Vatican City, Mar. 12.
7ITH a thousand year old pageantry and ceremonial, Pope Pius 'XII, formerly Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, ascended the throne of St. Peter this morning and was solemnly crowned with the Holy Tar The impressive coronation rituals started at 8 o'clock this morning and lasted until 1 o'clock this afternoon when the new Pontiff, endowed with papal attributes, blessed the huge crowd assembled outside St. Peter's.
An important feature of the ceremonial was the fact that for the first time since the coronation of Pope Pius IX in 1845, the ceremony took place on the outside of the balcony of St, Peter's in sight of a crowd of at least half a million in the square below. The rites followed had been carefully prepared and have not varied since the ninth century when the details were codified and first observed at the coronation of Pope Leo IV.
The dst part of the ceremony tnthe Sth of slgance, atte Gardinaly Archbbatops, Bishops, and other, members of Peter's Churen kissed the foot. and Hand. of the Pope, "The bells of St Peter's and of four hundred churches Rome" peated merrily during. th 'a8 a reward given him by the Vatican Chapter for celebrating the mass.
'The cortege proceeded to the logela where the Pope walked across the rave to the thunderous cheers of the large crowd waiting on' the square outside. The Deacon then removed the mitre from the Pope's head and lacing the pontifical tiara, When, Pope Pius appeared on the loguln to. bless the "crowd walling outside, trantle shouts of "Long Live The huge crowd then knelt down His Holiness recited three prayers and made the sign of the cross three times, pronouncing. the words of blessing "Urb! et Orbi." The Pope then stepped forward while the crowd cheered endlessly, waved to the worshippers, and returned to his apartments while a band struck up the pontifeal hymn.—Havas.
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