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After the death of Cardinal Grech, the number of Cardinals is 223. The Cardinal electors are 124; and the Cardinal non-electors are 99.
L'Osservatore Romano Anno CLIX n. 273 (48.301), Città del Vaticano sabato 30 novembre 2019, p. 2, informed that on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, offered, at the Palazzo del Quirinale, the traditional breakfast in honor of the new Italian Cardinals created in the consistory of last October 5: Cardinals Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, and Eugenio Dal Corso, bishop emeritus of Benguela, in Angola, were accompanied by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, by Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy, and Pietro Sebastiani, ambassador of Italy to the Holy See.
The number of Cardinals is 224. The Cardinal electors are now 124. The Cardinal non-electors are now 100.
The number of Cardinals is 224. The Cardinal electors are now 125. The Cardinal non-electors are now 99.
The number of Cardinals is 224. The Cardinal electors are now 126. The Cardinal non-electors are now 98.
The number of Cardinals is 225. The Cardinal electors are now 127. The Cardinal non-electors are now 98.
After the death of Cardinal Levada the number of Cardinals is now 212; the Cardinal electors are 118; and the Cardinal non-electors are now 94.
After the death of Cardinal Etchegaray the number of Cardinals is now 213; the Cardinal electors are 118; and the Cardinal non-electors are now 95.
After the death of Cardinal Pimiento the number of Cardinals is now 214; the Cardinal electors are 118; and the Cardinal non-electors are now 96.
After the death of Cardinal Silvestrini the number of Cardinals is now 215; the Cardinal electors are 118; and the Cardinal non-electors are now 97.
The number of Cardinals is 216. The Cardinal electors are now 118. The Cardinal non-electors are now 98.
On the occasion of the participation of the Secretary of the Council of Cardinals, the television operators will be admitted to the "John Paul II" Hall and the Briefing will be streamed audio-video on the Vatican Media Live-YouTube channel and on the Vatican News App.
The works will continue until Wednesday April 10, 2019.
April 4
Cardinal Donald William Wuerl will continue as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of Washington, D.C., United States of America, until
the instalation, on May 17, 2019, of his successor Wilton Daniel
Gregory, until then archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia.
March 30
Additional information concerning the families of the following Spanish Cardinals have been included in their biographical entries:
March 23
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that the Pope accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile presented by Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati
Andrello, S.D.B. The Pope named Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the archdiocese of Santiago de Chile Celestino Aós Braco,
O.F.M. Cap., until then bishop of Copiapó, Chile.
March 23
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that the Pope named Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, pontifical legate to the celebrations of the
enthronment of King Rama X of Thailand, His Majesty Maha Vajiralongkorn, programmed for Bangkok on May 4-6, 2019.
March 22
At 11 am, the funeral of Cardinal Godfried Danneels, who passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the age of 85 years, took place. As early
as 9 a.m., the drone of Saint-Rombaut Cathedral in Mechelen rang 85 times, just as the coffin of the deceased entered the building discreetly.
The celebration was presided over by the current Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, president of the Belgian Episcopal Conference. He was surrounded by all the bishops of Belgium and the apostolic nuncios to Belgium and the European Union. Also present were several distinguished bishops, such as Aloys Jousen and Albert Houssiau (Liège), Jan De Bie (Mechelen-Brussel), Paul Van Den Berghe (Antwerp) and Arthur Luysterman (Ghent). Congolese bishops also concelebrated with Cardinal De Kesel, as did Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis, archbishop emeritus of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Frans Wiertz, bishop emeritus of Roermond (Netherlands). Many priests also participated in the solemn celebration.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, Princess Astrid and her husband Archduke Loren and Prince Laurent, also were present. Several personalities also participated in the funeral in the cathedral, including the Presidents of the House and Senate as well as the Flemish Parliament, Ministers Kris Peeters, Koen Geens and Pieter De Crem, the First President and the President of the Court of Cassation, the governor of Antwerp and the vice-governor of Brussels. Also present were the Minister of State and former Chief of Staff of the King, Jacques van Ypersele of Strihou, as well as the mayor of Malines Bart Somers, several aldermen of the city and the president of the CD & V Wouter Beke were also present. Several personalities from the academic world such as the Rector of KU Leuven, the Vice-President of the Academic Council of UC Louvain and two former rectors of UC Louvain and many representatives of other faiths (Orthodox, Jewish and Muslim) also were present. Cardinal De Kesel thanked them for their presence and the desire to offer their respect and friendship for the deceased prelate. The Apostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of Belgium, Archbishop Augustine Kasujja read the message of condolence sent by Pope Francis.March 19
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, France, decided to withdraw from the government of his archdiocese for some time.
The conduction of the diocese was entrusted to the Vicar General Moderator, Father Yves Baumgarten. Cardinal Barbarin has been questioned since 2016
for “non-denunciation” of the sexual aggressions of a priest of his archdiocese, Father Bernard Preynat, who abused some seventy minors in the framework of scouting
in the 70s and 80s. Last March 7, the Cardinal was declared culpable “of non-denunciation of mistreatment of minors between 2014 and 2015,” and sentenced to a six-month suspended
prison sentence. He appealed the sentence as well as to the Prosecutor’s Office of Lyon.
March 14
Cardinal Godfried Danneels, of the title of Sant’Anastasia, archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel (Malines-Bruxelles), Military
Ordinary emeritus for Belgium, died this morning. Pope Francis sent Cardinal Jozef De Kesel,
archbishop of Malines-Bruxelles, a telegram of condolence.
After the death of Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the number of cardinals is now 220. The cardinal electors are 122; 18 have been created by Pope John Paul II; 47 by Pope Benedict XVI; and 57 by Pope Francis. The cardinal non-electors are now 98, of which 56 were created by Pope John Paul II; 28 by Pope Benedict XVI; and 14 by Pope Francis.
March 12
L'Osservatore Romano, Anno CLIX n. 59 (48.087), Città del Vaticano, lunedì-martedì 11-12 marzo 2019, p. 7, informed that in the morning of Sunday March 10, 2019,
Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., archbishop of Huancayo, solemnly took possession of the title of Santi Pietro
e Paolo a Via Ostiense. In the Roman church in piazzale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, the Jesuit Cardinal was welcomed by the pastor, Conventual Father Nicola Scarlatino,
who presnted the cardinal the crucifix for the kissing and veneration. Before the Mass presided by the cardinal, pontifical cerimoniere Marco Agostini, who
directed the rite, read the bull. then the cardinal had a discourse of thanks that was translated from Spanish by Father Augusto Zampini, of the Dicastery for the
Service of the Integral Human Development. Among the faithful present was the Peruvian ambassador before the Holy See, María Elvira Velásquez Rivas-Plat.
March 11
Cardinal Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I., turned eighty years old and, therefore, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of
the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi
Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave.
March 7
L'Osservatore Romano, Anno CLIX n. 56 (48.084), Città del Vaticano, venerdì 8 marzo 2019, p. 1, informed that Cardinal Philippe
Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, France, announced his decision to present his resignation to the Pope after the sentence of six months' imprisonment with the conditional
sentence issued on Thursday, March 7, by the tribunal of the French city, which recognized as "guilty of not having given up the abuse" a minor undergoing a minor between 2014 and 2015
by a priest of the archdiocese. "I note - said the cardinal in a short statement in late morning - of the court's decision. Regardless of my personal fate, I reiterate my compassion
for the victims. I decided to go to the Holy Father to present my resignation. He will receive me a few days' time. "The facts of the sentence reexamine the priest Bernard
Preynat, who would have abused dozens of boys in the period when he was in charge of the scout's chaplain, between the seventies and eighties. Cardinal Barbarin
was not present when the verdict was read, but his lawyers announced their intention to appeal against the sentence.
March 5
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff informed
that on Sunday March 10, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Archbishop of Huancayo, Perú, will take
possession of the Title of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense, Piazzale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, 8, Rome.
March 3
L'Osservatore Romano, Anno CLIX n. 53 (48.081), Città del Vaticano, lunedì-martedì 4-5 marzo 2019, p. 10, informed that in the morning of Sunday March 3, 2019, Cardinal
Giuseppe Petrocchi, archbishop of L’Aquila, solemnly took possession of of the title of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini.
After arriving at the Minor Roman Basilica in via Acciaioli, the cardinal was welcomed by the pastor Don Roberto Paolonie and by Monsignor Luigi Veturi,
who until a few months ago had guided the community. Upon arriving in the church, the pastor presented Cardinal Petrocchi the crucifix for the kissing and
veneration. The cardinal then presided over the celebration of the Mass. The bull was read by Pietro Enrico Stefanetti, pontifical ceremoniere, who, assisted by
ceremoniere Ján Dubina, directed the rite.
February 26
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff informed
that on Sunday March 3, 2019 at 11 a.m., Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy, will take possession of the
Title of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini, Via Acciaioli, 2, Rome.
February 23
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that Pope Francis named Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation
for the Oriental Churches, special papal envoy to the celebration of the eighth centennial of the encounter of Saint Francis of Assisi and Sultan Al-Malik Al-Kamel, programmed for
March 1 to 3, 2019 in Egypt.
February 22
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that the Pope named Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, member of the Pontifical Council for
Interreligious Dialog.
February 20
Briefing by the “ad interim” Director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, on the 28th Meeting of the Council of
Cardinals with the Holy Father Francis, 20.02.2019
February 18
Cardinal José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, archbishop emeritus of Manizales, Colombia, turned one hundred years old.
The other centenarian cardinal of recent times was Corrado Bafile, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of the
Saints, who died on February 3, 2005, at the age of 101 years.
February 16
The Press Office of the Holy See issued the following Communique
by which Theodore Edgar McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., United States of America, was dismissed from the clerical
state. A panel of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith found him guilty on January 11, 2019. Archbishop McCarrick appealed the decision, but the appeal was
rejected on the following February 13 by the Congregation itself. Archbishop McCarrick was informed of the decision on February 15 and Pope
Francis recognized the definitive nature of this decision "made in accord with law," making a further appeal impossible.
February 14
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that the Pope Francis named Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.,
prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.
February 14
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that Pope Francis named Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the
Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life.
February 12
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that on February 12, 2019, Holy Father Francis received in an audience Cardinal Giovanni
Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, and authorized the Congregation to promulgate the decrees concerning
eleven miracles attributed to the intercession of two blesseds, the martyrdom of a servant of God, and the heroic virtues of five servants of God. The first one is Blessed
John Henry Newman, cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, founder of the Oratory of S. Filippo Neri in England; born in London, England, on
February 21, 1801 and died in Edgbaston, England, on August 11, 1890. Among the five servants of God is Józef Mindszenty,
cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, former archbishop of Esztergom and primate of Hungary; born in Csehimindszent, Hungary, on March 29, 1892 and died in Vienna, Austria, on May 6,
1975.
February 6
The Press Office of the Holy See published the Decree
on the Inscription of the celebration of Saint Paul VI, Pope (Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini), in the General
Roman Calendar.
February 5
Additional information concerning the families of the following Spanish Cardinals have been included in their biographical entries:
January 30
Cardinal Adolfo Suárez Inda, archbishop emeritus of Morelia, México, turned eighty years old and, according to the
regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi
Dominici gregis, lost the right to participate in the conclave.
January 26
L'Osservatore Romano, Anno CLIX n. 23 (48.051), Città del Vaticano, lunedì-martedì 28-29 gennaio 2019, p. 4, informed that in the evening of Saturday January 26, 2019,
Spanish Cardinal Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., solemnly took possession of the deaconry of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone. In the Roman
church in via dei Banchi Vecchi, the Claretian cardinal was welcomed by the rector Franco Incampo, C.M.F., who presented him the crucifix for the kissing and veneration.
Successively, the cardinal presided over the Mass, which was concelebrated by Franciscan Archbishop José Luis Rodríguez Carballo, secretary of the Congregation for
the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life; and by numerous Claretian priests. Pontifical cerimoniere Pietro Enrico Stefanetti
directed the rite and read the papal bull.
January 26
The exequial Mass for Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F., was celebrated at noon in the cathedral basilica of Málaga
presided by Jesús Catalá, bishop of Málaga, and concelebrated by numerous Spanish bishops. The celebration began with the first station in the church of the Sagrario,
where the ardent chapel was. From there, the cardinal's remains were transferred on the shoulders of several priests to the Cathedral, to start an emotional ceremony in which participsted
the apostolic nuncio of His Holiness, Renzo Fratini; Cardinals Juan José Omella Omella and Carlos
Amigo Vallejo; some twenty bishops of the dioceses of Pamplona, Ávila, Granada and Sevilla (among them Bishop Ramón Buxarrais, emeritus of Málaga). Also
concelebrated numerous priests from Málaga and other dioceses; the secretary general of the Spanish Episcopal Conference Luis Argüello; and the Provincial of the
Claretians of Bética, Father Félix J. Martínez. Several bishops were asked to place over the casket the episcopal insignias: the miter, the crosier and the
evangeliario.
January 25
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that Pope Francis accpted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Lima, Perú, presented by Cardinal
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne. To succeed him, the pope named Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio, until then professor of
theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú.
January 24
Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F., archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, died today in Málaga, Spain.
January 22
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff informed
that on Saturday January 26, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., Cardinal Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F., will take possession of the deaconry of Santa Lucia del
Gonfalone, Via dei Banchi Vecchi, 12, Rome.
January 21
L'Osservatore Romano, Anno CLIX n. 17 (48.045), Città del Vaticano, lunedì-martedì 21-22 gennaio 2019, p. 7, informed that in the morning of Sunday January 20, 2019,
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, took possession of the deaconry of San
Lino. When the cardinal arrived at the Roman parish in via Cardinale Garampi, he was welcomed by the pastor, Don Francesco Galluzzo, who presented him the crucifix for
the kissing and veneration. The pastor also read the pontifical bull. The cardinal presided over the Mass, which was concelebrated, among others, Archbishop Marcello
Bartolucci and by Father Bogusław Stanisław Turek, respectively secretary and undersecretary of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, and by some
twenty other priests. The rite was directed by Monsignor Ján Dubina, pontifical cerimoniere. Among those present were representatives of the Secretariat of
State and of the dicastery guided by Cardinal Becciu.
January 19
The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei was abolished by a motu
proprio of Pope Francis. The Commission functions passed to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith.
January 15
The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff informed
that on Sunday January 20, 2019, at 11:30 a.m., Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the
Saints, will take possession of the deaconry of San Lino, Via Cardinale Garampi, 60, Rome.
January 12
Additional information has been inclided in the biographical enrties of Cardinals Louis-Henri-Joseph Luçon (1907);
Paulin Pierre Andrieu (1907); Alexis Charost (1922);
Stanislas-Arthur-Xavier Touchet (1922); and Charles-Henri-Joseph Binet (1927), kindly
provided by M. Gilles Douspis, from France.
January 5
Cardinal John Tong Hon, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, China, was named apostolic administrator of that diocese. Bishop Michael
Yeung Ming-cheung, who succeeded the cardinal as bishop of Hong Kong on August 1, 2017, died on January 3, 2019.
January 5
The Press Office of the Holy See informed
that Holy Father Francis named Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, special papal envoy to the celebration of the Fourth National Eucharistic Congress in Taiwan, programmed for March 1, 2019 in the
Diocese of Chiayi.
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