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housed properly and that no one
enters and no one leaves the con-
clave until the Pope is elected.
Kneeling before the assembled
cardinals, Prince Chigi swore to
carry out his duties faithfully. Car
dinal Gr~.ito Pignatelli di Bel
monte, aged dean of the Sacred
College, administered the oath.
Similar oaths were administered
to Msgr. Alberto Arborio- Mella di
SAINT Ella. governor of the conclave,
then to the ecclesiastics having any
share an the custody of the meeting
Cardinal Granite Pignatelli di
Belmonte read the regulations gov
erning the conclave The cardinals
then left the chapel.
Go to Own Apartments.
Escorted by their own conclavists
and noble guards. they went to
their personal conclave apartments,
where they released their noble
guard escorts.
Prince Chigi gave the order that
| every one not authorized to remain
in the conclave quarters must leave
The ceremonial officers went
through the halls and corridors,
shouting Extra omnes!" ("Every
one outside!).
When every unqualified person
had left, Prince Chigi doubly locked
the one door giving entrance to the
conclave section. Cardinal Pacelli
at the same time locked the door
from inside with a double lock.
The ecclesiastical registrars drew
up an official document, attesting
that the conclave had been closed
as required by the regulations.
The first ballots will be cast to-
morrow morning and the first re-
sult-whether Pope has been
elected or not-is likely to be known
around II am. Is am, E. S. t..
Pray for Guidance.
| At a mass in the small Pauline
Chapel the cardinals prayed this
morning for the guidance of the
Holy Ghost.
They were eXhorted in sermon
to choose man worthy to be the
| Vicar Of Christ and reminded that
| the new Pope's task would be to
lead the world back to evangelical
and Christian precepts" while the
world is troubled by social disorders
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Cardinal Granite Pignatelli di
Belmonte. elderly dean of the
Sacred College, said the mass.
Mgsr. Bacci, who gave the sermon,
reminded the cardinals that while
they, like all princes, were mortal
the church was everlasting, and that
in participating in the election they
were contributing to its eternity.
He outlined the crises faced by the
church in the past, and turned to
problems OF the present day, in
Guiding "the rearing OF youth in
some countries with contempt for
Christian light and in retrogres-
sion to old errors"
He mentioned social disorders
and hatred among nations and said
That the greatest task of the new
Pope would be to lead the world back
to "evangelical and Christian pre-
cepts."
Half Dozen in Lead.
More than a half dozen car
dlnals were considered by Ital-
ians to be among the "papabili," or
likely candidates for the pontificate,
Ella Cardinal Dalla Costa. Arch
bishop of Florence. headed most
lists, but Luigi Cardinal Maglione
former papal nuncio in Paris, was
mentioned prominently in Vatican
speculations.
Vatican prelates believed Cardinal
Pacelli would get numerous first
ballot votes in recognition of his
handling of foreign affairs as Vati-
can Secretary of State under Plus
XII. He is reputed to have expressed
a wish eventually to retire to a SIM
pier life.
Tedeschini Mentioned.
Federico Tedeschini, former nun
clio to Spain, has been mentioned
for his profound knowledge of the
international situation and his dip
lonlatic ability and decisive char
acter. Frequently mentioned also
were Pietro Boetto, Archbishop of
Genoa, and two members of the
Vatican staff in Vatican City, Err
menegildo Pellegrinetti and Fran
cesco Marmaggi.
Adeodato Piazzi, patriarch of
Venice, and Luigi Lavitrano, Arch
bishop of Palermo, were less fire.
quently mentioned.
Extraordinary precautions were
taken to keep the conclave secret.
EXcommunication even might fall
| upon the attendant or conclavist
(whom each cardinal takes with him
into the conclave), who betrayed
any secret in connection with the
election of the new Pope.
For the first time in many years
the oath for the cardinals was
changed. Drawn up by Pope Plus
x, it bound any cardinal, on be-
coming Pope, to continue the fight
for the recognition of the temporal
power of the Holy See.
The fight was won with the Lat
eran treaty of 1929 between Italy
and the Vatican, whereby Vatican
City was created as an independent
state and the temporal power OF the
Holy See was restored.
The first part of the cardinals
oath. therefore, is no longer re-
quired in its original form. The
second part, referring to secrecy, re-
mained the same.
Only Cardinal Boggiani of Rome
was seriously ill, and he may have
to make use of the provisions for
absentee voting.
Three "infirmarians" are chosen
from among members of the con-
clave to visit the sick with locked
ballot box, slotted in the cover, and
one ballot for each invalid.
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