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Recent Examples of consistory
In 1835, the consistory of the Church of the Prussian Union opened an official investigation into Ebel that embroiled Königsberg in recrimination and rumor.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
By convening the consistory immediately after those Holy Year events, Leo appears to be signaling the unofficial launch of his own pontificate, and charting a course aligned with his priorities.
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Anna Matranga,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Leo made the announcement during a meeting of cardinals, known as a consistory, to set the dates for a handful of new saints.
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Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
Here are some ways this conclave is different: The highest number of cardinal electors in any conclave
Pope Paul VI set a rule in 1975 limiting the number of cardinal electors to 120, a norm that wasn’t strictly adhered to in the College of Cardinals meetings known as consistories.
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Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
Above, the latter is pictured kissing the hand of the pope during a consistory in St. Peter's Square on Feb. 21, 2001, in Vatican City.
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Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Parallels were drawn with Benedict’s resignation when the Vatican on Tuesday announced Francis had called a consistory at an unspecified date to consider sainthood candidates.
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Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
By convening the consistory immediately after those Holy Year events, Leo appears to be signaling the unofficial launch of his own pontificate, and charting a course aligned with his priorities.
—
Anna Matranga,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Leo made the announcement during a meeting of cardinals, known as a consistory, to set the dates for a handful of new saints.
—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
Here are some ways this conclave is different: The highest number of cardinal electors in any conclave
Pope Paul VI set a rule in 1975 limiting the number of cardinal electors to 120, a norm that wasn’t strictly adhered to in the College of Cardinals meetings known as consistories.
—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
Above, the latter is pictured kissing the hand of the pope during a consistory in St. Peter's Square on Feb. 21, 2001, in Vatican City.
—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Parallels were drawn with Benedict’s resignation when the Vatican on Tuesday announced Francis had called a consistory at an unspecified date to consider sainthood candidates.
—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistory
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The testimony of the gay men, contained in annexes published on the Vatican's synod website, featured moving accounts of how one, from Portugal, came to terms with his homosexuality and married his husband.
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Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, spent two weeks sitting with Fuanya at the same table during Pope Francis’ 2024 big meeting, or synod, on the family.
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Parkview Christian Church is a non-denominational congregation.
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According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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Not city officials or the Georgia Department of Transportation, but a mixture of FIFA, broadcasters and maybe the papal conclave.
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In a conclave already fixated with security and privacy, the mansions will offer even more.
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Attendance at this year’s show is up about 5% from last year, according to Cinema United, the trade group that organizes the four-day convocation of thousands of movie theater owners, studio executives and industry folks at Caesars Palace.
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On March 5, Washington Square News editor Leena Ahmed broke the story that NYU has canceled all live student graduation speakers for all of its upcoming commencement and convocation ceremonies this spring.
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About a week after Kirk’s killing, Benjamin observed a minute of silence in his honor at the end of an assembly, which was followed by an invitation to gather at a flagpole and pray.
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The assembly plant opened in 1954.
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Hartfield faced each new challenge with dedication and humor, from using a bathroom as an audio booth while traveling with Political Reporter Shaun Boyd to a Democratic convention, or conducting an undercover investigative series on massage parlors.
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Wilson was devastated by losing debates about the design of Congress and the presidency, and in particular by the convention’s refusal to acknowledge the centrality of regular people to the government.
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