Under the Code of Canon Law, reformed in 1983, there are two types of consistories of cardinals: ordinary and extraordinary. An extraordinary consistory is celebrated in particular cases and all the ...

Pope Francis presided Monday at a consistory for the canonization of seven blesseds. The Ordinary Public Consistory took place at 10 a.m. local time May 3 in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Francis will hold an Ordinary Public Consistory next week, the last step before the canonizations of seven men and women, including Bl. Charles ...

ROME – A consistory, the event in which a pope creates new cardinals, is always a carefully choreographed bit of theater, with production values rivaling any Broadway musical. In that spirit, if the ...

Raniero Mancinelli, 85, the tailor who dresses popes and cardinals, poses in his store, Aug. 25, 2022. (Credit: Ines San Martin/Crux.) Listen ROME — In the land of Prada and Dolce & Gabbana, fashion ...

Montreal’s Our Lady of Consolata Church was filled on Saturday, Oct. 18 by parishioners, priests, religious sisters and many bishops for the funeral of Francesco Leo, father of Toronto’s Cardinal ...

Despite quickly shifting travel restrictions in place during the global pandemic, the majority of cardinals-designate are planning to attend the Vatican ceremony to receive their red hats and cardinal ...

Marianna resident Leo Sims, a member of the C. H. Henry Consistory No.71 of Marianna and Quincy, recently wrote a tribute to the man for whom that consistory was named, for use in celebrating Black ...

When Pope Francis holds his seventh consistory to create new cardinals on Nov. 28, he will do a bit more than increase the likelihood that his successor will not roll back his legacy. His hope is that ...

Pee Dee Consistory no.197 celebrated their 80th Anniversary in Darlington at Pee Dee United Elks no.1679 and Excelsior Temple 790 on October 26. There was a banquet and awards and recognition of ...