Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine
According to local reports, a replacement for Bishop Victor Galeone will be announced tomorrow at Roman noontime. The Diocese of St. Augustine has scheduled a press conference for 10:30 a.m.
More in the morning!
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Pope Benedict XVI today named Washington’s Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl, 69, to the College of Cardinals. As a Cardinal, Cardinal-designate Wuerl will serve as an advisor to the Pope and will be eligible to vote in a Papal election until his 80th birthday. A consistory to formally elevate the new Cardinals will be held at the Vatican on November 20. A Mass with the Pope will be held the following day.
Cardinal-designate Wuerl said,
This truly is an honor for the Archdiocese of Washington, the Church in the nation’s capital, and for all of the clergy, religious and parishioners of this local Church who every day live out their faith in commitment and deep love for Christ. I am humbled by our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI’s trust in me as shepherd of this flock and pledge to him my renewed fidelity, affection and loyalty.
Cardinal-designate Wuerl will celebrate Mass today, October 20, 2010, 8:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, 1725 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. He will be available to speak with the media immediately following Mass.
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I am deeply humbled and honored by the announcement that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI intends to name me to the College of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church at the Consistory which he has convoked for this coming November 20th. Having received the news of the Holy Father’s intention, I express my deepest gratitude to His Holiness for the great confidence which he has placed in me, and I renew my commitment to serve Him, as Shepherd of the universal Church, in total fidelity and with all my being.
Considering the weighty responsibilities of the members of the College of Cardinals in assisting the Holy Father as his closest co-workers, even “to the shedding of blood,” I am more than ever conscious of my own weakness and of my total dependence upon the help of divine grace, in order that I may fulfill worthily and generously the responsibilities which will be mine, God willing, as a Cardinal of the Church.
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This morning, the Holy Father announced the addition of 24 members to the College of Cardinals. As expected, Archbishop Raymond Burke and Archbishop Donald Wuerl were among those announced. Below, you will find a complete list of the new Cardinals-designate.
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Throughout the last several days, chatter has picked up quite considerably about an announcement regarding a November 20th consistory that would result in the elevation of new cardinals. That announcement is expected to be made tomorrow during the Holy Father’s weekly General Audience.
According to Andrea Tornielli, among the batch of twenty voting-age cardinals are Americans Archbishop Raymond Burke (Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura) and Archbishop Donald Wuerl (Archbishop of Washington). Some other notable Cardinal-designates are: Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz, Warsaw; Archbishop Thomas Collins, Toronto; Archbishop Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation of Saints; and Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy. This consistory will be the third called during the pontificate of Benedict XVI.
Vatican Radio will be streaming tomorrow’s general audience. For those folks brave enough to be up early, set your alarms for 4:00 a.m. ET; coverage begins at 4:15 a.m. ET.
UPDATE: It’s official…this morning, Pope Benedict XVI elevated Archbishop Raymond Burke and Archbishop Donal Wuerl to the rank of Cardinal. The Cardinal-designates will be officially elevated during a November 20th consistory and given their rings on November 21st. More to come in a bit.
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