ROME—The Sacred College

New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 39

ROME—The Sacred College

The death of Cardinal Mathieu and of Cardinal Casanas makes the number of vacancies in the Sacred 'College/ fourteen (writes the Rome correspondent of the 7 Caoilic - Weekly). There is naturally much discussion as to how> many of these vacant places will be filled and as to who are the prelates likely to be chosen. As I have said before, no reliance whatever is to be placed on statements appear--in g'.in the press in this connection. In- fact,: the date of " tlio next Consistory is not^known,. and, Drobabiy^-is not yet even fixed upon. "Undoubtedly several new Cardinals —perhaps as many as nine—wilLfee created at that Consistory. There is fair reasoirfor thinking that Archbishop- - Farley, of New York, and Archbishop. Amette, .of Paris, wiirbe amongst the number. In-English circles here it isconfidently asserted tlnlt the Archbishop of We>tminstei- or- j Abbot Gasqueb, or both, will be amongst the number/ /