Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli
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4 P^f^w^fSI? •<» "mrtniiiMwf*" vm* •^upsa-* *» ^f*"^*. t '^ir * ^^^^f^s^^^^^^^^s^w^^p^ T W "A Catholle &^h*",$rth<fflc Paper Rochester, N. Y., Saturday, February II, 1893. and resting itfor a tew aecDBCU* «».*&• after a soznewnac conxmanaing iasnion, TO SUCCEED THE POPE. Serafino VannuteUi is a man of fine phy top of my bead, "pronounced tbe P^oifKflcjsl HIS VISIT TO THE POPE. and in a voice that, despite his years, sique, great magnetism, and much erudi benediction in a voice full of tendeXtt^ia echoed the force of unimpaired lungs. Indications that Cardinal Vannulelli will tion. He is an Italian and was born in 1834. and fatherly compassion. While listening to my preamble, eurtly b*e Chosen. He was made a Cardinal six years ago, and Lutheran Minister's Graphic "'Je te benis *—never had Jfrenca has also held the responsible positions . of made in accordance with advices I had Description of an Audience. words' sounded more beautiful to jm& 1- nuncio at Vienna and at Brussels and secre received in the ante-chamber, bis small "Vannutelli goes to Bologna a cardinal Btood in the anti-chamber Wore t tary of memorials aid of the grand chancel brown eyes shone with kindly glance, for the Republic and will return a Pope." These are the sig what I was doing. The room wa« full of lery of orders, He Acknowledged Infallibility—Overcome but as soon as he himself commenced *Sfeiia&lEotte S States—Greatly Kucour- nificant words Pope Leo XIII is reported to people. The French Ambassador tat $h«pj m. have uttered in speaking of Cardinal Seranno The prospective Pope comes of a family By an Ineffable Sente of tbe Extraordin talking these eyes became vivid with the I$oc«srff Hew forfe ani; #* ilie ^Progress We Have Made- in a ruffled temper, so it appeared; Car* Vannutelli, whom he recently nominated to that has wom very high honors at the Vati ary In the -Presence of the Prince of Car* fire of intelligence and ardor. During ^oaepi^lSeminary;,: BalMm|| ^•t in Qar Sacce.a. ' dinal Di Beude, Arcbbisbop of Benevento, be archbishop of Bologna. The Pope's re can. Seranno and his no less celebrated the time of his discourse be appeared e&ueattpjt of jas*Btf8»«fl&^,Twlw and Cardinal Gruscha, Arehbiihog of 1 e ported statement is practically veri6ed by his brother, Cardinal Vincenzo Vannuttelli, are almost rejuvenated and soon began de •ions among the color«ijgjeo^e^r ? ••* ^^^S ** *» complete text of A Lutheran missionary's impressions of Vienna, looked at me from another corner letter to the people of Bologna in which he both members of the sacred college, and it is manding seemingly unimportant details] port'stasis that tin* BlSeest^i^3 * declaration addressed to the Roman declares that in nominating Vannutelli to be Leo XIII., gained at a private audience of the room with ill-disguised irritaMo%» said that this is the first instance on record while he furnished dates and incidents of bas $0*$ii> colored &etgfc$lti§0SLs " Poor, and yet happy mortal. I baft fe Archbishops in the United archbishop he obeyed Divine inspiration. where two members of the same family have with tbe Pontiff, are graphically told in distant subjects appertaining to the case, by tbe Holy Congregation of the Eminent Catholics regard the Pope's utter the Boston Globe by Henry W. Fischer, to been so highly honored by a pontiff. Sera- that were at once suprising and new to sorely tried their patience. Ail Ihese dig Bahama Islands, wiicb are-.;u^pl ir^ , aganda: ance as'cquivalent to the designation of Van- whom the divine narrated the events of nitaries were to see tbe Pope before bfr fino is credited with having brought about an me. ^sbop:"09rrigan'a |urisd|c^oa|# II&USIBIOUS AND MOST BEVERHKD nuttelii as his successor as head of the Rounderstanding between Bismarck and the his visit. Mr. Fischer was sojourning in dinner hour." man Catholic Church, but the sacred college Pope which led to the settlement Of the kul- ?49fe«ftr&6n are 8,f0l col^" Rome at the time, and the minister, ht "The Pope's memory, hi§ faculty to re ^ ^«ptJpJr«me Pontiff has many reasons will of course choose a new Pope by ballot turkampf, the great dispuee between the In Reply to th« JPope. lies with one church devoted toil says, had just arrived from the south of call remote circumstances astonisSes me :, «ff»&$bg!| Oil account of the distresses when the present Pope dies. Vatican and the German government. Africa with credentials by the redoubt beyond expression. I was prepared to As Anti-Masonic Committee has jnat ' •• •"•"'-'.« '" -r.>3ai K ^Mp** *be impudent endeavors of wicked able Cardinal Lavigerie, recently de been established in Paris, aa a sort of •;• Cttholio Historical ~ ' '^^ meet a mild old man, and instead encotuv 'Sttf*?* trying to bring upon Christi- ceased, and the business which {led him tered an accomplished, debater handling reply in action to the Pope's recent ad Tbe American Catholic .amty, especially in Europe. On the other to seek a private interview with the Pope dresses to the Italian Bishops and people doty of f hiladelphia is m> aii band, ft is a great consolation to. him to his dialectics with the skill and warmth f& ^ had some relation to an attempted settle of a youthful enthusiast. His familiar on the subject of Freemasonry. The ob gaaiasatKHi, the. objects of wl &?> **e tbi increase of Catholicism, with ment of the differences between the mia- ity with the subject under discussion was ject of the new society is to cany out tb© ficientlyaignified by its narae£.{§n«» hi Qtad*s aid, elsewhere in the world. This sionaries of the Roman Church and the the more noteworthy as the Pope had Holy Father's instructions to th»' letter tqry of the Catholic C&urck |%|Am«rf^ &m&&taj true of the great Republic, is of deeply interesting eharaefe English in Uganda and other territories had no time for special preparation. He and to combat Freemasonry at all points. for Where, scarcely a century ago, there of the Dark Continent. commanded me to the audience almost Its weapons, as it says, are to be princi yet in many things less conmlf t w« hardly^ a vestige of Catholicity, we What our friend saw and heard on the immediately upon receiving my petition, pally three, viz., prayer, the press, and might he made. Maryland hac^f .see HOW', as if it were no progeny, the occasion of this memorable visit to the and none of his councilors present a© tbe propagandism. It has already asked for most glorious part in tbose Church flourishing in the great number Pope, continues Mr. Fisoher, is best Vatican was particularly able to enprayers from most of the religious' com of its faithful, in its institutions of gov much concerning which It-S'fef/"v given in his own language. This is his lighten him on the subject. munities of women in France, and now it ernment, its orders and hierarchy^ and its written. A meeting of tbe ^Itimor*- IPe narrative: "When the Pope had interrogated me makes the »ame appeal to all French ...r large Senate of Bishops, members and members-elect^ of| th* ao- II? "At fifteen minutes to one o'clock His on every conceivable point and seemingly Catholic.8 Encouraged, therefore, the Pontiff not Eminence Monaco passed through the se had gathered all the material calculated. DOIVIESTIC READING. ciety wail held recently to organl** * committee on historical resejK^jSu ba *et only follows with great interest the-things cret, ante-chamber with a lot of docu pertaining to the good of religion in these to have a bearing on his decision, he leaned with the general comtnSte1|fJ ments under his arm, and that was for back in his arm chair and asked me to Seekest thou great things for thyself? par% but bas tried to sbow plainly his S eek them not. me the sign to proceed to the presence repeat my own «tory with all possible delpnta. Charity, great solicitude. Whater' r you do in word or deed, do of His Holiness. In the not very exten- details, taking special reference to the When the University at Washingtor Charity is patient*, Iv^dM;^ •ive ante-chamber, several Cardinals,Jin subjects suggested by his own interpola all in the a io of the Lord Jesus. Vieth not} dealetb Hot press was opened it pleased the Pontiff to send elaborate scarlet robes, their fine heads tions, and while I followed his instruc Let us try to make up for lost time. puffed up; is not. amb^llg a prelate to congratulate the Bishops on covered by the strange looking berettina, tions he sat there with hands folded in Let us give to God the time th at remains not her own; is not proy^|3s^§" the event, and to encourage them to still were seated at small tables, strewn with his lap, all attention and nodding ap to us. fehinketh mo evil; r^oieetbi jkoi greater works. Now in the fourth cen- letters and writing: material- A Papal provingly from time to time. iquity, but rejoice* in thf 4 -tury after the shores of America, sepa An upright intention is the soul of our chamberlain, in full court dress and "The moment I got through the aged actions; it gives them life and makes eth ad! things; beHevetb £ rated by the ocean from the Old World, 1 breeches, wearing the great pontifical Primate pronounced judgment with a them live.