New Britain herald., 1923-12-20
POPE CREATES TWO ITALIAN CARDINALS
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which he pronounced in Latin the sacramental formula that runs rough- | ly as follows:
 venerable brothers, many of Your colleagues have paid their debt to eternity The cares of the govern I ment of the church are increasing daily, therefore. I have thought of strengthening the sacred college, raising to your sublime dignity the following: Aurelio Galli and Evariste Lucidi, persons full of doctrine and zeal.
 What do you say?'
 The cardinals gave their assent by raising their skull caps, whereupon the pontiff formally nominated the two prelates as cardinals of the holy Roman church"
 Then the pontiff placed upon their fingers the cardinals ring, and when they had briefly thanked the holy father for the honor conferred upon them the pope bestowed upon all the cardinals the apostolic benediction.
 The doors of the hall opened, the papal guards re-entered to escort Pope Plus to his chambers, and the 1 consistory was over.
 Europe in Bad Way
 In his allocution delivered at the secret consstory today Pope Plus pointed out that peace conditions in Europe had not changed for the bet ter since his last consistory. He re- called the recent visit of King Al fonzo and Queen Victoria of Spain and announced that the Irish question was approaching settlement.
 The Pope began his allooution by recalling "the atrocities and sacriy legious crime"
 The murder of Cardinal Jean Solde- villa y Romero, archbishop of Sara gossa on June last. an event which, he said, caused him and all good people profound grief and sadness.
 Conditions abroad especially as far as peace is concerned the Pontiff as- serted t"unfortunately have not changed for the betteri
 Needs Increasing
 Piusr ecalled that the letter he ad- dressed to Cardinal Gasparri. Papal secretary of state, relative to reliev- ing the calamities of Central Europe was having happy results. But he said much still remained to be done because of the continued bitterness and antagonism; needs of all kinds were increasing. especially with the approach of winter
 Cardinal Gasparri has appealed for help to the nnncios of credited coun- tries have an abundance of wheat, and the Pope said he trusted this ap- peal might bear results sufficient to relieve the suffering.
 He expressed great qualification at the abundance Of help received from all sides and his thanks for the efforts put forth to save from death so many unfortunate people in Cen tral Europe and the Near East
 Turns to Russia. Turning to Russia, His Holiness voiced extreme anxiety for the life of Archbishop Zepliak of Mohilev, "who siill suffers in letters in his prison" But against these reasons for sorrow there were to be nut reasons for rec lioicing, such as tho holding of the eucharistic congresses in Paris and Geneva, the bonors rendered at tthe SlNtn CPnttlaTy Ol St. lnOI1df Aqul- mas, tho commemoration of st. Josaphat. "who, during their entire sojourn in this Eternal City. both in our presence and before the Roman people, gave the noblest testimony Of their faith and their devotion to the Apostolic See"
 The pontiff added that in the loyal | ty of the sovereigns to the church it | was "easy to recognize them as rep | rcsenting the Spanish nation, so faith ful to Christ and his vicar"
 Pope Plus concluded by saying:
 We announce to you the good news that the questions of Ireland, which | is so dear 10 our heart. are happily a settlement. We have comforting assurance of this in the recent pastoral letter of Cardinal Logue, while the later news confirms it."
 His Holiness then performed the ceremonial of creating tthe new csr- dinals.