Pope appoints Indian Cardinal to Congregation for Worship

(July 06,2010) Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, is among the new members appointed on Tuesday by Pope Benedict XVI for the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Among the eight new members is also French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, Archbishop of Bordeaux, and an Indonesian Bishop Aloysius Maryadi Sutris-naat-maka of Palang- ka-raya.
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is the department of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin-rite Catholic Church, as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches. It also handles some technical matters relating to the Sacraments.
Currently the Prefect of this Congregation is 64-year-old Spanish Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera .