HOW THE NEW POPE WIDE BE CHOSEN.

Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 202, 28 July 1903, Page 4

HOW THE NEW POPE WIDE BE CHOSEN.

Deo XIII having passed away, the papal chamberlain has taken charge of the 'Vatican. The lying-in-state and impressive funei~.il of the departed prelate will be the immediate considerations ; then will follow the selection of a new Pope. There are interesting regulations for the guidance of the body bo whom the choice is made. We learn from an authoritative description, that the election of a successor is conducted with the utmost secrecy. After the funeral, the cardinals, seventy in number, or as many of them as can reach Rome in time, assemble in the "Vatican. When they have all entered the room where the voting is to take place, every entrance is closed by bricklayers and carpenters, with the exception of. a small door, by which food and drink can be handed in- Outside this door an attendant is on duty night arid day while the voting is going on, and no one is allowed to enter. The cardinals sleep in cells provided in the apartment. Every morning. Mass is said, and after Mass a ballot is taken. If no no agreement has been reached the cardinals have breakfast. At two p.m another ballot is taken, and if still they have reached no agreement the voting ceases for the day. This goes on until the cardinals are agreed. The voting is done by writing the name of the cardinal voted for upon a slip of paper, which is folded so that the teller sees what is written upon it only when the hall its are taken from the sacred chalice. In the corner are the initials, which are covered by a fold of the paper, so chat no one knows by whom the vote is cast unless there is any dispute about the result, in which case the initials decide the matter. This system of hnlloting has been in use in the Roman Catholic Church for centuries, and is never departed from. The time taken up by the balloting can be saved if the cardinals come to an agreement at the beginning of their retirement. They have the choice of four methods of electing a Pope—lst, by inspiration ; 2nd, bv cempromise ; 3rd, fey scrutiny or ballot ; 4th, by access. If the cardinals have set their minds upon one of their number at the start, the election can take place by a proposition and unanimous approval, which is called inspiration. If they cannot agree they can appoint one of their number to name the new Pope, which is called a compromise. After the election the ballot papers are burned, and the first intimation that the voting is over to the people who are waiting to know whether or “not the cardinals have agreed on a choice is by seeing the smoke caused by this burning of the ballots ascending from one particular chimney of the Vatican. The announceis afterwards made from the balcony which faces the public square, where the people wait to hear the name of the new Pope.

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