Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Saturday, personally presenting the crimson cap to most of the new church officials.
As “European Truth” writes, this is reported DPA.
Appointment to the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals, which selects new Vatican leaders, effectively gives the pontiff the ability to influence the selection of his successor.
DPA
Eighteen of the 21 new appointees are under 80 years of age and would therefore have voting rights in a possible conclave to elect a new pope. Vatican rules do not allow cardinals over this age to vote in the conclave.
This means that 99 of the 137 cardinals who now have the power to choose the next pope were appointed by Francis, who is now 86 years old.
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The appointment of Hong Kong Bishop Stephen Chow is considered an important step due to tense diplomatic relations between China and the Holy See.
As in previous years, Francis is increasingly choosing bishops and archbishops from non-European countries to be appointed cardinals. This time his focus is on clergy from Africa and Asia, including new cardinals from Tanzania, Malaysia, South Sudan, China and South Africa.
Earlier, Pope Francis, speaking about the Russian war against Ukraine, called the Ukrainian people “a martyr to the people,” and also spoke about “games” regarding the issue of weapons.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded to the Pope’s words, saying that Francis spreads Russian great power ideaswhich the Kremlin uses to justify the killing of Ukrainians.
After this, the press service of the Holy See tried to justify the pontiff’s words, noting that he urged “not to extol imperialist logic“.
For more information about the role of the Pope in resolving the Russian-Ukrainian war, see in the video blog of “European Truth”.
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2023-09-30 17:01:55
