• August 9
  The Office of Liturgical Celebrations informed that on Thursday August 11, 2022, at 11 a.m., at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter's Basilica, will take place exequial liturgy of Cardinal Jozef Tomko, of the title of Santa Sabina, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.
  The funeral liturgy will be celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, together with the other cardinals, archbishops and bishops.
  At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, the Holy Father will preside over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio and the Valedictio.

• August 8
  Vatican News informed that the dates of the last farewell ceremonies for the late Cardinal Jozef Tomko in Rome and in Slovakia are already known. In the Vatican, it will be on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. in the Basilica of St. Peter.
  The coffin with the remains of the late cardinal will be displayed in the Slovak capital city, Bratislava, on Friday and Saturday (August 12 and 13), the Slovak Bishops Conference (KBS)'s press office has confirmed. The cardinal's remains will be available for public veneration between 9 a.m. and 12 a.m. on those two days in St. Martin's cathedral in Bratislava. Then, the cardinal's remains will be transferred to Košice.
  In Košice, the funeral will be held on Tuesday, August 16 at 11 a.m. in the cathedral of St. Elizabeth. The main celebrant will be Cardinal Dominik Duka, O.P., archbishop emeritus of Prague, Czech Republic.

  In connection with the death of Cardinal Tomko, the archdiocese of Košice informed that in accordance with "his wish that his final resting place be in the cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice", his remains will be transported to Slovakia on Thursday.

  The public in Košice will have the opportunity to honor the memory of the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, a native of Udavský in the Humenné district. The remains of Cardinal Tomko will be exposed in the cathedral of St. Elizabeth on Sunday, August 14 from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and on Monday, August 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. In the afternoon, they will be transferred to the chapel of St. Michael.
  The funeral rites will be held in the cathedral of Košice on Tuesday, August 16 at 11 a.m.

• August 8
  Vatican News informed that the funeral for the late Cardinal Josef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for the Eucharistic Congresses, will be celebrated on August 11, 2022, at 11 a.m. in the Papal Vatican Basilica.

• August 8
  After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Josef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for the Eucharistic Congresses, of the title of Santa Sabina, the Holy Father sent Bernard Bober, archbishop of Košice, Slovakia, a telegram of condolence.

• August 8
  Il Sismografo informed that Cardinal Josef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Eucharistic Congresses, died today at 5 a.m., in his apartment in Rome.
  He had been admitted to the Policlinico Gemelli on June 25 due to an injury to his cervical spine causing a lesion; his condition worsened due to having subsequently contracting Covid-19. He spent the whole month of July in the hospital, where he received among others a visit from Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State. He returned home on Saturday, August 6, to continue his in-home care, with a dedicated nurse at his assistance. At 98 years old, he was the oldest member of the College of Cardinals. According to his wishes, he will be buried in the cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice, Slovakia.
  After the death of Cardinal Tomko, the cardinals are 206; 116 are electors and 90 are non-electors.

• August 4
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Durasamy Simon Lourdusamy (1985); Edward Bede Clancy (1988); Franz Hengsbach (1988); Gilberto Agustoni (1994); Yves Congar, O.P. (1994); Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. (2003) and Stanisław Nagy, S.C.I. (2003), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• July 30
  ACI Africa informed that Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M.Afr., bishop of Wa, Ghana, who will be created cardinal in the consistory of August 27, 2022, has been elected president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M.Cap., archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, was elected first vice-president of SECAM; and Lucio Andrice Muandula, bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique, was re-elected second vice-president.

• July 28
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Giovanni Battista Montini (1958); José Garibi Rivera (1958); Giuseppe Fietta (1958); Antonio Maria Barbieri, O.F.M.Cap. (1958); Richard James Cushing (1958); Paul-Marie Richaud (1958); José María Bueno y Monreal (1958) and Albert Gregory Meyer (1959), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• July 23
  Avvenire informed that the apse part of St. Peter's Basilica was full of faithful for the episcopal consecration of Fortunato Frezza, titular archbishop of Treba, who will be created cardinal in the consistory of August 27, 2022.
  Consecrator was Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M.Conv., archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica and vicar general for Vatican City; assisted by Edgar Peña Parra, substitute of the Secretariat of State, and by Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez, bishop of Málaga, Spain. Cardinal Gambetti also gave the homily.
  At the end of the celebration, Archbishop Frezza, visibly moved, thanked the Pope for the trust placed in him, Cardinal Gambetti and all those present. He also wanted to send a thought to his parents and "my little brother" who are dead, but present in spiritual communion. Then, after the Mass, some of those present even joked a little with him about the fact that he was chaplain for Roma Calcio (the professional football club based in Rome) for a long time.
  The celebration was attended, among others, by Cardinals Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general emeritus of the Synod of Bishops, Fernando Filoni, grand master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and his predecessor in the same post Cardinal Edwin Frederick O'Brien, Archbishops Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with the States, Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, who will also be created cardinal on August 27, in addition to the Bishop of Viterbo (native diocese of Archbishop Frezza), Lino Fumagalli. Among the faithful were present the mayor of Trevi (province of Frosinone and diocese of Anagni-Alatri) Silvio Grazioli, the parish priest don Pierluigi Nardi and don Rosario Vitagliano, parish priest in Alatri but originally from Trevi, together with a large delegation of lay people. Treba (i.e. Trevi in ​​Lazio) is in fact the titular see assigned to Archbishop Frezza. The mayor also invited Archbishop Frezza to visit the town, possibly after the consistory at the end of August.

• July 21
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named bishop of the diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza (Italy) Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice, metropolitan archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, uniting the two sees in persona Episcopi.

• July 20
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Stefano Durazzo (1633); Lorenzo Azzolini (1633) (quasi-cardinal); Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solís (1850) (quasi-cardinal); Vincenzo Santucci (1853); Aristide Rinaldini (1907); George William Mundelein (1924); Konrad von Preysing (1946); Clemens August von Galen (1946) and Antonio Caggiano (1946), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• July 15
  The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem informed that on Saturday July 23, 2022, at 10 a.m., in the Papal Vatican Basilica, will take place the episcopal consecration of Fortunato Frezza, titular archbishop elect of Treba, who will be created cardinal in the consistory of August 27, 2022. Consecrator will be Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M.Conv., archpriest of the Papal Vatican Basilica, assisted by Edgar Peña Parra, titular archbishop of Telepte, substitute of the Secretariat of State, and by Jesús Catalá Ibáñez, bishop of Málaga, Spain.

• July 13
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named members of the Dicastery for Bishops Cardinals Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., bishop of Stockholm, Sweden; Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines; José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church; Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops; and Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Archbishop-Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy; Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop of Marseille, France; and Oscar Cantoni, bishop of Como, Italy, whose cardinalitial nominations have been announced. Also appointed were Dražen Kutleša, archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia; Paul Desmond Tighe, titular bishop of Drivasto, secretary of the former Pontifical Council for Culture; Most Reverend Father Dom Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., abbot of the Abbey of San Paolo fuori le Mura and apostolic administrator of the territorial abbey of Montecassino, Italy; Reverend Sister Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., general secretary of the Gorvernatorate of the State of Vatican City; Reverend Sister Yvonne Reungoat, F.M.A., former Superior General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians; and Doctor Maria Lia Zervino, president of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations.

• July 9
  Vatican News informed that Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and president emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for the International Eucharistic Congresses, is interned in the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome suffering from Covid-19. His condition is improving. At 98, he is the oldest member of the College of Cardinals.

• July 9
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, O.F.M.Conv., archpriest of the papal basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, special papal envoy to preside the Eucharistic celebration programmed for September 7, 2022 in the Shrine of of Our Lady del Rimedio, patroness of Oristano, Italy, in the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

• July 8
  Additional details have been included in the biographical enrties of Cardinals Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1979); Bernard Yago (1983); Ricardo Jamin Vidal (1985); Paul Grégoire (1988); Antony Padiyara (1988); José Freire Falcão (1988); Gilberto Agustoni (1994); Alois Grillmeier, S.J. (1994); Giovanni Cheli (1998); Zenon Grocholewski (2001) and Stéphanos II Ghattas, C.M. (2001), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• July 6
  Missa de Corpo Presente - Cardeal Cláudio Hummes - Catedral da Sé - São Paulo, (Mass with the body present - Cardinal Cláudio Hummes - Cathedral of the See, São Paulo) Facebook.

• July 5
  After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy, archbishop emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil, of the title of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana, the Holy Father sent Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, archbishop of São Paulo, a telegram of condolence.

• July 5
  L'Osservatore Romano informed that the exequies for Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, archbishop emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil, and prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy, will be celebrated by the archbishop of São Paulo, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer on Wednesday July 6, 2022, at 10 a.m., in the metropolitan cathedral of São Paulo in which crypt will be buried the late cardinal.

• July 4
  Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil, informed that Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of São Paulo and prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy, died today shortly after 9 a.m., according to his doctor, Rodrigo Paulino. The body of the late cardinal will lie in state at the metropolitan cathedral of São Paulo, where Masses will be celebrated at different hours. He was 87 years old.
  He had been infected by Covid-19 and then had to face, together with other pathologies, the complicated phase of the so-called "long-covid".
  After the death of Cardinal Hummes, the cardinals are 207; 116 are electors and 91 are non-electors.

• July 1
  Additional details have been included in the biographical enrties of Cardinals Camillo Caccia Dominioni (1935); Stephanos I Sidarouss, C.M. (1965); Franjo Šeper (1965); Paul Zoungrana, M.Afr. (1965); Francis John Brennan (1967) and Joseph Parecattil (1969), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• June 30
  ACI Stampa informed that Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi was named Patronus of the Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum, Rome.

• June 27
  L'Osservatore Romano informed that on the afternoon of Sunday June 25, 2022, Cardinal Antoine Kambanda, archbishop of Kigali, in Rwanda, solemnly took possession of the title of San Sisto. Arriving in the Roman basilica in Piazza Numa Pompilio, the cardinal was welcomed by the rector Father Paul Lawlor, a Dominican priest, who presented him with the crucifix for kissing and veneration. Subsequently, the cardinal presided over the Mass, concelebrating with the rector and with Father Antonio Cocolicchio, O.P., prior of the Roman Dominican province of Santa Caterina da Siena.
  Among others were present Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello who, between 1991 and 1995, was apostolic nuncio to Rwanda; Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pegorari, who was papal representative to the African country between 2003 and 2008; Protase Rugambwa, archbishop-bishop emeritus of Kigoma, in Tanzania; Salvator Niciteretse, bishop of Bururi, in Burundi. Mother Silvia Agnoletto, prioress general of the Congregation of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of San Sisto, was also present.
  Monsignor Ján Dubina, pontifical ceremoniere, read the nomination bull and directed the rite.

• June 27
  ACI Stampa informed that the Holy Father will bless the palliums of the 44 new archbishops named during the year. The palliums will be imposed at a later day by the apostolic nuncio to the respective countries. Among the those receiving the pallium are Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, and future Cardinals Paulo Cezar Costa, archbishop of Brasíilia, Brazil; and Anthony Poola archbishop of Hyderabad, India.
  Future Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores, archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay, will not go to Rome due to preventive isolation by health protocol.

• June 25
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Beniamino Stella (2014); Oraní João Tempesta, O.Cist. (2014); Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. (2014) and Wilton Daniel Gregory (2020), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• June 23
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that on August 27, at Saint Peter's Vatican Basilica there will be an Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new cardinals and for the vote on some causes of canonization.
  Also, on August 30, 2022, there will be in Saint Peter's basilica, at 4:30 p.m., a Cappella Papale, Holy Mass with the new cardinals and the College of Cardinals.
  Finally, on September 4, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., there will be in Saint Peter's square, a Cappella Papale, Holy Mass and beatification of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul I.

• June 22
  Servizio Informazione Religiosa informed that Cardinal Severino Poletto, archbishop emeritus of Turin, Italy, is hospitalized in very serious conditions. The family members invited the ecclesial community to pray for him. The news was given by the diocesan weekly of Casale Monferrato, "La Vita Casalese". Cardinal Poletto is 89 years old.

• June 22
  Comunique of the Press Office of the Holy See about the meeting of the Council of Cardinals.
  Yesterday afternoon, June 21, 2022, at 4:00 p.m., an online meeting of the Council of Cardinals took place.
  Cardinals Óscar A. Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Reinhard Marx, Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Oswald Gracias and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., were remotely connected. Cardinals Pietro Parolin and Giuseppe Bertello were connected from the Vatican. The Holy Father participated in the meeting, connecting from Casa Santa Marta.
  After each offering their own considerations on the application of the new Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium, the work of the Council focused on some organizational and thematic aspects of the next meeting of all the cardinals scheduled for August 29 and 30, 2022.
  The meeting ended shortly before 5:00 p.m. and the Council will meet again in the month of September.

• June 20
  The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff informed that on Sunday June 26, 2022, at 4 p.m., Cardinal Antoine Kambanda, archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda, will take possession of the title of San Sisto, Piazza Numa Pompilio, 8, Rome.

• June 17
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Valladolid, Spain, presented by Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez Pérez. To succeed him the Holy Father named Luis Javier Argüello García, until then titular bishop of Ipagro, auxiliary of Valladolid, general secretary and spokesperson of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE).

• June 16
  Catholic News Agency informed that Pope Francis has accepted a Belgian Catholic bishop’s request not to be made a cardinal at a consistory on August 27, 2022.
  Bishop Luc Van Looy, S.D.B., the 80-year-old emeritus bishop of Ghent, was due to receive the red hat with 20 other churchmen in Rome.
  A June 16, 2022 statement from the Belgian bishops’ conference said: “The announcement of the creation of Monsignor Luc Van Looy, emeritus bishop, as a cardinal has provoked many positive reactions, but also criticism that as bishop of Ghent (2004-2020) he did not always react vigorously enough against abuses in the pastoral relationship.”
  “To prevent victims of such abuses from being hurt again as a result of his cardinalate, Bishop Van Looy asked the pope to dispense with his acceptance of the appointment. Pope Francis agreed to his request.”

• June 13
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo (2006); Odilo Pedro Scherer (2007); Emmanuel III Delly (2007); Antonios Naguib (2010); Fortunato Baldelli (2010) and Timothy Michael Dolan (2012), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• June 9
  Agenzia Fides informed that the archdiocese of Seoul, South Korea, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Cardinal Stephen Sou-hwan Kim who was archbishop of that metropolitan see from 1968 until 1998. He was renowned as an advocate of human rights and contributed to the democracy in his country. Peter Chung Soon-taick, O.C.D., current archbishop of Seoul and apostolic administrator of Pyongyang, celebrated a commemorative Mass to pay homage to Cardinal Kim. Held in Myeongdong cathedral on Pentecost Sunday, in the presence of numerous priests and faithful. A series of cultural events in honor of Cardinal Kim are planned in Seoul and will begin in July 2022.

• June 8
  AlterPresse informed that Cardinal Chibly Langlois, bishop of Les Cayes, Haït, had a serious traffic accident this morning on National Road #2, at Léogane (about 44 km south of the capital, Port-au-Prince), confirmed the permanent secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti (Ceh), in a note published today. The prognosis of the cardinal is serious and he probably has a broken arm and was rushed to a hospital, Bishop Pierre André Dumas of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne said. The Ceh invited priests and lay faithful to pray for the cardinal's healing and his speedy recovery. In a message posted on his Twitter account, de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry wished a speedy recovery to the cardinal. He said: "At this painful moment, I ask him to accept the expression of our complete solidarity and our deepest sympathy".

• June 7
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Investment Committee has been established, provided for by article 227 of the Apostolic Constitution Praedicate Evangelium, chaired by Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and the Life, and composed of the following members: Dr. Jean Pierre Casey, founder and CEO by RegHedge (Great Britain); Dr. Giovanni Christian Michael Gay, management director of Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH (Germany); Dr. David Harris, portfolio manager of Skagen Funds (Norway); and Dr. John J. Zona, investment manager of Boston College (United States of America).

• June 6
  Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop emeritus of México, México, turned 80 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.
  The number of cardinals is 208. The cardinal electors are now 116; and the cardinal non-electors are now 92.

• June 5
  Today, Solemnity of Pentecost, went into effect the Apostolic Constitution “Praedicate Evangelium” on the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and the World.

  The new apostolic constitution reorganizes the Roman Curia in the following manner:

  Secretariat of State (articles 44–52)

  Dicasteries
  Dicastery for the Evangelization (articles 53–68)
  Dicastery for the Dottrina della Fede (articles 69–78)
  Dicastery for the Servizio della Carità (articles 79–81)
  Dicastery for the Oriental Churches (articles 82–87)
  Dicastery for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (articles 88–97)
  Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints (articles 98–102)
  Dicastery for the Bishops (articles 103–112)
  Dicastery for the Clergy (articles 113–120)
  Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life (articles 121–127)
  Dicastery for the Lay, the Family and the Life (articles 128–141)
  Dicastery for the Promotion of the Unity of the Christians (articles 142–146)
  Dicastery for the Interreligious Dialog (articles 147–152)
  Dicastery for the Culture and the Education (articles 153–162)
  Dicastery for the Services of the Integral Human Development (articles 163–174)
  Dicastery for the Legislative Texts (articles 175–182)
  Dicastery for Comunication (articles 183–188)

  Organs of Justice
  Organs of Justice (article 189)
  Apostolic Penitentiary (articles 190–193)
  Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature (articles 194–199)
  Tribunal of the Roman Rota (articles 200–204)
  Economic Organisms
  Council for the Economy (articles 205–211)
  Secretariat for the Economy (articles 212–218)
  Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (articles 219–221)
  Office of the General Revisor (articles 222–224)
  Commission of Reserved Matters (articles 225-226)
  Committee for the Investments (article 227)
  Offices
  Prefecture of the Pontifical Household (articles 228–230)
  Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (articles 231–234)
  Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (articles 235-237)
  Advocate (articles 238–240)
  Institutions related to the Holy See (articles 241–249)

• June 4
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto, bishop emeritus of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal, special papal envoy to the closing celebrations of the Peregrinación Europea de Jóvenes, which will take place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on August 3 to 7, 2022, on the occasion of the Compostelan Holy Year.

• June 3
  The Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity informed that Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity, received a doctorate honoris causa from the University of Opole, Poland.

• June 1
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinals Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist., archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar); Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay); Blase Joseph Cupich, archbishop of Chicago (United States of America); Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B., archbishop of Rabat (Morocco); Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile); Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Lay, the Family and the Life; Konrad Krajewski, almoner of His Holiness; Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops; and Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

• June 1
  Press release of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches: The prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, will travel to Romania from June 1 to 5, 2022 to meet the Romanian Greek-Catholic Major Archiepiscopal Church with its pastors and express gratitude for what is being done to welcome refugees of the conflict in Ukraine, in agreement with the rest of the Romanian Episcopate and the authorities of the country.
  Cardinal Sandri will be accompanied, on site, by Miguel Maury Buendia, apostolic nuncio to Romania and Moldova.
  The details relating to the visit and the texts that will be delivered can be found on the web page of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

• May 31
  L'Osservatore Romano informed that the funeral for Cardinal Angelo Sodano was celebrated in the morning at the altar of the Chair of St. Peter's basilica, by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.
  The celebration was attended by Pope Francis, who presided over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio and the Valedictio. Beside the pope was Monsignor Diego Ravelli, master of pontifical liturgical celebrations.
  In the basilica there were 37 cardinals - the Vice-dean of the College of Cardinals Leonardo Sandri and the secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin approached the altar for the Eucharistic prayer. Also present were 40 archbishops and bishops. Furthermore, with the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See were Archbishops Edgar Peña Parra and Paul Richard Gallagher, respectively substitute for General Affairs and secretary for Relations with the States; Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, secretary for Pontifical Representations, was among the concelebrants - and Monsignors Luigi Roberto Cona, assessor, Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski, under-secretary for Relations with the States, and Joseph Murphy, head of the protocol of the Secretariat of State. Alongside the family members of Cardinal Sodano were the Sisters of Santa Marta, who have assisted him over the years, and numerous people who, in various capacities, had collaborated with him.
  Before the celebration, in the church of Santo Stefano degli Abyssinians, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wished to pray in front of the coffin. At the end of the Mass, the body of the late cardinal was brought to Asti, his homeland. Tomorrow, Wednesday June 1, at 10:30 a.m., the bishop of the Piedmontese diocese, Marco Prastaro, will celebrate the suffrage ceremony in the cathedral, where Cardinal Sodano was ordained a priest on September 23, 1950 and where he will be buried, by his will.

• May 29
  After the recitation of the Regina Coeli, the Holy Father announced that on Saturday August 27, 2022 he will celebrate a consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals:
  1. Arthur Roche, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
  2. Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.
  3. Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, L.C., president of Pontifical Commision for the State of Vatican City and president of the Governatore of the State of Vatican City.
  4. Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop of Marseille, France.
  5. Peter Okpaleke, bishop of Ekwulobia, Nigeria.
  6. Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., archbishop of Manaus, Brazil.
  7. Filipe Neri António Sebastião di Rosário Ferrão, archbishop of Goa and Damão, India.
  8. Robert Walter McElroy, bishop of San Diego, California, United States of America.
  9. Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, S.D.B., archbishop of Dili, Oriental Timor.
  10. Oscar Cantoni, bishop of Como, Italy.
  11. Anthony Poola, archbishop of Hyderabad, India.
  12. Paulo Cezar Costa, archbishop of Brasília, Brazil.
  13. Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M.Afr., bishop of Wa, Ghana.
  14. William Goh Seng Chye, archbishop of Singapore, Singapore.
  15. Adalberto Martínez Flores, archbishop of Asunción, Paraguay.
  16. Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., titular bishop of Castra Severiana, apostolic prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
  Together with them will be:
  17. Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.J.M., archbishop emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia.
  18. Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Ghent, Belgium.
  19. Arrigo Miglio, archbishop emeritus of Cagliari, Italy.
  20. Reverend Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., professor of theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
  21. Monsignor Fortunato Frezza, canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica.

• May 28
  The Office of Liturgical Celebrations informed that on Tuesday May 31, 2022, at 11 a.m., at the Altar of the Cathedra of Saint Peter's basilica, will take place the Exequies of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, of the title of the suburbicarian church of Albano and in commendam of the title of S. Maria Nuova, secretary of State emeritus and dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals.

  The Exequial Liturgy will be celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, together with the other cardinals, archbishops and bishops.

  At the end of the Eucharistic Celebration, the Holy Father will preside the rite of the Ultima Commendatio e della Valedictio.

• May 28
  After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State emeritus and dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals, of the title of the suburbicarian see of Albano and in commendam of the title of S. Maria Nuova, the Holy Father sent Signora Maria Sodano a telegram of condolence.

• May 27
  La Stampa informed that Cardinal Angelo Sodano died at Columbus Hospital-Gemelli. Recently his condition had worsened due to the contagion of Covid-19.
  After the death of Cardinal Sodano the number of cardinals is 208. The cardinal electors are 117; and the cardinal non-electors are now 91.

• May 27
  Il Sismografo informed that according to numerous and different Vatican and clinical sources, the health condition of Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State emeritus and dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals, is very critical after a recent infection from Covid-19. The disease has been added to other pathologies that have long affected the cardinal.

• May 27
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy, presented by Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti.

• May 24
  L'Osservatore Romano informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI). The news was reported by Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, until then president of the Italian Episcopal Conference. The bishops are meeting at the Hilton Rome Airport Hotel for the 76th general assembly.

• May 23
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Michael Michai Kitbunchu (1983); Alexandre do Nascimento (1983); Alfonso López Trujillo (1983); Godfried Danneels (1983); Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (1985); Albert Decourtray (1985); Eduardo Martinez Somalo (1988); Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. (1988); Giovanni Canestri (1988); José Tomás Sánchez (1991); Fiorenzo Angelini (1991); Camilo Ruini (1991); Jean Balland (1998); Dino Monduzzi (1998); François Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân (2001); Crescenzio Sepe (2001); Jorge María Mejía (2001); Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (2001); Ivan Dias (2001): Attilio Nicora (2003); Javier Lozano Barragán (2003); Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier (2003) and Quasi-cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar (1988), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• May 20
  L'Osservatore Romano informed that today in the morning, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, presided a Eucharistic concelebration for the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin. Concelebrating were Cardinals Leonardo Sandri, Francis Arinze, Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Robert Sarah and Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle.

• May 18
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals James Francis McIntyre (1953), Timothy Manning (1973), Agostino Cacciavillan (2001) and Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R., (2016), kindly provided by Mr. Charles Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

• May 15
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entry of Cardinal Gil de Albornoz (1627), kindly provided by Mr. Francisco Vázquez, from Valencia, Spain.

• May 13
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Prague, Czech Republic, presented by Cardinal Dominick Duka, O.P., and named Jan Graubner, until then archbishop of Olomouc, to succeed him.

• May 11
  Catholic News Agency informed that Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has been released on bail hours after he was arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong, according to media reports. The reports emerged shortly after the Vatican said that it was concerned to hear of the 90-year-old cardinal’s arrest on May 11.

• May 11
  Reuters informed that Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has been arrested by the authorities in Hong Kong, according to local media reports. The cardinal and four others who helped run a now-disbanded humanitarian fund for protesters, all on charges of "collusion with foreign forces", a legal source said. The cardinal was being held in Chai Wan police station close to his church residence, according to a police sergeant on the scene. The other people arrested in connection with the case are senior barrister Margaret Ng, 74; activist and pop singer Denise Ho; former lawmaker Cyd Ho; and former academic Hui Po-keung.
  All were taken into custody for alleged "collusion with foreign forces", according to the source. The five were trustees of the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund" which helped protesters who had been arrested during pro-democracy, anti-China protests in 2019 to help pay their legal and medical fees.

• May 7
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt (1946); Julius Döpfner (1958); Francesco Roberti (1958); Peter Tatsuo Doi (1960); Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1960); Rufino Jiao Santos (1960); Lorenz Jaeger (1965); Josef Beran (1965); Maurice Roy (1965); Owen McCann (1965); Léon-Étienne Duval (1965); Federico Callori di Vignale (1965); Ángel Herrera Oria (1965); Joseph-Léon Cardijn (1965); Charles Journet (1965); Giuseppe Beltrami (1967); Alfredo Pacini (1967); Egidio Vagnozzi (1967); John Patrick Cody (1967); Corrado Ursi (1967); Alfred Bengsch (1967) Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. (1967); Alfredo Vicente Scherer (1969); Julio Rosales y Ras (1969); Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez (1969); François Marty (1969); Jéróme Rakotomalala (1969); Paul Gouyon (1969); Joseph Malula (1969); Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (1969); Joseph Höffner (1969); Albino Luciani (1973); António Ribeiro (1973); Avelar Brandão Vilela (1973); Hermann Volk (1973); Opilio Rossi (1976) and Quasi-cardinal Louis Bouyer, Orat. (1967), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• May 5
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson will take possession as chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on June 6, 2022, Monday after the Solemnity of Pentecost.

• May 1
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entry of Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M., archbishop of Santiago de Chile, kindly provided by Mr. Charles Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

• April 30
  L'Osservatore Romano informed that in the late afternoon of Saturday April 30, 2022, Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, solemnly took possession of the title of San Vigilio all'Eur. Arriving in the Roman church in via Paolo Di Dono, the cardinal was welcomed by the parish priest Don Alfio Tirrò, who presented him with the crucifix for kissing and veneration. He then presided over the Mass concelebrated by the parish priest, who read the nomination bull, by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, archbishop emeritus of Manila, and by several priests of the parish and of Collegio Filipino. Present, among others, were the ambassadors of the Philippines to the Holy See, Myla Grace Ragenia Catalbas Macahilig, and to the Quirinale (Italy), Domingo P. Nolasco, and of many members of the Filipino community residing in Rome. Monsignor Krzysztof Marcjanowicz, papal ceremoniere, conducted the rite.

• April 30
  The Archdiocese of Sevilla informed that at half past ten in the morning, the mortal remains of Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, were transferred to the Seo on the shoulders of the seminarians, acolytes, deacons and concelebrating priests, in an emotional tour of the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Cardenal Amigo Street, Alemanes, Avenida de la Constitución until entering the cathedral through the Puerta de la Asunción reserved for very solemn events of the archdiocese.
  Arriving at the altar, the coffin was placed in the center of the presbytery, with its back to the altar and facing the people, next to the lit Paschal candle, surrounded by four candlesticks.
  After the monition, the archbishop of Sevilla, José Ángel Saiz Meneses, said a prayer next to the lit Paschal candle and placed the chasuble and the miter on the coffin, to one side, the crozier and the Gospel book, “so that, as he consecrated his life to announce the Gospel of Christ, now enjoy contemplating, face to face, that same truth that, already when he lived in the limited light of this world, he glimpsed in the word of God and preached to his brothers”.
  The Eucharist, presided over by Archbishop Saiz Meneses, was concelebrated by Juan José Asenjo, archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, the apostolic nuncio, Bernardito Cleopas Azuza, titular archbishop of Suacia, the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), the cardinal archbishop of Barcelona, ​​Juan José Omella Omella, the cardinal archbishop of Madrid, Carlos Osoro Sierra; the cardinal archbishop of Valencia, Antonio Cañizares Llovera; the cardinal archbishop of Valladolid, Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, other Spanish bishops along with a broad representation of priests from the diocesan clergy.
  Archbishop Saiz Meneses stated that last Wednesday he shared a long time with the cardinal, where they could "chat without haste, and pray together." In addition, they spoke of “Our Lord and the definitive encounter with Him, also of Mary and Saint Francis of Assisi. He listened carefully and nodded. After a few moments he left us, with great peace and serenity”.
  Particularly moving was the intervention of Brother Pablo Noguera, the cardinal's faithful secretary for several decades, who exposed the charisma of the late cardinal, his affection for Sevilla, his entire dedication to the people entrusted to him, his availability and, above all, the joy that he always wanted to spread wherever he went. An intervention that was crowned by a long ovation from the assembly that, in this way, paid its last tribute to the cardinal of Sevilla. Later, the 'song of Brother Sun' was sung. The apostolic nuncio read the telegram sent by Pope Francis to the archbishop of Sevilla, and the secretary general of the archdiocese, Isacio Siguero, did the same with the one sent by the King and Queen of Spain.
  The funeral ritual ended with the burial of the remains of Cardinal Amigo Vallejo in the chapel of San Pablo in the cathedral, which is located between the Royal Chapel and the Puerta de Campanillas, dedicated to San Pablo.
  Numerous authorities participated in the funeral Mass, with the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, at the head. Along with him, among others, the mayor of Sevilla, Antonio Muñoz; the president of the Provincial Council of Sevilla, Fernando Rodríguez Villalobos; the minister of Culture of the Board, Patricia del Pozo; the lieutenant general of the Land Force, José Rodríguez; Senator José Luis Sanz; with the deputy Reyes Romero.
  Funeral Mass of Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, YouTube.

• April 30
  Vida Nueva Digital informed that due to a delay in the transfer, the body of the late Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán did not arrive until Friday, April 29, 2022, at the Basílica of Guadalupe in México City, where it was received by Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of México, and some bishops of the country. The Mass on Friday April 29 at the Baslica of Guadalupe in the capital of the country was a previous stop before the remains were buried in the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of the diocese of Zamora, according to the will of the late cardinal. Also present at the Tepeyac shrine was Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop emeritus of México, the auxiliary bishops of the primatial archdiocese, as well as several bishops from the country who were very close to the deceased cardinal. The homily was delivered by Father Álvaro Lozano Platonoff, of the archdiocese of México, who serves as pastoral vicar of that see. After the celebration at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the body was transferred to the city of Zamora to be buried in the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Mass there was presided over by Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara. In Zamora, a tour of the coffin was planned through the streets of the city but beause to the delay in the transfer from Mexico City, only the Eucharist was celebrated, in which several bishops from the country were also present, among them the bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas, the see occupied by Cardinal Lozano Barragán from 1984 to 1997. The remains of the late cardinal rest in that Marian shrine.

• April 30
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal José Tolentino Calaça de Mendonça, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church, member of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.

• April 30
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, papal legate the 800th anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral of Cosenza which will take place on June 25, 2022.

• April 29
  The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff informed that on Saturday April 30, 2022, at 7 p.m., Cardinal Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, wll take possession of the title of San Vigilio, Via Paolo Di Dono, 218, Rome.

• April 28
  Press Communique of the Council of Cardinals, 28.04.2022
  On April 25, 2022, in the presence of the Holy Father, the 41st session of the Council of Cardinals began, the first after the publication of the Apostolic Constitution Predicate Evangelium. Present at the meeting were Cardinals Giuseppe Bertello, Oscar Andrés Rodriguez Maradiaga, S.D.B, Reinhard Marx, Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Osvald Gracias, and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., together with the secretary of the Council, Archbishop Marco Mellino. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, was absent due to institutional commitments in México.

  After the prayer, Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, coordinator of the Council, greeted the Holy Father and the members.

  Subsequently, reflection began on the war in Ukraine and the consequent socio-political, ecclesial and ecumenical situation. The Holy Father reported on the various initiatives undertaken by him, the secretary of State and the Secretariat of State to pursue peace. A moment of reflection followed between members who supported and encouraged the Holy Father in his tireless work for the solution of the ongoing conflict.
  Afterwards, each cardinal presented the socio-political and ecclesial situation of his own continent of origin, deepening themes such as: peace, health, poverty, fragile political situation and pastoral problems of the local Churches.
  In the morning session on Tuesday April 26, the Council discussed the issue of climate change and the COP27 to be held in Egypt in November 2022.
  Concerning the question "Can we, as a Church, together with other Confessions and Religions, give voice to these concerns?", Cardinal Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M.Cap., argued by analyzing the world situation, the needs and expectations regarding COP26 Glasgow, with a special look at the concerns of the poor countries of Asia, Latin America, Africa and Oceania.
  In the afternoon session of April 26 the Council continued the study, begun in the session last February, on the theme of women in the Church, with a report, from a pastoral perspective, given by Sister Laura Vicuña, an indigenous woman from Amazonia (Brazil) and belonging to a Congregation of the Franciscan Family. A debate between the members of the Council and the rapporteur followed.
  In the session of Wednesday April 27, reflection continued on the theme of the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See, the role and activities of the apostolic nuncios, introduced by a report by Cardinal Gracias, followed by a debate among the participants.
  The last topic addressed were the indications for the implementation of the Apostolic Constitution Predicate Evangelium in the Roman Curia, suggesting a possible process of actions that accompany the implementation of the new legislation and which also provides for the evaluation of the steps taken and the challenges to be taken.
  The meeting ended yesterday April 27 with the Regina Coeli prayer; the next meeting is set for the month of June of this year.

• April 28
  After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain, of the title of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, the Holy Father sent José Ángel Saiz Meneses, archbishop of Sevilla, a telegram of condolence.

• April 27
  Vatican News informed that according to the archdiocese of Sevilla, the late Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, will lay in state in the Throne Room of the archbishopric of Sevilla on the afternoon of Thursday, April 28. Upon his arrival, a Eucharist will be celebrated in the archbishop's chapel for his relatives and the diocesan Curia presided over by José Ángel Saiz Meneses, archbishop of Sevilla. The faithful who so wish may pray for the cardinal before his remains from 8:30 p.m. until closing at 11:00 p.m. The next day, the schedule will be from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  At the same time, the archdiocese added, Masses will be celebrated in the cathedral for this reason, on Thursday at 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and on Friday at 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. On Saturday at 11:30 a.m. the funeral Mass will be celebrated at the cathedral's Jubilee Altar. The coffin will be transferred to the seo with the following route: Cardenal Amigo Vallejo Street, Alemanes, Avenida de la Constitución and entrance to the cathedral through the Puerta de la Asunción.
  After the Mass, the late cardinal will be buried in the Chapel of San Pablo in the cathedral, which is located between the Royal Chapel and the Puerta de Campanillas.
  All Masses celebrated in the archdiocese up to and including the third Sunday of Easter may be offered for the eternal repose of Cardinal Amigo Vallejo.

• April 27
  The Spanish Episcopal Conference informed that Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain, died early this morning due to a cardiac insufficiency in the University Hospital of Guadalajara. He had been operated due to a fall on February 25. He had fallen on February 22 while participating in the celebration of the 25th aniversary of the episcopal consecration of the archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra in the cathedral of the Almudena. He was 87 years old.
  After the death of Cardinal Amigo Vallejo the number of cardinals is 209. The cardinal electors are 117; and the cardinal non-electors are now 92.

• April 23
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., until then prefect ad interim of the same Dicastery.

• April 22
  The Office of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations informed that on Monday April 25, 2022, at 2 p.m., at the Altar of the Cathedra of Saint Peter's basilica, will take place the exequies of Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, of the title of Santa Dorotea, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral of Health Care Workers (for the Pastoral of Health).
  The exquial liturgy will be celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, together with the other cardinals, archbishops and bishops.
  At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, Holy Father Francis will preside over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio and the Valedictio.

• April 20
  After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, the Holy Father sent Javier Navarro Rodríguez, bishop of Zamora, México, a telegram of condolence.

• April 20
  swissinfo.ch informed that Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, president emeritus of Pontifical Council for Pastoral of Health Care Workers, died today in Rome. He was 89 years old.
  After a fall in his room on Wednesday April 13, 2022, he was hospitalized at Pio XI clinic in Rome but after a day he returned home because the doctors reported that nothing could be done, due to his delicate state of health, sources close to the cardinal reported.

  By his own will, the late cardinal will be buried in Zamora, México, where his house and the headquarters of the foundation dedicated to his mother, Lolita, are located.

  Pope Francis, with whom he had been friends since before his election to the papacy, visited the cardinal on Good Friday, before heading to the Colosseum to participate in the Via Crucis and used to call him "Lazarus", joking because the Mexican cardinal always managed to recover from his health problems.
  After the death of Cardinal Lozano Barragán the number of cardinals is 210. The cardinal electors are 117; and the cardinal non-electors are now 93.

• April 18
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Bernardo Navagero (1561); Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. (1916); Adolf Bertram (1916); Grégoire Pierre XV Agagianian (1946); John Joseph Glennon (1946); Benedetto Aloisi Masella (1946); Clemente Micara (1946); Edward Aloysius Mooney (1946); Clément-Émile Roques (1946); Francis Joseph Spellman (1946); José María Caro Rodríguez (1946); Jaime de Barros Câmara (1946); Maurice Feltin (1953); Marcello Mimmi (1953); Carlos María de la Torre (1953); Giuseppe Siri (1953); John Francis D'Alton (1953); James Francis McIntyre (1953); Giacomo Lercaro (1953), and Quasi-cardinals Paul von Huyn (1916) and Carlo Agostini (1953), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• April 16
  Pope emeritus Benedict XVI (Cardinal Josef Ratzinger) turned 95 years old today. He is the longest living pope in the history of the Church.

• April 15
  Additional details concerning the episcopal consecration of Cardinal Muzio Gallo have been included in his biographical entry, kindly provided by Mr. Charles Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

• April 13
  Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, archbishop of Valladolid, Spain, turned 80 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.
  The number of cardinals is 211. The cardinal electors are now 117; and the cardinal non-electors are now 94.

• April 11
  The body of the late Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts, has been buried in the Notre Dame d'Egypte cathedral, Madinat an Nasr, Cairo, Egypt, alongside his immediate predecessors Cardinals Stéphanos I Sidarouss and Stéphanos II Ghattas.

• April 9
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Godefroy Brossais-Saint-Marc (1875); Charles-Philippe Place (1886); Gaspard Mermillod (1890); Alessio Ascalesi (1916); Louis-Joseph Maurin (1916); Camillo Laurenti (1921); Achille Locatelli (1922); Giuseppe Mori (1922); Jean Verdier (1929); Achille Liénart (1930) and Santiago Luis Copello (1935), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• April 7
  Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, Italy, turned 80 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.
  The number of cardinals is 211. The cardinal electors are now 118; and the cardinal non-electors are now 93.

• April 5
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Louis Billot , S.J. (1911); Hector-Irénée Sevin (1914); Louis-Ernest Dubois (1916) and Louis-Joseph Maurin (1916), kindly provided by M. Christophe Maillard, from Tours, France.

• April 4
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson chancellor of the pontifical Academy of Science and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

• April 1
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Etienne Le Camus (1686); Guido Calcagnini (1776); Muzio Gallo (1785); Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti (1826); Angelo Mai (1837); Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (1838); Niccola Paracciani Clarelli (1844); Giovanni Brunelli (1852); Giovanni Simeoni (1875); Lajos Haynald (1879); Léon-Benoit-Charles Thomas (1893); François-Virgil Dubillard (1911) and Michele Lega (1914), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• March 29
  The Press Office of the Holy See published the telegram of condolence that the Holy Father sent Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Egypt, for the death of Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts.

• March 28
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel, Belgium, special papal envoy to the celebration of the 850th anniversary of the dedication of the Notre-Dame cathedral of Tournai, Belgium, which will take place on May 22, 2022.

• March 28
  Agenzia Fides informed that Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch emeritus of Alexandria of the Copts, Egypt, died today in the Italian Hospital in Cairo. He was 87 years old.
  After the death of Cardinal Naguib, there are 211 cardinals; 119 are electors and 92 are non-electors.

• March 27
  Vida Nueva Digital informed that Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil, resigned from the presidency of the Conferencia Eclesial de la Amazonía (CEAMA) for reasons of health. Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., archbishop of Huancayo, Perú, was elected president of CEAMA for the period 2022-2026.

• March 23
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Thomas Wolsey (1515); Patrick Francis Moran (1885); Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (1886); James Gibbons (1886); Desiré Mercier (1907); Giovanni Bonzano, P.I.M.E. (1922); Agustín Parrado y García (1946); Thomas Tien Ken-sin, S.V.D. (1946); Paul Pierre Meouchi (1965); Josyf Slipyj (1965); Franjo Šeper (1965); Ermenegildo Florit (1965); Lawrence Joseph Shehan (1965); John Joseph Carberry (1969); John Joseph Wright (1969); Silvio Oddi (1969); Giuseppe Paupini (1969); Giacomo Violardo (1969); Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (1976); Joseph-Marie Trinh-Nhu-Khuê (1976); Bolesław Filipiak (1976); Egano Righi-Lambertini (1979); Ernesto Corripio Ahumada (1979); Franjo Kuharić (1983); Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1985); Christian Wiyghan Tumi (1988); John Baptist Wu Cheng-Chung (1988); Alexandru Todea (1991); Edward Idris Cassidy (1991); Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M. (1991); Giovanni Cheli (1998); Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1998); Zenon Grocholewski (2001); Anthony Soter Fernandez (2016); and Quasi-cardinals Iuliu Hossu and Ignacy Ludwik Jeż (2007), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• March 22
  Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez, archbishop of San Cristóbal de La Habana, Cuba, was named apostolic administrator of the diocese of Matanzas, Cuba, after the resignation of Bishop Manuel Hilario de Céspedes y García Menocal.

• March 19
  The Press Office of the Holy See published the Apostolic Constitution “Praedicate Evangelium” on the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and the World. The Apostolic Constitution will enter into effect on June 5, 2022, Solemnity of Pentecost.
  The Press Office informed that with the entry into force of this Apostolic Constitution, the Apostolic Constitution Pastor bonus is completely abrogated and replaced and in this way the reform action concerning the Roman Curia finds its complete form.

• March 17
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Giovanni D'Andrea (1852); Gerald Emmett Carter (1979); Felice Cavagnis (1901); Giulio Serafini (1930); Carlo Chiarlo (1958); Godfried Danneels (1983); Albert Decourtray (1985); Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1985); Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic (1998); Jean Balland (1998); Marian Jaworski (1998) and Louis-Marie Billé (2001), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• March 9
  Zona Cero informed that Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, archbishop emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia, is in a delicate state of health due to a heart attack. He is in the intensive care unit of a clinic in Bogotá.

• March 8
  puntoedu informed that Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., archbishop of Huancayo, Perú, was named grand chancellor of the Pontifical University of Perú (PUCP) for a period of three years. He succeeds Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, who had occupied the post since 2016.

• March 8
  The diocese of Vicenza informed that the late Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan will be buried on Wednesday March 9, 2022 in the cemetery of Arzignano, Vicenza, following a funeral Mass presided by Beniamino Pizziol, bishop of Vicenza, at 10 a.m., in the parish church of the same locality.

• March 5
  After learning the news of the death of Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, the Holy Father sent a telegram of condolence to Signora Agnese Cacciavillan, sister of the late cardinal.

• March 5
  The Office of Liturgical Celebrations informed that on Monday March 7, 2022, at 11 a.m., at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter's Basilica, the funeral of Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, of the title of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino, president emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, will take place celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, together with the other cardinals, archbishops and bishops.
  At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, the Holy Father will preside over the rite of the Ultima Commendatio and the Valedictio.

• March 5
  Vatican News informed that Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, president emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, died early this morning in his Vatican apartment. He was 95 years old.
  After the death of Cardinal Cacciavillan, there are 212 cardinals; 119 are electors and 93 are non-electors.

• March 4
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that this morning, at 10:30 a.m., in the Consistory Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father presided over the celebration of the Ora Terza and the ordinary public consistory for the canonization of the following blesseds:
  Titus Brandsma, professed priest of the Carmelite Order, martyr;
  Marie Rivier, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary;
  Mary of Jesus (née Carolina Santocanale), founder of the Congregation of the Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculata of Lourdes.
  During the consistory, the pope decreed that the blesseds be inscribed in the Book of Saints on Sunday May 15, 2022.
  This was followed by the Optatio of nine cardinals from the diaconal order to the presbyteral order:
  At the request of Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro, the deaconry of San Domenico di Guzmán was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, the deaconry of San Ponziano was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, the deaconry of San Cesario in Palatio was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, the deaconry of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, the deaconry of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, the deaconry of Santa Elena fuori Porta Prenestina was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien, the deaconry of San Sebastiano al Palatino was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, the deaconry of l’Annunciazione della Beata Virgine Maria a Via Ardeatina was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title;
  At the request of Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, the deaconry of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio was raised pro hac vice to a presbyteral title.

• March 1
  Additional details have been added to the biographical entries of cardinals Giuseppe Pozzobonelli (1743); Giuseppe Garampi (1785); Luigi Lambruschini, C.R.S.P. (1831); Giovanni Serafini (1843); Karl August von Reisach (1855); Camillo Tarquini, S.J. (1873); Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (1886); James Gibbons (1886); Giuseppe Guarino (1893); Michael Logue (1893); Egidio Mauri, O.P. (1894); Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago (1899); Alessandro Sanminiatelli Zabarella (1899); Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte (1911); Louis Nazaire Bégin (1914); Carlo Perosi (1926); Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. (1927); Arthur Hinsley (1937); John Jospeh Glennon (1946); Clemente Micara (1946); André Jullien (1958); José da Costa Nunes (1962); John Carmel Heenan (1965); William Conway (1965); Corrado Ursi (1967); Louis-Jean Guyot (1973); Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas (1976); José Alí Lebrún Moratinos (1983); Simon Ignatius Pimenta (1988); José Freire Falcão (1988); Mario Revollo Bravo (1988); Antonio Ignacio Velasco García, S.D.B. (2001); Justin Francis Rigali (2003); Velasio de Paolis (2010); Cornelius Sim (2020); Silvano Maria Tomasi (2020) and Quasi-cardinal Josip Uhač (1998), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• February 23
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that on February 21 and 22, 2022 and in the afternoon of February 23, a session of the Council of Cardinals took place at Casa Santa Marta.
  The meeting was attended, together with the Holy Father, by Cardinals Pietro Parolin, Giuseppe Bertello, Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Reinhard Marx, Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Oswald Gracias and Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, O.F.M. Cap., together with the Secretary of the Council, Archbishop Marco Mellino.
  After a conversation in which the various cardinals intervened to describe the socio-political and ecclesial situation in their regions of origin, they reflected on the theme of synodality as a process of listening and discernment at the heart of the identity of the Church and the necessary conversion that this it requires of clerics and laity.
  Subsequently, among the various topics dealt with, a reflection was held on some aspects relating to the diplomatic service of the Holy See, the role and activity of the nuncios in the current political and ecclesial framework.
  Furthermore, during the session, the members of the Council listened to and commented on a report by the theologian Sister Linda Pocher, F.M.A., on the role of women and the "Marian principle" in the Church.
  The meeting ended at 5:30 p.m., and the next appointment is set for the month of April 2022.

• February 21
  L'Osservatore Romano informed that in the morning of Monday February 21, 2022, the meeting of the Council of Cardinals opened in the presence of the pope.
  The previous meetings of the pope with the cardinals who help him in the governance of the Church and in the reform of the Roman Curia took place on October 1-3 and December 3-5, 2013; February 17-19, April 27-30, July 1-4, September 15-17 and December 9-11, 2014; February 9-11, April 13-15, June 8-10, September 14-16 and December 10-12, 2015; February 8-9, April 11-13, June 6-8, September 12-14 and December 12-14, 2016; February 13-15, April 24-26, June 12-14, September 11-13 and December 11-13, 2017; February 26-28, ​​April 23-25, June 11-13, September 10-12 and December 10-12, 2018; February 18-20, April 8-10, June 25-27, September 17-19 and December 2-4, 2019. After the meeting of February 17-19, 2020, due to Covid-19, the meetings were interrupted. Resuming with a new formula (one day and via internet) on October 13 and then on December 1. In 2021, the meetings took place on May 6, June 24 and September 21. The last meeting was held between December 13 and 15 at Casa Santa Marta.

• February 19
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father accepted the request presented by His Beatitude Cardinal Raphaël Louis I Sako on behalf of the Synod of Bishops of the Chaldean Church, approving the change of the title "Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans" to "Patriarchate of Baghdad of the Chaldeans".

• February 18
  The Press Office informed that during the audience granted to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same Congregation to promulgate the decrees regarding the heroic virtue of the Servant of God Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, born on December 3, 1920 in Nueve de Julio (Argentina) and died on February 5, 1998 in Rome (Italy) and four other servants of God.

• February 17
  A very large number of faithful attended the funeral of Cardinal Luigi De Magistris in the metropolitan cathedral of Cagliari The funeral Mass was celebrated by Giuseppe Baturi, archbishop of Cagliari. In attendance were the highest regional political and religious authorities. Present, among others, were the regional councilor for Programming Alessandra Zedda and the mayor of Cagliari Paolo Truzzu. The late cardinal was buried in the Cimitero di San Michele, Cagliari.

• February 16
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that after learning the news of the death of Cardinal Luigi De Magistris, pro-penitentiary major emeritus, the Holy Father sent a telegram of condolence to Giuseppe Baturi, archbishop of Cagliari.

• February 16
  L'Unione Sarda informed that Cardinal Luigi De Magistris, pro-penitentiary major emeritus, died today, in the evening, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was 95 years old. He would have turned 96 on February 23.
  The funeral for the late cardinal will be celebrated on Thursday February 17, 2022 at 11 a.m. in the metropolitan cathedral of Cagliari.
  After the death of Cardinal De Magistris there are 213 cardinals; 119 are electors and 94 are non-electors

• February 12
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Jacques de Vitry, Can. Reg. of Saint Augustine (1228); Girolamo Vidoni (1626); Joseph-Emmanuel de La Trémoille (1706); Prospero Marefoschi (1724); Giuseppe Alberghini (1834); Francesco Orioli, O.F.M.Conv. (1838); Pietro De Silvestri (1858); Pier Francesco Meglia (1879); Pierre-Hector Coullié (1897); Benedetto Lorenzelli (1907); Adolf Bertram (1916); Augusto Hlond, S.D.B. (1927); Giuseppe Pizzardo (1937); Pierre Petit de Julleville (1946); Giuseppe Ferretto (1961); Owen McCann (1965); James Darcy Freeman (1973); Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1976); Franciszek Macharski (1979); Giacomo Biffi (1985); Ján Chryzostom Korec, S.J.(1991); Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, O.F.M. (1994); Giovanni Battista Re (2001); Carlo Caffarra (2006); and Quasi-cardinals Charles Joseph Benoît Mercy d'Argenteau (1836); Paul von Huyn (1916); Pietro Tacchi Venturi, S.J. (1935); Alfonso Carinci (1946); Áron Márton (1969) and Pietro Sigismondi (1967), kndly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• February 7
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of cardinals François-Désiré Mathieu (1899); Filippo Giustini (1914); Patrick Joseph Hayes (1924); Jozef-Ernest van Roey (1927); Augustine Bea, S.J. (1959); Boleslaw Kominek (1973); Timothy Manning (1973); Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (1973); Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (1976); Józef Glemp (1983); Darío Castrillón Hoyos (1998); Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (2001); Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien (2003) and Quasi-Cardinal Armando Pietro Sabadel, O.F.M.Cap. (1914), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta

• February 4
  Additional details have been included in the biographical entries of Cardinals Fabio Maria Asquini (1844); Miguel García Cuesta (1861); Camillo Tarquini, S.J. (1873); Carlo Salotti (1933); Theodor Innitzer (1933); Agostino Casaroli (1979); Ernesto Civardi (1979); Godfried Danneels (1983); Christian Tumi (1988); Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1994); Ivan Dias (2001); Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. (2016) and Quasi-cardinal Diego Venini (1960), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• January 29
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the metropolitan archdiocese of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo (Bosnia i Herzegovina), presented by Cardinal Vinko Puljić. He was succeeded by Tomo Vukšić, until then coadjutor archbishop of that archdiocese.

• January 28
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the diocese of Leiria-Fátima, Portugal, presented by Cardinal António Augusto dos Santos Marto. To succeed him the Holy Father named José Ornelas Carvalho, S.C.I., until then bishop of Setúbal.

• January 27
  Additional details concerning the process of canonization of Blessed Cardinal Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet, O.S.B.Cas. (1889), and the process of beatification of Cardinal Stéphanos II Ghattas, C.M. (2001), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• January 22
  Il Sismografo informed that according to his Twitter profile, Cardinal Carlos Osoro Serra, archbishop of Madrid, vice president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, has tested positive to Covid-19 and will not be able to participate in the ad limina visit scheduled for next week in the Vatican. The cardinal is well and is in home isolation.

• January 20
  La Razón informed that Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, archbishop of Valencia, Spain, has tested positive to Covid-19 after returning from Rome for the ad limina visit. The cardinal does not have any symptoms.
  According to the archdiocese of Valencia "He immediately isolated himself and his current condition, with the evolution of the days, "remains asymptomatic and is perfectly fine, waiting for the result of the new test to be negative and so that he can return to normal activity."
  According to the same source, "the cardinal thanks the signs of affection received and blesses all the sick, especially those infected with Covid-19, their families and also the health workers, who continue to face the pandemic, and asks that prayers be said for all of them".

• January 18
  National Catholic Register informed that Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, substitute of the Secretariat of State, have contracted Covid-19. They caught the virus after having two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and the booster shot, with only Cardinal Parolin, 67, showing symptoms of the disease. The cardinal has light symptoms and the archbishop none. They are both in isolation in their respective apartments.

• January 17
  The Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia informed that President Zoran Milanović bestowed the Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir with sash and star upon Cardinal Vinko Puljić, archbishop of Vrhbosna, for his outstanding contribution to the preservation of the Croatian identity, and for extraordinary achievement in interreligious, cultural and humanitarian activities.

• January 17
  Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Ignazio Cannavò (1991), kindly provided by Mr. Charles Bransom, Jr., director and editor of Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, and creator of the site Apostolic Succession & Episcopal Lineages in the Roman Catholic Church.

• January 11
  Il Sismografo published the list of cardinals who have been affected by Covid-19:
  1) Eusébio Oscar Scheid, C.S.I., archbishop emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Died of Covid-19 on January 13, 2021
  2) Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop emeritus of Caracas, Venezuela. Died of Covid-19 on September 23, 2021
  3) José Freire Falcão, archbishop emeritus of Brasília, Brazil. Died of Covid-19 on September 26, 2021
  Cardinals infected and healed
  4) Jose Fuerte Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines
  5) Celestino Aós Braco, O.F.M.Cap., archbishop of Santiago, Chile
  6) Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop emeritus of Genoa, Italy, president of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe
  7) Gualtiero Bassetti (twice infected), archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
  8) Giuseppe Bertello, president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City, and president emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City
  9) Leopoldo Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
  10) Raymond Leo Burke, patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta
  11) Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome
  12) Jean-Claude Höllerich, S.J., archbishop of Luxembourg and president of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE)
  13) Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner
  14) Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X., archbishop of Québec, Canada
  15) Francesco Montenegro, archbishop emerius of Agrigento, Italy
  16) Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasso
  17) Vinko Puljić, archbishop of Vrhbosna-Sarajevo, Bosnia i Erzegovina
  18) Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop emeritus of México, México
  19) Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  20) Crescenzio Sepe, archbishop emeritus of Naples, Italy
  21) Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, archbishop emeritus of Manila, Philippines, and prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
  22) Matteo Maria Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna, Italy
  23) Dominik Duka, O.P., archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic
  24) Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Feising, Germany
  25) Wilton Daniel Gregory, archbishop of Washington, D.C., United States of America;
  26) Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, México; and
  27) Toribio Sergio Ticona Porco, prelate emeritus di Corocoro, Bolivia.

• January 10
  Biographical entry of Quasi-cardinal Raymund Anton von Strasoldo (1766), kindly provided by Mr. Eman Bonnici, from Malta.

• January 7
  La Tribuna de Toledo informed the following: the primatial cathedral was the scene of a historical event. Not every day there is a funeral held inside. In this case, the occasion corresponded to the one who was archbishop of Toledo between 1995 and 2002, Francisco Álvarez Martínez. Before the coffin reached the primatial temple, it was carried in procession by a hundred priests, bishops and cardinals from the chapel of the Immaculate, located on Trinidad street, where his remains had been since Wednesday, January 5.
  The procession arrived at the cathedral around 12 noon for the burial ceremony to take place. It was presided by the current archbishop of the archdiocese, Francisco Cerro Chaves, along with the archbishop emeritus, Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, and four cardinals: Juan José Omella Omella who is also president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, Carlos Osoro Sierra and Antonio Cañizares Llovera. In the homily, Archbishop Chaves thanked the late cardinal for the work carried out throughout his career, especially in Toledo, "because he did not have an easy role because he had to replace Cardinal Marcelo González Martín." The current archbishop also acknowledged that they did not have much relationship, but they did keep "affection and "cariño", so he summarized the life of the deceased in "an example of kindness and serenity during all the days of his life."
  After the celebration of the Eucharist, all the participants processed through the interior of the Cathedral to the chapel of the Descent, the place chosen for the burial. The coffin of the late cardinal was buried along with the remains of his parents and his sister. A burial that had the collaboration of the Brotherhood of Charity, the oldest in Spain and characterized by giving the last shovel of earth in burials to the poor or executed. Therefore, following the tradition, from this brotherhood they added the last grams of earth to the tomb of the recently deceased cardinal.
  In addition to the aforementioned cardinals, bishops from different Spanish cities also attended the ceremony. These are the cases of Ángel Rubio, from Segovia; Demetrio Fernández, from Córdoba; Carlos Escribano, from Zaragoza; Ginés Ramón García, from Getafe; and Ángel Fernández Collado, bishop of Albacete. Regarding assistance of a political nature, the municipal government team was attended by councilors Teo García, José Pablo Sabrido and Mar Álvarez. The opposition was attended by the Popular councilor Pablo Corrales; Carolina Agudo, general secretary of the PP in Castilla-La Mancha; and the former mayor of Toledo, Agustín Conde. The current councilor, Milagros Tolón, and the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, did not attend because the funeral coincided with the celebration of the Federal Committee of the PSOE.
  In this way, Toledo gave an emotional last goodbye to Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez while waiting for the current health situation to allow to celebrate his funeral.

• January 7
  Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., archbishop emeritus of Santiago, Chile, 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.
  The number of cardinals is 214. The cardinal electors are now 119; and the cardinal non-electors are now 95.

• January 5
  La Tribuna de Toledo informed that the funeral of the cardinal archbishop emeritus of Toledo, Francisco Álvarez Martínez, will be held on Friday, January 7, at noon, in the primada cathedral, and will be presided over by the archbishop of Toledo, Francisco Cerro Chaves.
  The coffin with the mortal remains of the late cardinal will be installed this afternoon in the Chapel of the Immaculate, located on Trinidad street. Priests, members of the consecrated life and laity who so wish will be able to visit the chapel between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. today. And tomorrow, January 6, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
  In addition, this afternoon, at 7:30 p.m., the archbishop will preside, in the aforementioned chapel, a liturgical celebration of the Word, which the faithful may attend until the capacity allowed by the health situation is completed.
  The body of the cardinal will be buried in the primate cathedral, in front of the Chapel of the Descent of the Virgin.
  Later, when the sanitary situation allows it, a funeral Mass will be celebrated in the primatial temple on a date that will be communicated in due course.

• January 5
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that after learning the news of the death of Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez, archbishop emeritus of Toledo, the Holy Father sent a telegram of condolence to Francisco Cerro Chaves, archbishop of Toledo.

• January 5
  Vida Nueva Digital informed that Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez, archbishop emeritus of Toledo, Spain, died at 6:45 a.m. in a hospital in Madrid after a long illness. He was 96 years old.
  After the death of Cardinal Álvarez Martínez the members of the College of Cardinals are 214; 120 are electors and 94 are non-electors.

• January 4
  The Press Office of the Holy See informed that the Holy Father named member of the Council for the Economy Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Iraq.

• As of January 1, 2022, the members of the College of Cardinals are 215; 120 are electors and 95 are non-electors, having lost their right to participate in the conclave when they turned 80 years old, according to the regulation in the seventh paragraph of the introduction of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis. During this year, ten cardinals will turn 80. They are: Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., January 7; Gualtiero Bassetti, April 7; Ricardo Blázquez Pérez, April 13; Norberto Rivera Carrera, June 6; Gregorio Rosa Chávez, September 3; Rubén Salazar Gómez, September 22; Giuseppe Bertello, October 1; Gianfranco Ravasi, October 18; André Vingt-Trois, November 7; and Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., December 29.

• From January 1 to December 31, 2021, the cardinals' site received 80,295 visits as well as numerous electronic messages with comments, corrections, and additional information. The counter records only the initial visit to the site and not the ones to other sections on the same occasion. On January 1, 2021, the number of visitors to the site since January 1, 2002, was 2,614,589. The site contains the biographical entries of the 4,493 pre-cardinals, cardinals, quasi-cardinals and pseudocardinals identified between 494 and 2021.

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