Cardinal

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Cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical title in the Roman Catholic Church bestowed on high-ranking clergy who serve as principal advisors to the Pope and, collectively, as the body that elects a new pope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic hierarchical rank
ecclesiastical office
senior clergy title
advises Pope
ageLimitForOffices 75 for many curial roles
ageLimitForVoting 80 in papal conclave
appointedBy Pope
associatedWithCity Rome
canHoldOfficeAs head of a Roman dicastery
major archbishop
papal legate
ceremonialChurchLink title to a church in Rome
ceremonialColor red
collectiveBody College of Cardinals
electoralFunction Papal conclave
surface form: papal conclave
elects Pope
eligibilityForConclave cardinals under the age of 80
governedBy Code of Canon Law (1983)
surface form: Code of Canon Law
governingDocument Universi Dominici Gregis
hasAuthorityScope primarily advisory and electoral at universal level
hasRankGroup cardinal-bishop
cardinal-deacon
cardinal-priest
historicalDevelopment office developed from principal clergy of Rome
honorificPrefix His Eminence
jurisdictionType universal Church (as advisor)
languageOfTitle Latin
latinName Cardinalis
lifetimeTitle normally appointed for life
mayBe archbishop
bishop
patriarch
priest
memberOf College of Cardinals
partOf Catholic Church hierarchy
primaryDuty assist the Pope in governing the Church
participate in papal elections
rankAbove bishop
rankBelow Pope
religiousDenomination Catholicism
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
role principal advisor to the Pope
subclassOf Catholic prelate
symbolismOfColor willingness to shed blood for the faith
titleConferredBy papal consistory
vestment red biretta
red zucchetto
scarlet cassock

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Cardinal Konrad Krajewski hasHonorificTitle Cardinal
subject surface form: Konrad Krajewski
Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale seeAlso Cardinal
this entity surface form: Cardinal (Catholicism)
Douglas Cardinal familyName Cardinal
The Duchess of Malfi mainCharacter Cardinal
this entity surface form: the Cardinal
apostolic constitution Ingravescentem Aetatem appliesTo Cardinal
subject surface form: Ingravescentem Aetatem
this entity surface form: cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
Francis Arinze elevationToCardinalOrder Cardinal
this entity surface form: Order of Cardinal Bishops