Sacred College
Britishnoun
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There he received the Christmas felicitations of a score of cardinals, delivered in a speech by Gennaro Granito Cardinal Pignatelli di Bel-nionte, 81, dean of the Sacred College.
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With measured tread, the Sacred College advances down the two long aisles in a swirl of scarlet and incense.
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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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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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There are now 63 cardinals in the Sacred College.
From Leo XIII., the Great Leader by Doyle, Rev. A. P.
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