yanini uweke link, soma maelezo haya hapa chini;
A
cardinal (Latin:
sanctae romanae ecclesiae cardinalis) is a
senior ecclesiastical official, an ecclesiastical
prince, and usually an ordained
bishop. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are collectively known as the
College of Cardinals. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and making themselves available individually or in groups to the pope as requested.
Most have additional duties, such as leading a diocese or archdiocese or managing a department of the Roman Curia. A cardinal's other main function is
electing the pope when the
see becomes vacant. During the
sede vacante, the period between a pope's death or resignation and the election of his successor, the day-to-day governance of the Church as a whole is in the hands of the College of Cardinals. The right to enter the
conclave of cardinals where the pope is elected is limited to those who have not reached the age of 80 years by the day the vacancy occurs.
In 1059, the right of electing the pope was reserved to the principal clergy of Rome and the bishops of the seven
suburbicarian sees. In the 12th century the practice of appointing ecclesiastics from outside Rome as cardinals began, with each of them assigned a church in Rome as his
titular church or linked with one of the suburbicarian dioceses, while still being incardinated in a diocese other than that of Rome.[SUP][
citation needed][/SUP]
The term
cardinal at one time applied to any priest permanently assigned or
incardinated to a church,[SUP]
[1][/SUP] or specifically to the senior priest of an important church, based on the Latin
cardo (hinge), meaning "
principal" or "
chief". The term was applied in this sense as early as the ninth century to the priests of the
tituli (parishes) of the
diocese of Rome.[SUP]
[1][/SUP] The
Church of England retains an instance of this origin of the title, which is held by the
two senior members of the
College of Minor Canons of
St Paul's Cathedral.
Narudia tena Kardinali ni CHEO.
Maneno mhimu kwenye haya maelezo ni;
senior, principal, chief. Sasa kama siyo kiongozi wa nchi nzima basi hata Papa siyo kiongozi wa dunia nzima na ingefaa umtaje sasa wewe kiongozi wa kanisa katoliki Tanzania ni nani.