The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01

be held each day, morning and af- ternoon. It was forecast that the new Pope, probably an Italian and an ecclesiastic-minded rather than q political-minded man, would be elected by Friday night or Saturday and crowned ceremonially Sunday March 12.
 All 62 Cardinals were expected tc be present when the conclave opens shortly after 10 a. m., EST, in the triangle of the Vatican, bounded by the courtyards of St. Damascus Marshal and Holy Office.
 They will remain there, behind sealed doors and whitewashed win. dow, with 200-odd aides, until they have elected new Pope.
 Cardinal O'Connell On Time
 Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston; Cardinal Copello, Arch bishop of Buenos Aires, and Card inal Leme, Archbishop of Rio De Janeiro, who had raved across the Atlantic to be present, arrived al Naples in the liner Neptunia al 8:15 a. m. (2:15 a. m., EST). A special train waited to take them the 125 miles to Rome and Vatican City.
 The South Americans took ad- vantage of the train, which the Ital- ian government had made available
 But Cardinal O'Connell left al once by automobile, with his nephew, Joseph O'Connell, and his secretary, Monsignor Jeremiah F Minihan, who accompanied him from the United States.
 Awaiting the Cardinal here were Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop oi Philadelphia, and Cardinal Munde. lein, Archbishop of Chicago, who had preceded him.
 Welcome Boston Pfelate Representatives of the American, College at Rome welcomed Cardinal O'Connell, and representatives oi the Italian Grown Prince and the consuls at Naples of the respective countries, welcomed the Cardinal, generally.
 Interest in the election was in- tense not alone among Italians and among the 332,000,000 members ot the church whose leadership the new supreme pontiff will assume Throughout Europe, throughout much of the entire world, the name of the new Pope was awaited with unusual interest because of the world political situation and the ever widening breach between the democratic and totalitarian nations
 Because it was felt that thu church should present united
 front, because 1t was the historic role of the church to calculate tint by ages while conquerors and king calculate by years and months, vel informed sources here predicted tha' this conclave would be an unusually brief one, and that the new Pope would be a man of essentially re- ligious mind.
 Last Minute Prospect
 Nevertheless there was last mo- ment suggestion in Vatican quarters that Cardinal Pacelli, secretary of state to Pope Plus XI and acting head of the church il the intereg- mum between Plus death and the election of the new pontiff, might be chosen. He was believed to be assured of an impressive vote on the first ballot; the suggestion was made that there was an outside chance that he might even obtain the two- thirds majority necessary for an election.
 There was an atmosphere of his toric moment about the precincts of the Vatican as the hour for the conclave approached. Claudius was emperor of Rome when in A. D. AZ St. Peter became the first head of the Christian church. Pontius Pl- late had been recalled six years pre- yiously from his post as governor of Judaea. The name of Christ, crucified 13 years before, was un- known to the Roman world at large Since then dynasties and empires had come and gone. Wars and pes- tilences and famines had been suf- fered and had been forgotten. The little fiat world of the empire of Rome had become the great globe, and airplanes flew daily over the wide straight roads along which the Roman legions has marched. Dur ing all these nearly 1900 years the church had gone on, under 26l su- preme leaders, and the new one was to be named probably this week. end.
 Mass of Holy Ghost
 The mass of the Holy Ghost with which the activities of the opening day of the conclave started Was celebrated this time in the Pauline chapel instead of in the Chapel of St. Peters basilica. :,
 Cardinal Granite Pignateni dl Beln1onte, dean of the college and prefect of the ceremonial congrega- ton, was the celebrant. At this solemn mass the cardinals invoked the aid of the Holly Ghost to guide them in the election.
 Monsignor Antonio Bacci, secre" tary of Latin priests, read from the pulpit the traditional sermon "Pro Eligendo Poutifice," for the election of Pope.
 This was really the opening event of the conclave. But this time, by another departure from tradition the cardinals were permitted to re- l turn to their regular residences out side the Vatican until their isola- l tion this afternoon. Thus they were permitted to say a formal farewell to the world, for no one knew which of the 62 members of the col |lege would be elected, and would remain for the duration of his life ! in the confines of the Vatican ex. Icept for a motor journey to the Papal country estate, or a possible brief appearance just outside thu Vatican or, some formal occasion. Isolation Hour
 Four p. m. (l0 2. m. EST.) wal the hour at which the csrdipall and their aides, secretaries, persona attendants, officials of ceremonies secretary general, saeristan, comics. sor archjtact. coO]ks. stewards. Saul.