Photos Of the Ceremony of Creation of the Six New Cardinals in the Vatican

The six Cardinals "to be" arriving to Saint Peter's Basilica


Waiting for the Pope to Arrive...


Pope Benedict XVI Arrives to Saint Peter's Basilica and Kneels Down
in Front of the Holy Eucharist


President Michel Sleiman, the First Lady  and Several Lebanese Officials
Attending the Ceremony


Beginning of the Ceremony


Each of the New Cardinals Reads a Text From the Holy Scriptures


The Papal Seat in Front of the Altar
   
The Fabulous Saint Peter's Basilica and Architectural Masterpiece

The Great Looking Altar Built Over Saint Peter's Tomb

Mar Bechara Peter Al Rahi Kneels Down Before the Successor of Peter
to Receive the Red Hat


The Pope Makes Bechara Peter Al Rahi Cardinal By Laying on His Hand
over His Head


Pope Benedict XVI Congratulates the New Cardinal


Carinal Al Rahi is Congratulated by His Fellow Cardinals


The Pope Prepares to Leave the Basilica


Pope Benedict XVI Greets President Sleiman in the Midst of Heavy Applause
Especially From Lebanese Attendance 


A Formal Reception Honoring the Solemn Event

President Sleiman Grants the New Cardinal the Highest Decoration of the
Lebanese Republic 

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