Saturday, February 12, 2011

Episcopal Consecration of Savio Hon Tai-Fai


Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during a ceremony to ordain new bishops, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Benedict XVI insisted Saturday on his exclusive right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge to attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval. (AP/Daylife)

Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai, (R), a 60-year-old Salesian prelate from Hong Kong receives the ordination from Pope Benedict XVI (L) during the holy mass and rite of Episcopal ordination celebrated by in St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican on February 5, 2011. Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai was one of the five bishops ordained today by Pope Benedict XVI. (Getty/Daylife)

Chinese new bishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai attends a ceremony in which Pope Benedict XVI ordained five new bishops at the Vatican February 5, 2011. (Reuters/Daylife)

Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai, a 60-year-old Salesian prelate from Hong Kong, gestures during the holy mass and rite of Episcopal ordination celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican on February 5, 2011. Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai was one of the five bishops ordained today by Pope Benedict XVI. (Getty/Daylife)

Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai, a 60-year-old Salesian prelate from Hong Kong, looks on during the holy mass and rite of Episcopal ordination celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican on February 5, 2011. Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai was one of the five bishops ordained today by Pope Benedict XVI. (Getty/Daylife)

Newly ordained bishop Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai, a 60-year-old Salesian prelate from Hong Kong, looks on after being ordained by Pope Benedict XVI during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Benedict XVI insisted Saturday on his exclusive right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge to attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval. (AP/Daylife)

Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai, a 60-year-old Salesian prelate from Hong Kong, blesses the audience during the holy mass and rite of Episcopal ordination celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's basilica at the Vatican on February 5, 2011. Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai was one of the five bishops ordained today by Pope Benedict XVI. (Getty/Daylife)

Newly ordained bishop Monsignor Savio Hon Tai-Fai, a 60-year-old Salesian prelate from Hong Kong, blesses faithful after being ordained by Pope Benedict XVI during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011. Benedict XVI insisted Saturday on his exclusive right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge to attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval. (AP/Daylife)

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