They might include the Afghan consecration of hospitality, the need the Taliban have for the Saudi multimillionaire's support and a sincere belief in his innocence.
Palestinian church leaders and politicians, including the Muslim President, Mahmoud Abbas, will attend Sunday's consecration mass in Rome.
The Ninth had its premiere on an ambitious program that included an overture ("The Consecration of the House") and three sections from the "Missa Solemnis," Beethoven's late-period sacred work.
The exterior facade displays an architecture which can be variable according to the temples, but always includes the words "Antoinist Worship" ("Culte Antoiniste") and the year of the building consecration.
In addition to the feast, now celebrated on the Friday of the third week after Pentecost, devotion includes acts of consecration and honour given to the image of the Sacred Heart.
Gore and others, including Cosmo Lang, now the Archbishop of York, failed to attend the consecration service.
Salt is used in the third item (which includes an Exorcism) of the Celtic Consecration (cf. Gallican Rite) that is employed in the consecration of a church.
Although there are no documentary records of the consecration, there are several references from the same period to the cathedral's chapels, including their altars which were dedicated to the Holy Cross, to the Virgin Mary or to other saints.
Augustine asked for Gregory's advice on a number of issues, including how to organise the church, the punishment for church robbers, guidance on who was allowed to marry whom, and the consecration of bishops.
The consecration may not have worked, however.
