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CARDINAL RATTI
CHOSEN POINT F.
Archbishop Of Milan Succeeds
Benedict W.
TAKES MAIZE OF P,US X
"Fisherman's Ring" is Placed on His
Finger and He is Acclaimed Head
of Church With Historic Ceremonial.


Finger and He is Acclaimed Head
of Church With Historic Ceremonial
Rome, Feb. 7.-Achille, Cardinal
Ratti. Archbishop of Milan, was pro,
claimed elected pope in succession tC
Benedict Nv. He is the 26lst occu,
pant Of the throne of st. Peter.
He is in his Goth year and has taken
The name Of Plus NJ. He was chosen
on the seventh ballot, as was Plus Y
his predecessor in name but not in
date. Like his direct predecessor,
Pope Benedict, he had been d cardi,
nal less than year.
The coronation of Pope Plus XI will
take place February -, it was Oftici
ally announced.
The thousands waiting in front OF
ST. Peters for the Wisn Of smoke which
would tell of the election Of new
pope or the failure Of the Sacred Col
Ie"e of Cardinals to reach Il decision
gave Il mighty shout when Il thin wisI
Of smoke came from the chimney lead
ING from the Sistine chapel. 1t was
then known the Catholic church had
risrr more duly elected Il pontiff.
1t was a striking scene as Pope
Plus made his first appearance at the
front Of st. Peters. AS his holiness
gave the benediction the assembled
troops presented arms, while the
crowd acclaimed the new pontiff.
of the leading possibilities of Cardinal
GaSparri'S group, or peace party" as
it has been termed. 1t stands fer re
Consolidation with tie Italian govern
mcnt, perhaps with formal recognition
The 0pNo&ition,- under Cardinal Merry
del Val. of Spanish birth, but long
residence in Italy, was accounted as
fayGring Il reVerSiun to the policy OF
Plus y. which opposed any change in
the relations. or rather lack of them
between the vatican and the quirinal.)
rs soon as the two-thirds vote for
Cardinal Ratti had been verified, Car
dinal Nannutelli, as dean of the Sa-
cred College, arose and proceeded to
the throne Of the chosen one, accom-
panied on either side by Cardinals
LOgue and Bisleti, respectively, deans
Of the cardinal priests and the cardi-
nal deaconS.
He was asked in Latin by Cardinal
Nannutelli, in accordance with custom
if he accepted the election to be SD
preme pontif, and answered i'll the
formal manner: 'Since it is the will
of God, L must obey"
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 the whole Sacred College
rendered obeisance to the new head
of the church.
Cardinal Vannutelli thereupon asked
the new incumbent what name be
chose to take during his pontifcate,
and upon his reply Plus H." Monsig-
nor Sincere, secretary of the conclave,
verified his election to the Papal
chair.
The new pope was then escorted to
the ante-room within the Sistine cha
pei, where he discarded his cardinals
robes, assisted by the conclavists, and
the Papal veStmentS, which had been
held in readiness since the opening of
the conclave, were placed upon him.
The pontiff, fully vested in the Pa
pal garb and accompanied by his car
dinalS, thereupon returned to the
throne he had occupied in the Sistine
chapel.
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 this the pope
received them in embrace and bestow-
ed upon them his first apostolic bene-
dictiOn.
The "Fisherman's ring" wac placed
on his finger and he left the chapel,
the whole assembly vending its way
through the Sala Ducale and the Sala
Regia, along the loggias to the Sala
Clementina, the pope's official resi-
dence.
Meanwhile the dean of the cardinal
deaconS, Bisleti, followed by several
repaired to the central bal
cony of st. Peters, from which the
elections of scores of popes have been
proclaimed to the world, and
solemnly announced to the great crowd
awaiting eXpectantIy below:
Il announce to your great joy the
election of the POntiff.'
This confirmed to the throngs ir
st. Peters square the election which
had been indicated by the thin stream
Of white smoke which came from the
metal stove pipe projecting from the
roof of the Sistine chapel when the
voting papers of the final ballot were
burned. No straw is mixed with the
ballots when there mas been an cleo
ton.
Meanwhile Pope Plus N, after wait
ing for some moments in the Clemer.
tine hall, had left for st. Peters, &C.
:ompanied by the members of the Sa
cred College.
Arriving at the balcony at the out.
side of the cathedral. he raised his
and and bestowed upon the multitude
his first public benediction. He then
to the vatican, where, a.
hough reigning, the popes have re-
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