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For the bird, see Cardinal (bird).

Cardinal is a clerical office in the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are counselors of the pope.

Pope Innocent IV granted the use of the red hat to the cardinals in 1245. The red had was a symbol of the cardinal's readiness to shed their blood in the cause of the church.

College of Cardinals

The collective name for cardinals is college of cardinals. The Pope is elected by the "college of cardinals".

When there is no pope, the cardinals directs the day-to-day affairs of the Church.

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  • Richelieu, por Philippe de Champaigne (detalle)

    Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister of France

  • Theodor Kardinal Innitzer -001-

    Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono

  • Vetements cardinal Gamarelli

    Choir dress of a cardinal

  • Sodano

    Cardinal Sodano (1927–2022), Dean Emeritus of the college

  • Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

    Cardinal-priest Thomas Wolsey

  • El cardenal Reginald Pole, por Sebastiano del Piombo

    Reginald Pole was a cardinal for 18 years before he was ordained a priest.

  • A Cardinal in Profile, 1880, by Jehan Georges Vibert (Morgan Library and Museum, New York City)

    A Cardinal in Profile, 1880, by Jehan Georges Vibert (Morgan Library and Museum, New York City)

  • Cardinal Théodore Adrien Sarr 2

    Cardinal Sarr with a ferraiolo and wearing a red cassock, but not the rest of the choir dress.

  • Kardinaal III Danneels en Kasper

    Cardinals Walter Kasper (left) and Godfried Danneels (right) wearing their choir dress: scarlet (red) cassock, white rochet trimmed with lace, scarlet mozetta, scarlet biretta (over the usual scarlet zucchetto), and pectoral cross on cord.

  • Missione del Guaricano-cardinale Tarcisio Bertone

    Cardinal Bertone in dress for hot tropical countries (white cassock with scarlet piping and buttons).

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