Among the editor of America Drew Christiansen SJ s distinguished contributions to the public life of the Church was to help create back in the 1990s the International Co-ordination of the Roman Catholic Church for the Holy Land The longstanding representative on it of the bishops conference of E

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ROME As expected Pope Benedict today announced a consistory to create more cardinals on 20 November reading out the list of the new porporati or red hats at the end of his Wednesday audience Twenty of the 24 are elettori that is eligible to elect the next pope in a future conclave if it w

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ROME There s been some debate in the Vatican press office about whether Pope Benedict will make the announcement of a 20 November consistory to create more cardinals tomorrow or after the end of the Synod Sunday In his blog tonight the vaticanista Andrea Tornielli seems certain it ll be tomorrow