The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff has announced that in St. Peter’s Basilica at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday 20 November, Pope Benedict XVI will hold an Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of twenty-four new cardinals.
Also in St. Peter’s Basilica, at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday 21 November, Solemnity of Christ the King, the Holy Father will preside at a concelebrated Mass with the new cardinals, during which he will give them their ring of office.
The programme for the courtesy visits to the new cardinals has also been published; they will be held from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. on 20 November, in the following locations:
PAUL VI HALL: Atrium: Cardinals Jose Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Kazimierz Nycz, Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Antonios Naguib, Raymundo Damasceno.
Hall: Cardinals Paolo Romeo, Domenico Bartolucci, Elio Sgreccia, Donald William Wuerl, Reinhard Marx, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don.
PALAZZO DELLA CANONICA – FABRIC OF ST. PETER’S: Cardinal Walter Brandmuller.
APOSTOLIC PALACE: Sala Regia: Cardinals Gianfranco Ravasi, Angelo Amato.
Hall of Blessings: Cardinals Robert Sarah, Francesco Monterisi, Fortunato Baldelli, Kurt Koch, Velasio De Paolis, Paolo Sardi.
Sala Ducale: Cardinals Mauro Piacenza, Raymond Leo Burke.