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a church tribunal or governing body

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A third protentional time for a consistory could be February 2020 when a seventh cardinal, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, will turn 80.
Judge Stephen Eyre QC, chancellor of the Diocese of Lichfield, in his role as a judge of the Consistory Court, said there had to be exceptional circumstances to justify exhumation from consecrated ground, and made it clear most applications for exhumation are refused.
'Until this gruesome murder, Mr Iowuese Myaga was a devout Christian of NKST denomination and an active member of the Tiv choir NKST Chembe consistory,' Anawah said.
But the proposed colour of the flower - red and green on grey granite - does, the Diocese of Birmingham's consistory court has ruled.
But the full might of the consistory court was called in when St Nicholas' asked for clarification.
During an 'ordinary public consistory' on July 19, Pope Francis announced he would declare Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio a saint the same day he will canonize Blesseds Oscar Romero, Paul VI and four others.
Among the topics are whether the bipartisan consistorial court of Echallens in the Vaud was a "Catholic" consistory from the 16th to the 18th centuries, the dancing Calvinists of Montaban: testing the boundaries of a Reformed community during the 1590s in France, lay leadership in the Reformed communities during the Huguenot Revolution 1559-63, the practice of ecclesiastical discipline in the Huguenot Refugee Church of Amsterdam 1650-1700, and domesticating God: Reformed homes and the relocation of sacred space.
"I am happy to announce that on June 29 there will be a consistory meeting to appoint 14 new cardinals.
The consistory, that is, the ceremony for the creation of new cardinals, will take place in Rome on June 29, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the report said.
Pakistan's Archbishop is one of the 14 new cardinals who will be presented with traditional red hats and new responsibilities at a ceremony known as consistory in Rome on June 29.
He said the ceremony to elevate the nominees, known as a consistory, would take place on June 29.
In a statement to the Church of England's Consistory Court, which is responsible for approving applications, it said there was a need to "reach the marginalised and the unchurched" and there's a desire to be "more attractive" to younger families.
The Church of England's Consistory Court , which is responsible for approving applications, has ruled against the proposal.
It was Francis' third consistory since his election in 2013 as the first non-European pontiff in 1,300 years and he has used each occasion to show support for the Church in far flung places or where Catholics are suffering.