VATICAN CITY, February 01, 2013, thanks to Zenit.org– Pope Benedict XVI has appointed
several new Cardinals created in last year’s consistory to appointments in
several Vatican dicasteries.
Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, head of the Maronite Catholic
Church, was named a member of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, the
Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, the Pontifical Council for Migrants
and Travelers and the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
Indian Cardinal Baselio Cleemis Thottunkal, head of the
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was named a member of the Congregation for
Eastern Churches and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.