College of Cardinals
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Less than sum of its parts...in favor of Belgium's little-known prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, through a process so opaque that selecting a new pope in the College of Cardinals looks transparent. The EU's first foreign minister has no foreign policy experience. In this article: European Union, Europe, United States, Washington, NATO, Tony Blair, Anti-Americanism, Treaty of Lisbon, American Enterprise Institute, and College of Cardinals |
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Chicago Sun-Times | November 20, 2009
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...bomb to save four kidnapped cardinals and reach a vial of anti-matter that could vaporize the Vatican. Meanwhile, there's intrigue within the College of Cardinals and evidence that the previous pope was murdered. This kind of thriller requires...
In this article: Roger Ebert, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, DVD, Angels & Demons, Sony, Warner Bros, Reese Witherspoon, and Leslie Mann
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PR Newswire | October 27, 2009
Parable-Style Novel Follows African Priest's Simple Wisdom: 'The Bishop of Lipoppo'
...to clap his hands and sway to the rhythm. A second priest joined in, then a third. Although he stoutly denied it, even the staid dean of the College of Cardinals, seventy-nine-year-old Cardinal Ugo Carpaccio, moved his hips to the sound of the...
In this article: Bishop, Catholic Church, Father Samuel, Iuniverse, Summons, When the Saints Go Marching In, and Pope Linus
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Times Online | October 20, 2009
Desperate bishops invited Rome to park its tanks on Archbishop's lawn
...the delay was twofold. Within the Vatican City's frescoed ceilings and marbled corridors, in the Curia itself and in particular in the College of Cardinals, there were - and there remain - deep divisions about the appropriate response to...
In this article: Anglicanism, Rome, Catholic Church, William Levada, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, John Hepworth, and Rowan Williams
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boston.com - Today in History | October 16, 2009
Today in History - Oct. 16
...miracle season by winning the World Series, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 in Game 5 played at Shea Stadium. In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla be the new pope; he took the name...
In this article: World Series, Margaret Sanger, John F. Kennedy, Hurricane Irene, Soyuz, Roman Catholic Church, Amtrak, and The Man Who Came to Dinner
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True/Slant | October 15, 2009
Eco-Messiah Al Gore and his global warming flock can't handle the truth
...of the Scholasticism of the Middle Ages. The attempt by global warming alarmists to suppress debate bears a striking resemblance to the College of Cardinals forcing Galileo to recant for having the audacity to question the Aristotelian view...
In this article: Global warming, Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Respondent, and Scientific method
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Centre Daily Times | October 05, 2009
Top Africa cardinal: next pope could well be black
...communities in Europe are in decline. In 1978, the Polish-born Pope John Paul II became the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. Cardinals followed in 2005 by electing German-born Pope Benedict XVI. Whether the European-heavy College of...
In this article: Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Africa, Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, God, Barack Obama, HIV, Vatican City, and Europe
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Seeking Alpha | September 18, 2009
Bond Expert: Friday Wrap
...develops as participants wait for the announcement of the outcome. (I think that they should take a cue from the Vatican when the College of Cardinals meets to choose a new Pope after the death of the previous Pope. I think they should send...
In this article: The Fed, Inflation, Steroid, Timothy Geithner, and Vatican
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Wikipedia | August 19, 2009
Cardinals created by Pope Pius XII in 1946
In his Christmas Message 1945, Pope Pius XII announced his intention, to make the College of Cardinals a living picture of the universality of the Church. Included here are cardinals created by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of February 18,...
In this article: Pope Pius XII
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www.washingtonpost.com | April 09, 2005
Cardinals Begin Period of Media Silence
...not attend. An aide to one of the cardinals said the new gag rule showed the influence of German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the dean of the College of Cardinals and the enforcer of doctrinal discipline for the late pope. "It was he who...
In this article: Pope John Paul II, Vatican City, Catholic Church, Francesco Marchisano, John XXIII, Theodore E. McCarrick, and Joaquin Navarro-Valls
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Cardinals Set Conclave for April 18
...of thousands more pilgrims descended upon St. Peter's Square on Wednesday for a last chance to view the body of Pope John Paul II, as the College of Cardinals announced that the conclave to select the new leader of the world's 1.1 billion...
In this article: Rome, St. Peter, Vatican City, George H.W. Bush, John Paul, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Bill Clinton, and Pope John Paul II
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The College of Cardinals (verbose: Sacred College of the Holy Roman Church, Sancta Romana Ecclesia, S.R.E.) is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The College plays two roles in the church:
*participating in papal elections when the Holy See is vacant, and
*advising the Pope about Church matters when he summons them to an ordinary consistory.
Historically, they were also the clergy of the city of Rome serving the Pope as the Bishop of Rome and were assigned duties in parishes of the city. The College has no ruling power except during the sede vacante period, where its powers are still extremely limited according to the Apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis. The history of the College of Cardinals as a college dates to the beginning of the 12th century when the cardinal bishops, cardinal priests, and cardinal deacons ceased acting as separate groups.
The Dean of the College of Cardinals and the Sub-Dean are the president and vice-president of the college. Both are elected by and from the cardinals holding suburbicarian dioceses, but the election requires Papal confirmation. Except for presiding, the Dean has no power of governance over the cardinals, instead acting as primus inter pares.
The Secretary of State, the prefects of the Congregations of the Roman Curia, the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, the Vicar General of Rome, and the Patriarchs of Venice and Lisbon, are usually Cardinals, with few, generally temporary, exceptions. The Fundamental Law of Vatican City State requires that appointments to the state's legislative body, the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, be cardinals.
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