2012-02-03 17:24:19

Consistory: day of prayer and reflection


A communiqué from the Holy See’s Press Office today announced that Pope Benedict XVI has called for a day of reflection and prayer ahead of the upcoming Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals. To be held on February 17th, the day before the scheduled Consistory, the theme of the reflections is to be: "The proclamation of the Gospel today, between missio ad gentes
and the new evangelization” – a theme to be introduced by Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan of New York. The President of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, will also present a communication on the upcoming Year of Faith. The communiqué from the Press Office also notes that Cardinal-designate Joseph Becker SJ, the renowned dogmatic theologian, will for health reasons not be participating in the public ceremony on the 18th, but will rather be created privately at another time.







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