THE PATRON OF THE ORDER OF MALTA Paolo Sardi
Rome and made a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI From
25/11/2010 in the consistory of November 20
Pope Benedict XVI held the third ordinary consistory of his pontificate, in which he has appointed 24 new cardinals. With a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica on November 20, the representative of the Pope to the Order of Malta, Paolo Sardi, was created cardinal.
same consistory cardinals were created by the chaplains of the Order Malta Monterisi Francesco, Mauro Piacenza, Gianfranco Ravasi, Paul Romeo and Donald William Wuerl.
During the function, the new cardinals knelt before the Pope to receive the red hat and the appointment of parchment containing the "title", that the Roman church entrusted to them. A. Cardinal Sardi was entrusted with the Diaconate of St. Mary Help of Christians in Rome via Tuscolana.
'In the Church no one owns, but all are called, are all post, all are met and guided by divine grace. And this is also our Safety '. Said Benedict XVI in his homily of the Consistory. 'It is not the logic of domination, power, according to the criteria humans, but the logic of stooping to wash the feet, the service logic, the logic of the Cross which is the basis of any exercise of authority, "said the Pope to the Cardinals.
The next day, Benedict XVI concelebrated Mass in St. Peter's with 24 new cardinals, including twenty electors, nominated in the consistory. To them the Pope gave the Cardinal's ring "sign of dignity, pastoral care and the most solid communion with the See of Peter." Numerous
the delegation of the Order of Malta, including members of the Sovereign Council and the Prelate, who attended the consistory, and at the end gave the Cardinalis Patronus Paolo Sardi and the chaplains of the Order, the great joy of the Order of Malta for their appointment.
She attended the Consistory also a large delegation of the Federal Association of the United States has congratulated Cardinal William Donald Wuerl, head of the Chaplain.
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