ELECTION OF TEE POPE.
The Pope was originally elected by the priests and people of the diocese of Rome ; but subsequently by .the Cardinals. In the 11th century, Nicholas 11. conferred on the Cardinals the right of directing the election ; and m accordance with his statutes, the Cardinals were bound to demand' of the Roman people and the Roman clergy the ratification of their, choice. -To legalise the election, it was necessary that the same name should obtain two-thirds, at least) of the voices of the Conclave, together with the -suffrages of the clergy and the people of Rome. This maimer, however, of electing the Pope being found to give rise to dissensions, Gregory IX., m 1526, excluded the' clergy and the people from all participation m the election. The election of Pope now is by scrutiny or ballot. Each Cardinal writes his own name with that of the candidate he proposes on the ticket. The tickets are deposited m the consecrated chalice which stands on the altar of the chapel where they sit ; and each one approaching and leaving the altar, kneels, and repeats a prayer. After a<pause,-;the tickets are taken from the chalice by Cardinals appointed for this duty. The tickets are compared with the number of Cardinals present, and when it is found that any one of them has**twothirds of the votes m his favor, he is declared elected. Ii no one can show a requisite number of votes,, another proceeding is gone through. This proceeding is the election by access, so called because any Cardinal has the right to accede to the vote of another by altering his ticket according to a prescribed, form. As soon as the- election is declared, . the tickets are burnt. Pius '.IX.; who is the 257 th Pope, was elected by unanimity. Only eight out of the sixty-one Cardinals who elected the present Pope are still'liviog, the eldest being Fillinpo de Angeles, the first Cardinal priest, born on 16th of April, 1792, who is consequently .four weeks older than the- present pontiff.
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 31, 3 February 1877, Page 2
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341ELECTION OF TEE POPE. Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 31, 3 February 1877, Page 2
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