ARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY DOLAN CONDUCTING PRAYER AT MASS IN NEW YORK CITY

ARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY DOLAN CONDUCTING PRAYER AT MASS IN NEW YORK CITY. On January 6th 2012 Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, announcing he will elevate them in a formal ceremony February 18, 2012. Among them, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Dolan leads New York's 2.6-million member Catholic Church, which includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and many of the city's suburban counties. He is also the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. In an elaborate Vatican ceremony that will take place on February 18, 2011 he will join 21 priests from around the globe as a new member of a powerful group of cardinals that are some of the pope's closest advisers and will choose the new pope when Benedict dies. With the new appointments, there will be 125 Cardinals eligible to vote for a new pope. Cardinals who are over 80 years old are not allowed to vote. In this clip Tomothy Dolan says: "So shall we begin this greatest of all prayers. In the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. Peace be with you."