2014 in Vatican City
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Events from the year 2014 in Vatican City.
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.
