The Church of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca is one of the
titular churches of
Rome to which
Cardinal Priests of the
Roman Catholic Church may be appointed. It was established as a titular church in 1988 by
Pope John Paul II for Cardinal
James Hickey,
Archbishop of Washington
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.
The church is named for
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...
. It is located in the
Tor Bella Monaca section of
Rome, in Municipio VIII.
The present Cardinal Priest of this Titular Church is
Joseph Zen, SDB, the Diocesan Bishop emeritus of the
Diocese of Hong Kong in China. On 24 March 2006 Pope Benedict XVI elevated him to the dignity of a Cardinal Priest assigned to the above titular church.
Pope Francis was scheduled to visit the church (stopping beforehand briefly at the Church of Santa Giovanna Antida) in a pastoral visit on the Third Sunday of
Lent
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, Sunday, 8 March 2015, in the afternoon, to preside at Mass and give the homily.
References
External links
Parrocchia Santa Maria Madre del Redentore(Italian)
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Titular churches
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy