consistory

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Recent Examples of consistory 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 Francis likes to keep people on their toes and will have known that announcing the consistory would set off plenty of speculation. Christopher Lamb, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025 Since his election in 2013, Francis has held 10 consistories – special assemblies of the College of Cardinals – appointing a majority of the cardinals under 80 years old who will be eligible to elect his successor. Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025 Last year, Pope Francis elevated Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, California, to cardinal during his August consistory. Teddy Grant, ABC News, 9 July 2023 If Francis chooses to resign during the August consistory, that consistory would automatically become a conclave, with the cardinal-electors locked in the Sistine Chapel until a new pope has been chosen. Grayson Quay, The Week, 7 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistory
Noun
  • In July, its members voted to keep the church open and hand its administration over to the synod, which will make decisions about its future.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • So too has his radical approach to inclusivity that welcomed the non-ordained faithful, including members of the LGBTQ+ community and lay women, to sit with bishops and contribute their thoughts on issues of church doctrine in meetings called synods.
    Aryn Baker, Time, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Being a small congregation, that wasn't a small investment.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Fuller will continue to lead the church’s congregation and fulfill his responsibilities as the pulpit minister, church officials said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With the Catholic Church suddenly left without a pope, Dean Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) convenes a conclave to elect a successor and opens the door to a closet full of skeletons surrounding the leading candidates.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Trek to Vegas, where the off-Strip Rio Hotel transforms into Nimbus III and becomes a conclave of Trek enthusiasts from all quadrants, the licensed collectables group The Nacelle Company has sculpted the first standalone Nog action figure in this timeline.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In this February 2011 photo provided by Liberty University, Rev. John MacArthur speaks at a convocation at the university in Lynchburg, Va.
    CBS News, CBS News, 15 July 2025
  • Kuang brought a crowd to its feet as the convocation speaker at Georgetown University.
    Jamie Merisotis, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The Maverick is a compact pickup truck built in the Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico assembly plant and sold in North America by Ford.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Civil liberties campaigners across Britain and beyond swiftly condemned the designation, warning that applying terrorism laws to such a group risks chilling free speech and assembly, while also setting a dangerous precedent for protest rights.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And one of these, for those of us accustomed to British conventions but who follow the game in continental Europe, is the simple passage of time.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Virgo has Steal Away begin as a feminist drama that eventually breaks conventions by morphing into something of a horror film, with even a pinch of the supernatural.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025

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