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Pope Benedict XVI announced on 2012.01.06 that he would elevate the following 22 prelates to the Sacred College of Cardinals in a consistory on 2012.02.18.
 Archbishop Fernando Filoni (65), Titular Archbishop of Volturno, Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, President of Interdicasterial Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro (73), Titular Archbishop of Beneventum, Major Penitentiary of Apostolic Penitentiary Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló (76), Titular Archbishop of Tamada, Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, Vice-Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of Apostolic Camera- Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò (73), Titular Archbishop of Eclano, President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
- Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello (69), Titular Archbishop of Urbisaglia, President of Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, President of Governorate of the Vatican City State
- Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio (73), Titular Archbishop of Cœliana, President of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
 Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz (64), Prefect of Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brasília (Brazil) Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien (72), Pro-Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore (United States), Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Baltimore (United States)- Archbishop Domenico Calcagno (68), President of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, Archbishop ad personam, Bishop emeritus of Savona–Noli (Italy)
- Archbishop Giuseppe Versaldi (68), President of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, Apostolic Administrator of Alessandria (Italy), Archbishop ad personam, Bishop emeritus of Alessandria (Italy)
 Major Archbishop George Alencherry (66), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India), President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto (Canada) Archbishop Dominik Duka, O.P. (68), Metropolitan Archbishop of Praha (Czechia), President of Česká Biskupská Konference Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk (58), Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands), President of Nederlandse Bisschoppenconferentie- Archbishop Giuseppe Betori (64), Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)
- Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan (61), Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (United States), President of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
 Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki (55), Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin (Germany) Bishop John Tong Hon (湯漢) (72), Bishop of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) Major Archbishop Lucian Mureşan (80), Major Archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians (Romania), President of Conferinţa Episcopală România, President of Synod of the Romanian Church Msgr. Julien Ries (91) Fr. Prosper Grech, O.S.A. (86), Titular Archbishop of San Leone- Fr. Karl Josef Becker, S.J. (83)
Major Updates
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More than 4,400 churches geotagged
(finished tagging all significant churches in France)
- Cardinals of each country (e.g.
USA,
Canada)
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Sacrosancta Ecclesia is a new blog from GCatholic! It will
provide a
personal narrative of Church events, while GCatholic.com continues
to serve to provide objective information on the Catholic Church.
- Tweets in
Twitter will now include links
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Catholic BlackBerry users: Download the app
Communio from
BlackBerry App World now! The app
shows the new translation of Mass responses with all the priest's parts,
with the Roman Missal in English, Latin, Spanish and Chinese. Free for a
limited time!
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Comment Form restored with captcha
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Dicasteries of the
Roman Curia with their maps
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Papal visits listed under each
country, each diocese
and each cathedral/basilica
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Cathedrals and basilicas shown in map of each country (e.g.
USA,
Canada)
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Maps showing
all Cardinal Titles,
all Roman
basilicas, all
Roman churches
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40 new pages on the
bishops of China
in English and Chinese (中華主教)
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Added the new countries
Kosovo
 and
South Sudan
 , and the islands of
Bouvet Island
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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Curaçao
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Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
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Sint Maarten
 and
Saint Martin
 ,
Saint Barthélemy
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International
Associations of the Faithful
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More than 250 bishops
in Mainland
China consecrated since 1958 have been added, most of whom are
in full communion with Rome. (This is the result of more than 10 years
of research on the Chinese Church. +AMDG)
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Minor Prelates in
Apostolic Signatura,
Roman Rota and
Apostolic Camera
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RSS Feeds now available!
- Pontifical
Universities in Rome
- Much richer history in each Diocese page
- Updated
Apostolic Nunciatures and
Nuncios in the last 100 years
- Location information of Titular Sees
- Tomb information of Popes
- New minor basilicas
up to June 2009
- Recent documents
by different classes
- Antipopes
and
Pseudocardinals created by them
- Mottos of
Cardinals
and Bishops
- Recent appointments in
the Eastern Churches
- List of Religious Orders,
with their founders, superiors and bishops
- Bishops of each Country are now listed also by
Age and
Precedence
- All
Churches in Rome,
by Prefecture
and by Name,
and
National and
Regional churches
- Papal
Celebrations and
associated documents
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