The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-06
NEW PONT|FF
KNOWN AS
Plus II.
Prelate Had Been Chosen
Cardinal at COnsistory Less
Than a Year Ago
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i,c|tL' feo 6.--CArdinal Rat+f
aFoh bishop OF Milan. was today elected
pope Of the Roman catrolic church on
! The seventh ballot.
cardinal Ratti is over sixty years az
age and he was chosen a cs.rdinal le~s
than year ago. at the last consistorv
iie IS native Of Milan.
White smoke began .ssu,ne fr,,,
! ne chimney of the sistine chapel an
80 o'clock q m" said a Reuter-
| despatch
white smo&e is tas signal q. an
| election; black smoke is the sigma or
| no election,
Rstti was Candidate OF the social.
ed peace" pa-ty which favors recon
citation between the Vatican and Tho
| Italian state.
Cardinal Ratu was ono of tho ,oaz.
Ven known preiates who participstes3
in the solemn baIlotipe ~ the Vatican
aithoush he vas "ell known in high
! circles and was c,oso TO the late popo
Shortly after - O'Clock the new
! pontif. Pope Plus ~ as he Will be
known after ne is formally crowned.
stepped upon the Vatican balcor,,
fronting St. Peters square. The va,
| crowd which allied the lorecourt kn.ss
| 10 reverence to receive the papal bless
ing The italian soldiers presented
arms during the cereru uony
Announcement wss made tha. tho
. new ponun had chosen the name os
; Plus XI and ne Will be known by this
/ Jtle SO long as he occupies the chair
/ OF st. Peters. Each cardinal in the
conclave is supposed TO have chosen in
/ his own mind the name he will be off,
! ciafly known. by so that in the event az
( election. he can make = known at once
I 1t is customary, Immediately after
! the announcement o. az election far
/ three cardinals TO lead the new SOW
/ ereign pontif into the robing room al
| iacent TO the Sistine chapel VII
/ three sets Of papal robes are laid
/ One is Of large size, one nediur
| one is small. 'The' variations are
so that no matter what the sta
! the new sovereign pontiM he VIII fnd
1 the robes to n him.
! IN olden times there were elaborate
! rites and ceremonies through whicn
The new pope was conducted following
/ his elevation TO the mightiest and holi-
/ est office OF he Roman church. Eur
: OF these the only one that remains i
the coronation.
The new pontif will be crowned
! within the next week and cardinals.
now enroute for Rome who were ua-
( sble 10 get here IN time for the con
/ claye election, viii be a. hand for the
elaborate coronation rites.
/ The popes date their pontiacates
! from the day they assume their tiara
rather than from the date of election
by the concIave of cardinals. whea
j the pope is crowned. he receives ais
/ the famous fsherman's ring, which
/ is symbolic OF the wearer's high office
It is not removed until death when
is broken up and renoulded. Tie
chief ceremonies Of the papal corona
tiou take place In the Sistine chapcl
where the elections are conducted
Before the conclave last Thursdsy
the name of Cardinal Ratti had beer
mentioned more or less consplcuousgy
as the candidate OF the reconciliation
faction headed by Cardinal Gasparriss
papal secretary Of state. Cardina,
Caspar-i and his adhcrents pledged
themselves to carry out tho political
policy of the late Benedict XIV which
was to renew friendly relations with
the quirinal without inapairing the in
terna5ional prestige of the church.
II was understood that Cardinal
Aaffi. archbishop CT Pisa, was favored
BY the non-reconcaliahie faction, lie
by Cardinal Merry Del Val.
Cardinal Ratti Is a comparatively
young man as Roman Catholic csrdi-
nails go Ills early life was spent IN
the mountains or northern Italy where
he built up robust constitution.
For some time Cardinal Ratti was
envoy of the Vatican at Warsaw, Po-
land
BY taking the rarae % Plus. the Now
porftfff has shown his rfeference FOR 3
desi Enation that has been favorit,
with occupants 81 the chair Of 8,
Peter. The ponttT before Henedict
Ky was Plus \. He occupied the Vat-
ican from 1905 TO 1915.
BallotIng tor the new popo began
Friday morning, two ballots were tax
en- Friday. two en- Saturday, and w.
on Sunday. The regular morning bal
lot was taken this morning as usual
AS ballot after ballot was taken and
the black smoke announced no choice
the belief became frInlv nXed that
neither of the powerful factions Of tho
Sacred College would De able to win
over the other and that compromise
candidate seemed certain. When the
week end passed without a choice on
Sunday. interest grew to fever heat.
Advices from the seat OF election
said that the big test crowd since the
conclave opened was gathered in tho
great square Ranking st. Peters.
There was feeling Of expectancy the
deadlock was about 10 be broken.
probably through compromise.
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