Pope names 22 new cardinals, including two Americans

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CARDINALS-CONSISTORY Jan-6-2012 (400 words) With photos xxxi

Pope names 22 new cardinals, including two Americans

Cardinals from around the world attend a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in 2010. The pope plans to give the red hat to 22 bishops at a Feb. 18 consistory. (CNS/Paul Haring)

By Francis X. Rocca
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, including two from the United States, and announced a consistory for their formal induction on Feb. 18.

Among those named were Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York; Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, a former archbishop of Baltimore who now serves as grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem; and Archbishop Thomas C. Collins of Toronto.

The pope's nominations included 10 Roman Curia officials and 16 Europeans, confirming a trend in his cardinal appointments since his election in 2005.

With the latest appointments, Pope Benedict has named more than 50 percent of the current cardinals under the age of 80, who are eligible to vote in a conclave.

Here is the list of the new cardinals:

- Italian Archbishop Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, 65.

- Portuguese Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, major penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, 73.

- Spanish Archbishop Santos Abril Castello, archpriest of Basilica of St. Mary Major, 76

- Italian Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio, president Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, who turns 74 Feb. 3.

- Italian Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, president of the commission governing Vatican City State, 69.

- Italian Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council for Interpreting Legislative Texts, 73.

- Brazilian Archbishop Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, 64.

- U.S. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, 72.

- Italian Archbishop Domenico Calcagno, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, who turns 69 Feb. 3.

- Italian Archbishop Giuseppe Versaldi, president of Prefecture of the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, 68.

- Syro-Malabar Archbishop George Alencherry of India, 66.

- Canadian Archbishop Thomas C. Collins of Toronto, who will be 65 Jan. 16.

- Czech Archbishop Dominik Duka of Prague, 68.

- Dutch Archbishop Willem J. Eijk of Utrecht, 58.

- Italian Archbishop Giuseppe Betori of Florence, 64.

- U.S. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York, who will turn 62 Feb. 6.

- German Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki of Berlin, 55.

- Chinese Bishop John Tong Hon of Hong Kong, 72.

-Romanian Archbishop Lucian Muresan of Fagaras and Alba Julia, 80.

-Belgian Father Julien Ries, expert on history of religions, 91.

- Maltese Augustinian Father Prosper Grech, biblical scholar, 86.

- German Jesuit Father Karl Josef Becker, theologian, 83.

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Pope approves reformed ceremony for creating cardinals

By David Kerr

Cardinals attend mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2012

Vatican City, Jan 10, 2012 / 03:27 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When Pope Benedict XVI creates 22 new cardinals next month, he will use a revised and simplified version of the ceremony to avoid any impression that becoming a cardinal is a sacrament.

“The creation of new cardinals had to be inserted into a context of prayer, while at the same time avoiding anything that could give rise to the idea of a ‘cardinalatial Sacrament,’" the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff said Jan. 10.

“Historically speaking, in fact, consistories have never been considered as a liturgical rite but as a meeting of the Pope with cardinals as part of the governance of the Church.”

The chief modification to the ceremony that will take place in Rome on Feb. 18 is that three phases will now be combined into one: the imposition of the biretta, the consignment of the ring and the assignation of each cardinal’s new title.

The Office of Liturgical Celebrations explained that prior to reforms instituted by Pope Paul VI in 1969, the imposition of the red hat took place during a public consistory while the ring and title were conferred in a secret consistory that took place later.

However, now that the distinction between the public and secret consistory no longer exists, it was deemed “coherent” to being the three phases together into a single rite.

The proclamation of Sacred Scripture will also take a shorter form, with a single Gospel reading – Mark 10:32-45 – but no first reading.

Finally, the collect and concluding prayers will also be those originally approved by Pope Paul VI in 1969.

Next month’s consistory will be the fourth of Pope Benedict’s pontificate. Of the 22 cardinals being created, two of them hail from the United States: Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Now based in Rome, he was the Archbishop of Baltimore until August 2011. Also being installed as a cardinal is Archbishop Thomas Collins of Toronto.

Despite the changes to the installation ceremony that will take place on the Saturday, the Pope will still celebrate Mass with the new cardinals on Sunday, in keeping with tradition.

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