WelCom November 2020
Pope Francis announced at the end of his Angelus address on October 25, he will create 13 new cardinals on November 28. Nine cardinals under the age of 80 will be eligible to vote in a conclave. The new cardinals are:
Maltese Bishop Mario Grech, 63, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops.
Italian Bishop Marcello Semeraro, 72, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes.
Archbishop Antoine Kambanda of Kigali, Rwanda, 62.
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, USA, 72.
Archbishop Jose F Advincula of Capiz, Philippines, 68.
Archbishop Celestino Aos Braco of Santiago, Chile, 75.
Bishop Cornelius Sim, apostolic vicar of Brunei, 69.
Italian Archbishop Paolo Lojudice of Siena, 56.
Franciscan Fr Mauro Gambetti, custos of the Sacred Convent of Assisi in Assisi, 55.
Retired Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, 80.
Retired Italian Archbishop Silvano M Tomasi, a former nuncio, 80.
Italian Capuchin Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the papal household, 86.
Italian Fr Enrico Feroci, 80, former director of Rome’s Caritas.
Source: CNS/Vatican
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 8 December
‘As has been the custom for many years an archdiocesan Mass will be celebrated on our diocesan feast day, 7pm, Thursday 8 December, at St Teresa’s Pro-Cathedral, Karori. The archdiocese will again be entrusted to the care of Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception at this Mass. Parishes are asked to renew that Consecration on the following Sunday, 11 December, at All parish Masses.’ – Cardinal John Dew
Dates and events – what’s on
December 2022
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Pope Francis registers for the next World Youth Day in Lisbon
At the conclusion of the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis registered for the next World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in August 2023. Assisted and accompanied by Portuguese university students studying in Rome, the Pope tapped his way to becoming the first officially registered pilgrim for World Youth Day.