2014 in Vatican City

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Events from the year 2014 in Vatican City .

Incumbents

• Sovereign Pontiff (Pope): Pope Francis

Events

January

• 5 January – 50th anniversary of the meeting between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople. An international trip for Pope Francis is announced for the Holy Land to meet Bartholomew I. ^[1]
• 12 January – Announcement of the creation of 19 new cardinals: 16 eligible to vote in future papal conclaves and 3 non-voting cardinals. ^[2]

February

• 17 – 19 February – The 3rd meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers. This council was the first attended by Cardinal Pietro Parolin. ^[3]
• 22 February – 19 new cardinals elevated by Pope Francis in the presence of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
• 24 February – Establishment of the Secretariat for the Economy.

March

• 8 March – The nomination for five years of the 15 members of the Secretariat for the Economy.
• 22 March – Creation of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

April

• 3 April – The equivalent canonizations of José de Anchieta, Marie of the Incarnation and Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval.
• 27 April – Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II in the presence of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• 28 – 30 April – The 4th meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers.

July

• 1 – 4 July – The 5th meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers.

September

• 15 – 17 September – The 6th meeting of the Council of Cardinal Advisers.

October

• 5 – 19 October – Extraordinary General Synod of Bishops on the topic of the pastoral challenges to the family.
• 19 October – Beatification of Pope Paul VI.

November

• 23 November – The canonization of Giovanni Antonio Farina, Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Ludovico of Casoria, Nicholas Longobardi, Amato Ronconi and Euphrasia Eluvathingal.

December

• 20 December – nomination of Jean-Louis Tauran as vice-camerlengo of the Roman Catholic church.

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 2014

Further information: Category:2014 deaths

See also

• Roman Catholic Church
• 2014 in Europe
• City states

References

1. "Le Pape en Terre Sainte pour un " pèlerinage de prière "". new.va (in French). 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
2. "Le Pape rend public les noms des 16 prochains nouveaux cardinaux". news.va (in French). 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
3. "Trois jours de travail à huit clos pour le Conseil des cardinaux". kipa-apic.ch (in French). 17 February 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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