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   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTIETH YEAR - N. 206   
   ENGLISH   
   FRIDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2010   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - Consistory Begins with a Day of Prayer and Reflection   
   - Rites of the Consistory for the Creation of New Cardinals   
   - Audiences   
      
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   CONSISTORY BEGINS WITH A DAY OF PRAYER AND REFLECTION   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 19 NOV 2010 (VIS) - As part of the consistory during which the   
   Holy Father will create twenty-four new cardinals, the College of Cardinals   
   is today meeting in the Vatican's New Synod Hall to hold a day of reflection   
   and prayer.   
      
     The meeting began at 9.30 a.m. with a greeting from the Pope who focused   
   his remarks on the two themes of the morning session. Considering the first   
   of these themes, he noted that the Lord's command to announce the Gospel   
   implicitly embraces the need for the freedom to do so, although, over the   
   course of history, it has encountered various forms of opposition. The   
   relationship between truth and freedom is essential but today faces the   
   great challenge of relativism, which seems to complete the concept of   
   freedom but which actually risks destroying it and becoming an authentic   
   'dictatorship'. We are then, he suggested, facing a difficult period in our   
   commitment to affirm the freedom to announce the truth of the Gospel and the   
   great achievements of Christian culture. The Pope also recalled the   
   essential importance of liturgy in Church life, being the place of God's   
   presence with us.   
      
     The cardinals then turned their attention to the two chosen themes: the   
   situation of religious freedom in the world and new challenges, with an   
   introductory talk by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B.,   
   and the liturgy in the life of the Church today, with a preliminary   
   contribution from Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the   
   Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.   
      
     Cardinal Bertone presented a panoramic overview of current attempts to   
   restrict the freedom of Christians in various parts of the world, inviting   
   people to reflect on the situation of religious freedom in Western States.   
   We are witnessing, he said, a process of secularisation accompanied by   
   attempts to remove spiritual values from social life. The Cardinal Secretary   
   of State also elucidated the situation of religious freedom in Muslim   
   countries, recalling the conclusions reached during the recent Special   
   Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops. Finally, he explained   
   the activities the Holy See and local episcopates make to defend Catholics,   
   in both East and West. On this subject he also recalled the great efforts   
   made by the Holy See in the international arena to promote respect for the   
   religious freedom of believers.   
      
     For his part, Cardinal Canizares Llovera focused his remarks on the   
   importance of liturgical prayer in the life of the Church.   
      
     In the course of a broad-ranging debate, eighteen cardinal arose to speak   
   of the great difficulties the Church has to face today in defending values   
   founded on natural law, such as respect for life and the family. Another   
   question examined was that of inter-religious dialogue, in particular with   
   Islam.   
      
     Two further contributions are scheduled for the afternoon session. The   
   first, to be delivered by Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the   
   Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, will focus on Holy See norms for   
   welcoming Anglican priests and faithful who request to be admitted to the   
   Catholic Church, and for defending victims of child abuse by members of the   
   clergy. The second contribution, by Archbishop Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect   
   of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will serve to recall the   
   validity of the Instruction "Dominus Iesus" on Jesus Christ our only   
   Saviour, published ten years ago.   
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   RITES OF THE CONSISTORY FOR THE CREATION OF NEW CARDINALS   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 19 NOV 2010 (VIS) - At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday 20   
   November, the Pope will hold an ordinary pu   
   blic consistory for the creation   
   of twenty-four new cardinals.   
      
     The consistory for the creation of new cardinals, according to the new   
   rite introduced during the consistory of 28 June 1991, is structured as   
   follows:   
      
     Following a liturgical greeting, the Pope reads the formula of creation,   
   and solemnly proclaims the names of the new cardinals. The first of the new   
   cardinals then addresses the Holy Father on behalf of them all.   
      
     This is followed by the Liturgy of the Word, the Pope's homily, the   
   Profession of Faith and the taking of the oath by each cardinal.   
      
     Each new cardinal then approaches the Holy Father and kneels before him to   
   receive the cardinal's biretta and to be assigned a title or deaconry.   
      
     The Pope places the biretta on the cardinal's head and pronounces a   
   formula which includes the following words: "(This is) red as a sign of the   
   dignity of the office of a cardinal, signifying that you are ready to act   
   with fortitude, even to the point of spilling your blood for the increase of   
   the Christian faith, for peace and harmony among the people of God, for   
   freedom and the spread of the Holy Roman Catholic Church".   
      
     The Holy Father hands over the Bull of Creation as cardinal, assigns the   
   title or deaconry and exchanges a kiss of peace with the new members of the   
   College of Cardinals. The cardinals also exchange such a sign among   
   themselves.   
      
     The rite concludes with the Prayer of the Faithful, the recitation of the   
   Our Father and the final blessing.   
      
     At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday 21 November, Solemnity of Christ the King, the Holy   
   Father will preside at a concelebrated Mass with the new cardinals, during   
   which he will give them the cardinal's ring, "the sign of dignity, pastoral   
   care and the most solid communion with the See of Peter."   
      
     As he places the ring on the new cardinal's finger, the Pope says: "Take   
   this ring from the hand of Peter and know that, with the love of the Prince   
   of the Apostles, your love for the Church is strengthened."   
      
     Following tomorrow's ceremony, the College of Cardinals will have 203   
   members, of whom 121 are electors. The members of the College, by continent   
   of origin, are divided as follows: 111 from Europe, 21 from North America,   
   31 from South America, 17 from Africa, 19 from Asia and 4 from Oceania.   
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   AUDIENCES   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 19 NOV 2010 (VIS) - Yesterday the Holy Father received in   
   audience Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany.   
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