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Show nARDINAL RATTI COLLEGE CHOICE NEW POPE IS SELECTED MONDAY MORNING AFTER SEVERAL BALLOTS HAD BEEN CAST New Pontiff Takes Name of Plus XI As Successor to Benedict XV; New Head of Church Enters Vatican Home Cardinal Achllle linttl, archbishop arch-bishop of Milan, was proclaimed clect-od clect-od po In succolon to tho late Heno-dl.'t Heno-dl.'t XV Monday morning, lie lias taken tho name of Vlua XI, The thousands waiting In front of St. Peter's for tho wisp of sinoku which wvuld loll of the elivtlon of n lunv pope or the failure of the sacred college to rvach it dielslon, gnvo a mighty shout at 11 o'clock whou a thin wisp of smoke came from the chimney lending from the Slstlno chapel. It was then known Unit tho Catholic church had onco more a duly elected pontiff. As sn as the tnwthlrds vote for ("jirdlnal llitti lmd boon vertlfled. Cardinal Vnnniitelll, as dean of the sacnxl college, nrvse and proceeded to the throno of the chosen one, accompanied! ac-companied! on either side hy Cardinals I.oguo and Hislctl, respectively deans of tho cardinal priests and the cardinal cardi-nal deacons, lie was asked In Ixitln hy Cnrdinnl Vannutelll, In accordance with eustoiii. If he accepted the election elec-tion to he supreme pontiff, nnd the new p pe answered with the formal "Since it is the will of tlod, I must ohey." Then the purple canopies over the thrones of tlio cardinals were lot down, one hy one, until only that over the j new pontiff remained. This was done to show that the whole, sacred college rendered ohedieuce r, the new head of the church. Ivan Vannutelll there, upon asked the new Incumbent what name he chose to take during his tvn-tlficate, tvn-tlficate, and upon his reply, "Pius XI." Monsicnor Sineero, secretary of the j conclave, verified his election to the j papal chair. i The new pope was then op.orte.l J 0 the anteroom within tho Sistine j chapel, where he discarded his rardl- nal's rohes, assisted hy the conclav-i conclav-i ists, and the papal vestments, wliich had hoen held In nxidiness since the ipenln? of the conclave, were phtc-l upon him. These included the whl'e cassock, white sash, white stix-kln-s. red slippers, a rej and pold mozettta and finally the stole of red, workisl with gold. The pontiff fully vestel with the papal pari) and accompanied hy his cnrdlnuls. tliereution returned to the throne he hnd m-eupied in tiie Sistine chapel. There the cardinals, according to their rank, and hended hy Vannutelll, made their first net of adoration to His Holiness, kissing first his feet and then his hands, after which the pope received them In emhnuco and bestowed upon them his first apostolic apos-tolic benediction. The "fisherman's ring" was placed On his finger and he left the chapel, the whole assembly wending Its way through the Sala Ducale and the Sala Hegia, along the Loggias to the Sala Clementina, the pope's official residence. All along the w-ay ho received1 re-ceived1 the homage of the attaches who served during the conclave. Meanwhile the dean of the cardinal deacons, Bisleti, followed by several cardinals, repaired to the central balcony bal-cony of St. Peter's fnm which the elections of scores of popes have been officially proclaimed to the world, and solemnly announced to the grout crowd awaiting expectantly below be-low : "I announce to your great joy the election of the pontiff." |