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  • Rumors had been circulating for some time that Sambi was in line for a cardinalatial post back at the Vatican.

    Joseph K. Grieboski: God's Diplomat Called Home Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

  • Rumors had been circulating for some time that Sambi was in line for a cardinalatial post back at the Vatican.

    Joseph K. Grieboski: God's Diplomat Called Home Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

  • One of the items recovered was from the coffin of Newman and which shows the heraldry associated with the cardinalatial dignity, the galero with fifteen tassles.

    Cardinal Newman at Birmingham: His Relics (Part 2 of 3) 2009

  • Colombo is not presently a cardinalatial see, but there has been a cardinal in Colombo in the past, so it is certainly a possibility that Ranjith could receive the red hat in an upcoming consistory — something he could not have received if he had remained as a secretary of the Congregation.

    On the Movement of Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith 2009

  • In honor of this great event, we repost the speech which the blessed Englishman delivered on the day of his formal reception of the cardinalatial title.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • He was made chief librarian of the Vatican library by Clement X, and in recognition of his devoted services to the Church was raised to the cardinalatial dignity by Innocent XI in 1681.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • In our day the sees to which was annexed such privilege have no longer any extraordinary jurisdiction, though some enjoy an honorary distinction; the Archbishop of Salzburg, for example, may wear the cardinalatial purple, even in Rome.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • We need not have recourse either to the family names, armorial bearings or cardinalatial titles, to see the fitness of their designations as given in the prophecies.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

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