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Consistory for the creation of cardinals
Newly appointed Cardinal Anthony Poola of the archdiocese of Hyderabad, India, receiving the red biretta hat from Pope Francis during the consistory for the creation of cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Italy, on August 27, 2022.
consistory
religion
Also known as: papal council
consistory, (from Latin consistorium, “assembly place”), a gathering of ecclesiastical persons for the purpose of administering justice or transacting business, particularly meetings of the Sacred College of Cardinals with the pope as president. From the 11th century, when the institution of the cardinalate became more important, the Sacred College of Cardinals assembled in regular meetings called consistories and became the normal counselors of the popes. In the course of time, more-complicated business came to be assigned to various commissions of cardinals. With the formal organization of the congregations, or offices, of the Roman Curia by Pope Sixtus V (1585–90), the ...(100 of 241 words)