CABLEGRAMS.
ELECTION OE POPE.
LONDON, February G
The Exchange Telegraph Agency an nounces that Cardinal Itatti has been elected Pope and takes the name of Pius XI. Other sources confirm the
news. • ’ Th© new! Pope, Achijles Patti, was Uorli in 1857 and was ordained a priest in 1879. He had a distinguished career as an educationalist and ecclesiastic, ' possessing great culture. He served successfully as the prefect of the famous Ambrosian Library in Milan and as pro-prefect of the Vati-
can Library. He - won the special confidence or 1 the Pope who sent him to Poland in April, 1918, as apostolic visitor, !beconline Apostolic Nuncio when Poland became a republic. f H© rendered , humane services in securing the release of prisoners from Russia. . Cardinal Patti is regarded as a sportsman, and. gained fame us an Alpinist and is a member of the Italian Alpine Club.
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Western Star, 10 February 1922, Page 3
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