Word: videtur
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...Pope then presented the names of his nominees, inquiring in each case, "Quid vobis videtur?" ("How does this seem to you?") The assembled cardinals nodded, doffed their skullcaps in silent assent. This procedure no outsider...
...Ildefonso Schuster was the one new Cardinal. He had been informed of his approaching nomination weeks in advance but according to ritual he was formally nominated in secret consistory. Having spoken the name of his nominee, the Pope asked the assembled Cardinals, "Quid vobis videtur?" ("How does this seem to you?") The Cardinals nodded unanimous approval...
Rome. The painted Hall of Consistory. Exeunt omnes. The Pope in a seamless robe of white is left alone with Cardinals scarlet-clad. Quid vobis videtur? Thus saith the Pope: "Therefore by the authority of God Almighty, of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority we nominate the Most Reverend George Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, and the Most Reverend Patrick Hayes, Archbishop of New York, Gardinals of the Holy Roman Church...
...Quid vobis videtur?" he asked the Cardinals...
...Pope has sole power to create a cardinal. At a meeting of the college of cardinals he announces his selections and asks: "Quid vobis videtur?" The cardinals bow their heads in consent. The newly elected cardinal appears at a public consistory (the Pope, the college of cardinals, princes and ambassadors to the Papal Court) and receives the red hat, which the Pope places on his head. Immediately afterwards a secret consistory is held during which he is given the cardinal ring and the appelation "Eminence...