THE POPE'S SUCCESSOR,
' The Hour learns i'rom good quarters ! that by the privately expressed wish of Pius IX. the College of Cardinals have for 3ome time consulted as to who would be the best person to elect as successor of the Holy Father, in the event of anything happening, suddenly or otherwise, to the latter. By a very considerable majority their selection has fallen upon Cardinal Pecci, Archbishop of Perugia, and there is little or no doubt but that he will be the next Pope. This prelate was born in 1810, and was made a Cardinal in 1853. He has resided but little at Rome, having throughout all the period of his episcopate — since 1848 — been a hardworking bishop. He is a man of very decided views, being what is called an Ultramontane, but is of a very conciliatory spirit, and would no doubt live on terms of amity with the Italian Government. He is of unblemished character, very religious and pious in his life, and greatly respected even by the free-thinkers of Italy.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1162, 7 March 1874, Page 8
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174THE POPE'S SUCCESSOR, Otago Witness, Issue 1162, 7 March 1874, Page 8
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