The year has marked the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of Our Lady’s preservation from the stain of original sin.
News of the appointment of Cardinal Schotte was published by the Holy See on Saturday in a letter written in Latin.
The cardinal is president of the Central Labor Office of the Holy See. Accompanying him will be Monsignor Michael Bransfield, rector of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, and Father David O’Connell, president of the Catholic University of America.
