The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-10
TWO AMERICAN
 CARDINALS MAY GO
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A4hAtk N4hVGk AtA0sJt 8ssssseo " wv p. m. today and due ct southamp- ton February IS. The Italian gov- ernment was reported to have placed the Rex at the service of American Cardinals who decide to make the trip.
 Cardinal o'Connell dean of the United States hierarchy, is 70. Car dinal Dougherty is 73 and Cardinal Mundelein is 66. There were four American cardinals prior to the death of Patrick Cardinal Hayes, archbishop of New York, last Sep- tember {. Although the three sur- vivors all rank among the first 10 of the 49 cardinal priests in the Sacred college, the ranking being based on priority of their creation as cardinals, Cardinal O'Connell has been especially influential in church affairs.
 First to Participate
 It was believed that Cardinal Mundelein was the most likely to go to Rome. He was created cardinal by Pope Plus xr in 1924. Should he make the trip, he would be the first United States cardinal to participate in 6 Pops's election.
 To Catholics generally in the United States as throughout the world, Pope Plus death meant pe- riod of deepest mourning and series of the church's most solemn memo- rial services. Recent events of the church in the United States, in- cluding the justification of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who may become the first citizen of the United States canonized to sainthood; the death of Cardinal Hayes; the eu- charistic congress in New orleans, and Cardinal Mundelein's visit to the Vatican to report on the congress had directed the Pontiff's close at- tention to this country.
 Special Services
 Special services will be held Sum- day in all churches in the United States. Tn larger churches and cathedrals, solemn requiem masses requiring the services of several priests, will be celebrated. Tn small- or churches there will be requiems and special prayers for the repose of the Pope's soul.
 He died without accomplishing one of his major representations of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the United States but affairs in this country never ceased to command his close attention. American Catholics were fond of him, and made the largest donations to the church of any nation in the world although they comprise less than one fifteenth of the worlds o,000, 900 Catholics.
 O'Connell in sccluslon Boston. Feb. i0-(UP)--Catholic clerics and laymen doubted today that William Cardinal OConnell, archbishop of Boston and ranking cardinal Of the Sacred college, would be able to participate in the election in Rome of c Pope to succeed Plus xr.
 He was in seclusion at his Nassau, Bahamas, estate, "The Hermitage" when informed last night of Plus death. With only 1b days to reach Rome for the start of balloting which will determine c new pope Cardinal o'Connells friends here considered it unlikely that he would attempt to make the trip, particularly because he's in frail health.
 Should he decide against the trip, Cardinal OConnell, who is 70, will have missed his third election Of . pope. Twice he has been unable to take part in the procedure because of delayed transportation.
 When Pope Benedict XIV died In August, 1914, Cardinal o'Connell sailed immediately for Rome and had reached Naples when, with his car broken down, he heard the peal of church bells celebrating new pope's election.
 Arrives Too Late
 When Achille Ratti became Pope Plus xr, eight years later, Cardinal O'Connell had reached the Rome railroad station where he was in-