Show 1 NEIN POPE SELECTED SUCCESSOR TO LEO XIII HAS AT LAST BEEN CHOSEN cardinal sarto of ike e ce will wilt be at the head of t tl e boma romr catl olic church as result ol 01 ue do ision of 0 the sacre 1 college after being in session four days the sacred college has selected a sue cessor to pope leo XIII in the person of Gul guiseppe sarto patriarch of yen nen ice a man who is noted tor for bis his p piety I 1 ety and eloquence rather than his poll ties tics sarto now re gns agns at the vatican and over the catholic world as plus X venetians who know the new pope well say that he will soon be as much beloved as pontiff as he was but late ly as the patriarch of the poor of the adriatic in appearance pius plus X Is a handsome man cardinal guiseppe sarto was born at R ese province of venice june 2 1835 he was created cardinal and patriarch of venice june 12 1893 he Is very learned in the ecclesiastical doctrines is modest energetic a good a administrator and organizer a patron of the arts and his seriousness always has been proverbial I 1 early in april pope leo in a con with father the ital ion composer said in speaking of cardinal sarto hold it m very dear as I 1 in n the future he will be able to do much for you we firmly believe he will be our successor he has been known tor for many years as one of the greatest preachers in the church cardinal sarto belonged to the ec congregation of bishops and regulars sacred rights andul gence and sacred rel cs es he earned great popularity in his diocese he is honored by all for his purity for the strict uprightness cpr of his life and for his liberal ideas he is a moderate and agreeable man highly cultured very kind hearted and still strong and robust in spite of h s 68 years he ile has never tal en great part in the cal and public life of the church but divided his time between good worl s and study altho agh most faithful to the holy see he was pie dented to the king and queen of italy in venice he was considered amo ig the more liberal members of the ital lan ian episcopate and sacred college it Is stated that leo XIII s ded with him on one on when sarto digap proved of Ram pollas s policy |