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His secretaries were perfectly trained , and this speaker was no exception . After a slight pause , he continued : `` This is the business , gentlemen . `` Last Thursday , as you are aware , the Plenipotentaries signed the Test Act in this room , and it was immediately communicated all over the world . At sixteen o'clock His Honour received a message from a man named Dolgorovski -- who is , it is understood , one of the Cardinals of the Catholic Church . This he claimed ; and on inquiry it was found to be a fact . His information confirmed what was already suspected -- namely , that there was a man claiming to be Pope , who had created -LRB- so the phrase is -RRB- other cardinals , shortly after the destruction of Rome , subsequent to which his own election took place in Jerusalem . It appears that this Pope , with a good deal of statesmanship , has chosen to keep his own name and place of residence a secret from even his own followers , with the exception of the twelve cardinals ; that he has done a great deal , through the instrumentality of one of his cardinals in particular , and through his new Order in general , towards the reorganisation of the Catholic Church ; and that at this moment he is living , apart from the world , in complete security .