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College of Cardinals

NOUN
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope

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  • It is further to be borne in mind that, four months earlier, the Pope had levied a similar decima, or tax, upon the entire College of Cardinals and every official in the service of the The Life of Cesare Borgia
  • Assisted by three assistants chosen by lot from the college of Cardinals, he directs the election of the pontiff's successor.
  • The story of papal elections is really the story of the college of cardinals, which functions like the unelected aristocracies of the ancien regime.
  • The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders: the episcopal order, to which belong those Cardinals to whom the Roman Pontiff assigns the title of a suburbicarian Church, and eastern-rite Patriarchs who are made members of the College of Cardinals; the presbyteral order, and the diaconal order. New Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina Taking Possession
  • Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, dean of the College of Cardinals and close confidant to the pope, was the main celebrant and delivered the homily in praise of John Paul. USATODAY.com - Millions of mourners bid farewell to Pope John Paul II
  • The College of Cardinals is divided into three orders: the episcopal order, to which belong those Cardinals to whom the Roman Pontiff assigns the title of a suburbicarian Church, and eastern-rite Patriarchs who are made members of the College of Cardinals; the presbyteral order, and the diaconal order. New Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina Taking Possession
  • They all received the institution from the Pope, who announced it with an air of triumph to the college of Cardinals, in his collocution of the Paris as It Was and as It Is
  • A: The principal celebrant is Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, dean of the College of Cardinals, who will deliver the homily. USATODAY.com - A guide to the pope's funeral
  • It is further to be borne in mind that, four months earlier, the Pope had levied a similar decima, or tax, upon the entire College of Cardinals and every official in the service of the Holy See, for the purposes of the expedition against the Muslim, who was in arms against Christianity. The Life of Cesare Borgia
  • College of Cardinals , the Church's highest - ranking clergy, meets in Vatican City to elect new cardinals.
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