The Petrine ministry of the Pope.Vatican City--John Paul II Paul II, 1417–71, pope (1464–71), a Venetian named Pietro Barbo; successor of Pius II. He was a nephew of Eugene IV. A Renaissance pope, he patronized printing, beautified and improved Rome, and collected antiquities. will convene an extraordinary consistory CONSISTORY, ecclesiastical law. An assembly of cardinals convoked by the pope. The consistory is public or secret. It is public, when the pope receives princes or gives audience to ambassadors; secret, when he fills vacant sees, proceeds to the canonization of saints, or judges and May 21-24 of all the Church's cardinals in order to analyze, among other things, the Petrine ministry and episcopal collegiality col·le·gi·al·i·ty n. 1. Shared power and authority vested among colleagues. 2. Roman Catholic Church The doctrine that bishops collectively share collegiate power. . "The central theme of this sixth plenary meeting of the College of Cardinals College of Cardinals n. Roman Catholic Church The body of all the cardinals that elect the pope, assist him in governing the church, and administer the Holy See when the papacy is vacant. Noun 1. is the study of the Church's prospects for the third millennium, in light of the Holy Father's recent apostolic letter Novo Millennio Ineunte Novo Millennio Ineunte [1] ("At the beginning of the new millennium") is an apostolic letter of Pope John Paul II, addressed to the Bishops Clergy and Lay Faithful, "At the Close of the Great Jubilee of 2000". ," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said. The Roman newspaper II Messaggero said the cardinals will study the Petrine ministry with the Pope, that is, the role and functions of the primacy of the Bishop of Rome, as well as episcopal collegiality, namely, the ministry of bishops united among themselves and in communion with the Pontiff. This is an issue the Pope addresses in Number 44 of Novo Millennio Ineunte: "The new century will have to see us more than ever intent on valuing and developing the forums and structures which, in accordance with the Second Vatican Council's major directives, serve to ensure and safeguard communion. How can we forget in the first place those specific services to communion which are the Petrine ministry and, closely related to it, episcopal collegiality?" Episcopal collegiality is also the issue to be discussed at the General Synod of Bishops next October (Zenit, Feb. 26, 2001). |
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