Show POPE PIUS X T HE CATHOLIC CHURCH CHunCH ha hanew has It THE 1 new nw temporal head Pope Pius Plus X Cardinal Guiseppe Gul eppe Sarto I patriarch of Venice It may ma be said aid Id with HIt sli 11 respect that Cardinal Sarto was what la Is known in Sn Hs a adark adark adark dark horse That is his name n me had hadnot hadnot hadnot not been prominently mentioned in con connection connection with the papacy and his elec election election election tion came carne as ac a a surprise to a large pro proportion proportion proportion portion of or the members of or the church hone who e destinies he will witt during the remainder of or his days So little Is known about the new ne pope that It is 18 difficult to lo say sa what his fu tu future future ture tun course of or action will be with ref ret 1 to the questions so 50 ably handled h hy by his hie immediate predecessor We e are aN aret told t Id though that Plus X will wUl pursue pursuer Ir r ry much the same policies as Leo XIII From Fron this thin we may Infer that he will wilt not Ht be b unfriendly to the United d States md Ind that his influence will always be e to preserve peace in I Europe anti and aliI between the other nations of or the v orld orid If there is in i anything in present Indi Indications lions Pius Plu X will wilt have a long reign H II is still comparatively young being n i little more than 68 years of age And nd it is said that he is possessed po ou a 8 particularly vigorous and robust con cn Leo XIII lived Jived beyond his Is iier ilver jubilee When elected however ho li 11 v was as la In I very feeble health and it WaS vas not thought he could survive many m ny nya 3 years car carit a r rIt it is a singular Coincidence that only R a few before his death deeth Pope Pop Po Len IRO n Indicated in so 90 o many words word his b that Cardinal Sarto would suc CUC succeed 4 Cd d him Whether or not nOl may maybo maylo bo tic lo taken as an an indication that Sarto was Wa Leos choice j is a matter for tor the individual Judgment It was probably tj used ud ed with good effect though In the th which has just ju t been bean concluded Tn In any event there will be relief at att thc tho t hI announcement ut that Leos successor has been bt en chosen ch n For several days the th word orM has been anxiously waiting awaiting a from Rome No events In the thelast thelast last la t years ears have hoe boon been of or ofas ofas as lJ much Interest to as many people as U Ut tho t th he death of Leo and the election of a anew anew new pope For some Monie time to come there ther will be Ix b a worldwide and eager t ger interest in the th actio actions ef of the new pope and then the th people will settle back to their old work Hork or their play for the people 11 ire r re not going gol to exercise themselves Kratly about anything for Cor any length of time |