony this afternoon. His
body, enclosed in three caskets and
dressed in the pontifical robes, lies IN
a crypt under the great basilica of st.
Peters to the right of the entrance.
The historic and beautiful ritual
was witnessed only by members of the
Sacred College members of the pom
tifical household, the papal nobility
and diplomats accredited to the Va
tican. The great bronZed doors of st.
Peters had been closed at noon, cut
ting off the great stream of humanity
which for three days had been pass
ing before the great catafalque where
the body lay in state.
The ceremony began with the re-
moval of the body from the chapel of
the Holy Sacrament to the chapel OF
the choir. 1t rested upon bier which
was borne upon the shoulders of the
red-robed ushers, whose usual func-
tions are to carry the pope in the
papal chair in pontifical professions.
Chant Anthem.
The funeral cortege was headed by
the Vatican clergy bearing torches and
chanting the anthem 'Exaltabunt
Domino" on either side of the bier
strobe members of the Swiss guards
and the papal gendarmie.
AS the procession moved the choir
/ of the chapel Julia in flowing robes
OF purple sang the "Miserere." Noble
guards in dazzling full dress uni
| forms. formed an escort of honor, and
the pontiff's bier was covered with a
tapestry of red damask upon which
| the body had rested while lying in
state in the basilica.
| All the morning a seemingly endless
| stream of humanity flowed past the
! bier in the basilica where the body lay
and the scenes of the past three days
were repeated, except that the crowd
seeking admittance to the cathedral
| was greater if anything than before
| Churchmen, pilgrims and iaymer
mingled in the mass that strove tC
| gain admission in time to get 9
/ glimpse of the dead pontiff.
Breaking the shuffling of feet inside
the basilica was the sound of hammers
as workmen built the catafalque or
which the body was borne in th'
! funeral procession.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-Cath
olics of the Philadelphia diocese today
paid silent tribute to the late Pope
Benedict XIV and offered prayers fo1
4 the repose of his soul. Divine assist
ance also was asked in guiding th'
cardinals in the selection of a new
pope.
:, In compliance with the request o
the Right Rev. Michael J. Crane, aux
iliary bishop to Cardinal Dougherty
solemn high masses of requiem wert
=. celebrated in nearly every Catholi
, church in the diocese. All parochla
schools were closed and the pupil
, We're requested to attend the masse
in their parishes.
No further word has been receives
, from Cardinal Dougherty, who was o.
a holiday cruise to the West Indie
when the pope died. He is eXpecte'
to arrive in New York tomorrow o.
the steamship Saint George and vii
come to Philadelphia the same day
| Plans have been made for him to sal
! for Rome on Saturday to attend tn
sacred conclave at which Pope Benz
diets successor will be chosen. Th
personnel of the party that will az
company the cardinal has not been al
nounced.
BALTIMORE, Jan. ga pOntifica
5 high mass of requiem for Pope Benz
: dict XIV was sung at the cathedrs
: this morning with Archbishop Curle
5 as celebrant, assisted by members c
: the local clergy. Bishop Thomas :
+, Shahan, rector of the Catholic Unive,
r sity at Washington, delivered tn
l eulogy.