As he places the ring on a new cardinal's finger ... In the twelfth century, Pope Alexander III scheduled one consistory per month. Not long after Alexander III's pontificate, Pope Innocent ...

At a Mass on the day after they became cardinals, the pope gave each a gold ring. Scheduling an extraordinary consistory before an ordinary consistory is simply a matter of convenience since so ...

A consistory is a formal meeting of the College ... Pope Francis at the Dec. 7 liturgy at St. Peter’s Basilica will place a ring on the hand of each new cardinal while saying: “Receive this ...

The ceremony in which the pope makes cardinals is an ordinary public consistory. In addition to the red biretta, at the Aug. 27 ceremony, Pope Francis will also place a ring on the hand of each ...

Although the cardinal had shed 25 pounds over the last year, he indulged in some of his favorite pasta dishes in the days leading up to the consistory ceremony. After getting his red hat and ring ...

Yet on Saturday, when the Vatican hosts its own kind of dazzling show, a consistory of 20 new cardinals – still the most exclusive club of the Catholic Church – there is only one answer to ...

Kneeling before Pope Francis, 72-year-old Wilton Gregory received the red hat and ring Saturday ... The ceremony, known as a consistory, was subdued compared with years past as the pandemic ...

Pope Francis plans to convene a consistory, which is a meeting of cardinals, at the Vatican. There would be nothing unusual ...