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The Secrets Of The Vatican

CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY MATTER Dedication iv Preface v A List of the Popes, with their dates, places of birth and Family names xv Contents xxi List of Illustrations xxiii PART I. ABOUT THE VATICAN IN GENERAL ; THE POPE : HIS CARDINALS, HIS OFFICIALS, AND HIS POLICY. I. — Introduction 3 II. — What the Vatican Consists of 13 III. — What Happens at the Death of a Pope 37 IV. — What Happens at the Election of a Pope. 48 V. — About the Sacred College of Cardinals and their Election 86 VI. — On the Duties of the Pope's Secretary of State And his Predecessor, the Cardinal Nephew 108 VII. — A Visit to the Pope's Secretary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val, in the Borgia Apartments 123 VIII. — An Audience with the Pope 131 IX. — How the Pope Lives 137 X. — The Papal Court and the High Officials of which It Is composed 145 XI. — The Sacred Congregations and Pontifical Commissions 157 XII. — On the Crisis between the Vatican and France. (By His Grace the Archbishop of Westminster) 175 PART II. ABOUT THE PARTS OF THE VATICAN NOT GENERALLY SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC. I. — The Story of the Vatican Hill from Ancient Roman Times 187 II. — The Story of the Building of the Vatican at Various Epochs 196 III.

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