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26th February 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

The Consistory: Global and Local

If anyone doubts the global nature of the Roman Catholic Church, they had only to attend the Consistory on 22 and 23 February, when Pope Francis created 19 new Cardinals from the senior bishops around the world. The 16 ‘working’ Cardinals in Pope Francis’s first list now take their part amongst the 120 or so […]

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