- Title: VATICAN CITY: POPE JOHN PAUL II ELEVATES 31 CLERICS TO COLLEGE OF CARDINALS.
- Date: 21st October 2003
- Summary: (W4) VATICAN CITY (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. GV/PAN: WIDE OF ST. PETERS BASILICA 0.10 2. TV: NEW CARDINALS ENTERING THE CEREMONY (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. GV: POPE JOHN PAUL WHEELED INTO CEREMONY AND WAVING TO CROWD 0.44 (W4) VATICAN CITY (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (CTV) 4. CU: CLOSE UP POPE AT BEGINNING OF CEREMONY 0.49 5. MV: NUNS WAVING AT POPE 0.52 6. GV: VIEW FROM THE BACK OF THE CEREMONY 0.58 7. TV: WIDE VIEW OF ST. PETERS SQUARE 1.02 8. CU/MV: ALTER BOYS HOLDING INCENSE NEXT TO POPE 7 BACKVIEW (2 SHOTS) 1.11 9. MV/ZOO OUT/GV: POPE BLESSING BIBLE 1.21 10. MV/PAN: VARIOUS CEREMONY 1.37 11. CU: BIRETTAS, THE NEW HATS WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CARDINALS BY POPE, ON A TABLE 1.44 12. LV: WIDE OF CEREMONY 1.49 13. CU/PAN: WOMEN IN CROWD 2.01 14. GV: CARDINALS AT CEREMONY 2.05 15. MCU: POPE AT THE CEREMONY 2.10 15. GV:ALTAR BOYS HOLDING THE BERETTAS 2.15 16. LV/SCU: CARDINAL GABRIEL ZUBEIR WAKO (SUDAN) RECEIVING HIS BERETTA FROM POPE (2 SHOTS) 2.28 17. MCU: WOMEN CLAPPING 2.34 18. MV: CARINDAL CARLOS AMIGO VALLEJO (SPAIN) RECEIVING HIS BERETTA 2.50 19. LV: POPE AT CEREMONY 2.56 20. SCU: CARDINAL JUSTIN FRANCIS RIGALI (UNITED STATES), RECEIVING HIS BERETTA FROM POPE 3.07 21. LV/SV: CARDINAL KEITH MICHAEL PATRICK OBRIEN, (SCOTTISH), RECEIVING HIS BERETTA (2 SHOTS) 3.27 22. MV: CARDINALS GREETING EACH OTHER 3.32 23. LV/SV: CARDINAL GEORGE PELL (AUSTRALIA) RECEIVING HIS BERETTA (2 SHOTS) 3.52 24. MV: NEW CARDINALS, WEARING THEIR HATS, GREETING EACH OTHER 3.54 25. GV/SV: CARDINAL PETER ERDO (HUNGARY) RECEIVING HIS BERETTA (2 SHOTS) 4.11 26. LV: WIDE OF THE CEREMONY 4.15 (W4) VATICAN CITY (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS) 27. TV: PEOPLE AT THE CROWD WAVING 4.19 28. TV: CARDINALS GREETING EACH OTHER 4.22 29. LV: WIDE OF CEREMONY 4.26 (W4) VATICAN CITY (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (CTV) 30. MV/CU/LV: NEW CARDINALS BEING GREETED BY EXISTING CARDINALS; CLOSE UP OF POPE; WIDE OF CEREMONY (3 SHOTS) 4.47 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Story Text: Pope John Paul elevates 31 clerics to the College of
Cardinals that will elect his successor
Pope John Paul, winding up a week of events crowning
his 25-year papacy, opened on Tuesday (October 21, 2003) solemn
ceremonies to elevate 31 new princes of the Church to the
College of Cardinals that will elect his successor.
Under cloudy skies at Saint Peters Square, the ailing
pontiff, in a homil that was read for him, hailed the
newcomers from all continents as a further reflection of
the multiplicity of races and cultures that characterise
the Christian people.
Before handing each man his beretta, a square cap in
red silk meant to symbolise a cardinals readiness to die
for the Church, he told them: The scarlet of a cardinals
garb evokes the colour of blood and recalls the heroism of
the martyrs.
The 31 -- including one named secretly to protect him
from a possibly hostile reaction from his government
included such a mix of conservative and moderate clerics
that Vatican observers could not say how they might
influence the next papal election.
John Paul, now 83 and unable to walk, displayed
flagging energy and slurred speech as he presided over the
past weeks events, including his 25th anniversary as pope
last Thursday and the beatification of Mother Teresa of
Calcutta on Sunday.
The consistory installing the new members brought to
135 the total of cardinals eligible to enter Michelangelos
Sistine Chapel in the Vatican for the conclave to elect the
new pope.
One of them will emerge with the daunting task of
succeeding the Polish pontiff, who firmly stamped his
Church of one billion souls with his trademark mix of
high-profile preaching, orthodox dogma and progressive
stands against war and for the poor.
Among the newcomers are Edinburghs Keith OBrien, an
outspoken Scot whose openness toward reform of priestly
celibacy and the ban on artifical birth control seemed to
rule him out. He stated his support for Vatican policies
after his nomination.
At 51, Peter Erdo, archbishop of Budapest and primate
of Hungary, became the youngest member of the College in
which the average age of cardinals eligible to vote for the
next pope i.e., those under 80, is 71 and the oldest
member is 100.
Sydneys Archbishop George Pell has also become a
Cardinal, at the age of 62.
In the College, Europe still has the largest bloc with
66, of which 23 are from Italy. But with two-thirds of all
Catholics now in developing countries, an African or Latin
American pope is considered a strong possibility.
Among cardinals seem as front runners are Nigerias
Francis Arinze, Claudio Hummes of Sao Paolo, Italian
Dionigi Tettamanzi, Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of
Honduras, Viennas Christoph Schoenborn and Danneels from
Belgium.
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