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But Pope Francis has now held eight consistories — gatherings of cardinals — to create new ones over the last nine years, and Gomez hasn’t even been whispered about as a contender.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2022

Popes don’t normally call for consistories at the end of summer, when Rome is still in vacation shutdown mode.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

In making his selections, now and in previous consistories, Francis has been upending centuries of tradition by choosing cardinals from cities that have never before had cardinals.

From New York Times • May 29, 2022

Usually, consistories are full of parties and crowds, with days of receptions, Masses and dinners for the new cardinals and their friends.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2020

Louis Napoleon gave to the Reformed Church a central council in Paris with consistories and presbyteries; to the Lutheran, an annual general consistory as a legislative court and a standing directory as an administrative court.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.