Sacred College
Britishnoun
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Working against a quick decision is the fact that the Sacred College of Cardinals has never been so large nor so diverse.
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This symbolic ranking of cardinal-bishops, cardinal-priests and cardinal-deacons is still preserved in the Sacred College, although by canon law all Princes of the Church must be at least priests.
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John Paul's only major statement was his address to the Sacred College of Cardinals the day after his election.
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He found no takers, but several Italian newspapers bought his material after the Pope's death, and the angered Sacred College of Cardinals banned Galeazzi-Lisi from the Vatican.
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Together they constitute a spiritual body called the Sacred College.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
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