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COLLEGE OF CARDINALS MEETS FOR A DAY OF REFLECTION

VATICAN CITY, 9 NOV 2010 (VIS) - Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of
Cardinals, has sent a letter to the members of the college, and to the
cardinals-elect, announcing that the Pope has invited them all to participate
in a day of "reflection and prayer" due to be held in the
Vatican's New Synod
Hall on Friday 19 November.

The day of prayer, which falls on the eve of the ordinary public consistory of
20 November, will focus on two themes. The first of these is the situation of
religious freedom in the world and new challenges, with an introductory talk by
Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B.

The second theme for reflection will be the liturgy in the life of the Church
today, with a preliminary contribution from Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera,
prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments.

Three other contributions are scheduled for the afternoon session: "Ten years
on from 'Dominus Iesus" by Archbishop Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints; and "the Church's response to cases of
sexual abuse" and "the Constitution 'Anglicanorum coetibus', both to be
delivered by Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith.
OP/VIS 20101109 (220)

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