Consistory could be held in November or February

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The Pope wants to call a Consistory to create new cardinals within quite a short space of time; so short in fact that a week or so ago Curia leaders were secretly considering organising a council for November, straight after the end of the Synod on faith. But a majority rejected the idea, unless there was a serious breach of the law, which states that the Curia should be made up of 120 cardinal electors under the age of 80. At the end of 2012 there will be 114 cardinal electors.

With speculation rife, insiders in the UK are left wondering if the 80th birthday of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, last month will lead to a biretta for Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster.

Read more online at vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/the-vatican/detail/articolo/concistoro-concistory-concistorios-18249/
 
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