Pope Francis meets with cardinals at the Vatican Sept. 30 during the consistory in which he announced April 27 as the date for the canonization of Blesseds John XIII and John Paul II. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
Posted on 10/31/2013 10:41:40 AM PDT by NYer
The Holy See Press Office has confirmed a Consistory to create new Cardinals will be held next February. Pope Francis had informed both the Council of Cardinals and the Council of the Synod of his intention earlier this month, according to statement issued by Rev. Federico Lombardi, SJ, the head of the Press Office.
The Consistory will be on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, February 22, 2014. Pope Francis decided to make the date known so that other meetings could be planned which involve Cardinals from around the world.
Father Lombardi said a Meeting of the 8 member Council of Cardinals could be expected to happen before the Consistory, as has been customary with his predecessors. Prior to this meeting, will be the third meeting of the Council of Cardinals, while a meeting of the Council of the Synod will start two days after the Consistory.
Father Lombardi said a meeting of the 15 Member Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Holy See will also happen, as usual, in February. Although the date is not confirmed, it will probably be before the Consistory.
As for who the new Cardinals would be, Father Lombardi did not bring up the subject in his statement, although in previous Consistories, the names were usually announced a few weeks in advance.
Ping!
Now that’s overreacting. At least the Cardinals made it to the World Series.
That’s what I was thinking. On a similar note I felt bad for those Catholic leaders that were stranded for 6 hours at the airport the other day.
Deborah is adorable ... an absolute charmer : - ) Is she fluent in German?
Thank you NYer! :)
Yes she is 4 years old, German and American.
Today she had English class at the Catholic Day Care.
Heh! I thought the whole team was being fired, and they should be!
OH that so sweettt
Wait till next year My LA Dodgers be in World series LOL!
Maybe he should consider adding a bunch of new Padres too (San Diego)...
That good one LOL!
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