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April 11, 2004
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Vatican City
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1991
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James L. Stanfield
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“Swapping pleasantries, two cardinals prepare to enter the Synod Hall for a consistory, an assembly of cardinals that advises the pope. Such meetings supplement the work of the curia—an administrative body made up of congregations, councils, and commissions—in helping the pope govern the Roman Catholic Church.”
—From the National Geographic book Inside the Vatican, 1991
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