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More musing about a consistory for new cardinals
Could we hear the announcement of a consistory perhaps next Wednesday during the General Audience? If it is going to be on the Solemnity of Christ the King, it’ll have to be announced fairly soon. A...
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What the Cardinals will discuss/listen to at the consistory
I suppose one way to glean that the Anglican Ordinariates are actually going to happen is by way of this news. Also there is a liturgical note. The persistent Anna Arco has this: Cardinals to discuss...
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The Extra Beatitude and the College of Cardinals
I have been contemplating the buzz about the Consistory, which will more than like be announced today (6 Jan, Epiphany). My admiration for Pope Benedict is pretty obvious, I should think. That said,...
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QUAERITUR: If, after announcing new cardinals, the Pope dies before the...
I have received several queries about what would happen if, before the upcoming consistory and the “creation” of the new cardinals, the Holy Father were to – quod Deus avertat – die. Would the men...
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Consistory!
The “Bolletino” is out and the Holy Father has announced a consistory for new cardinals. Ecco i nomi dei nuovi Porporati: 1. Mons. JAMES MICHAEL HARVEY, Prefetto della Casa Pontificia, che ho in animo...
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VIDEO: Pope Francis announces date of canonizations of John XXIII and John...
Pope Francis announced during a consistory the dates for the canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II. 27 April 2014 – Sunday of Divine Mercy. Latin, of course, because of the nature of this...
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What Francis says… what liberals hear…
Pope Francis says something like: “We need a deeper theology of women.” What liberals hear: “The Pope is going to name women cardinals!” That Francis might create females cardinals is patently absurd....
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Reese makes his 6577th mistake
Over at Fishwrap the cracks are widening. They are losing John Allen. They closed the combox. MSW is deeply into logorrhea. They are panicky. Now I see a piece by Thomas Reese, SJ, who was removed from...
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Benedict XVI public appearance, attends Consistory. Dress rehearsal for April.
His Holiness Benedict XVI made a public appearance during the consistory this morning, Feast of the Cathedra of St. Peter, when Francis gave the news Cardinals their new stuff. This is clearly the...
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The stakes are high in Rome next week.
This is a big week coming up in Rome. This could be a pivotal week in this pontificate. Consider: 9-11 Feb – Meeting of the Gang of Nine 12-13 Feb – Consistory meetings of all the Cardinals 14-15 Feb...
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By now you have heard that there will be a consistory in November to create new Cardinals. The latest batch is a mixed bag. I have been going a zillion miles an hour since I hit Rome so I haven’t...
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Pope Francis sets date for Consistory for new Cardinals – short, odd list
At the English site of Vatican Radio we find the names of the soon-to-be Cardinals. There is something rather odd in the list. (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday announced a consistory for the...
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