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After the next consistory on Sept. 30, 72% of the 137 cardinal electors will have been appointed by Francis. Since it takes a two-thirds vote to elect a new pope, the Francis cardinals could elect ...
At 49, he is exceptionally young for a cardinal. Monsignor Sebastian Francis, 71, bishop of Penang, Malaysia, who heads the bishops conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; Monsignor Francois ...
Pope Francis ( Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; [b] 17 December 1936) is the Pope and head of the Catholic Church, the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the first one from the Americas, the first one ...
After praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square July 9, Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals, including U.S.-born Archbishop Robert F. Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, and French Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States. Pope Francis greets Archbishop Robert F. Prevost, a ...
New Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan, pays his respects to Pope Francis at the end of the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023.
Cardinal Fernández’s appointment as prefect of the D.D.F. has widely been interpreted as an effort by Pope Francis to shore up his legacy—perhaps the most significant one after the 2021-24 ...
Pope Francis announced a consistory for the creation of new cardinals from around the world to be held at the Vatican on 30 September 2023. By Deborah Castellano Lubov. "Let us pray for the new Cardinals, so that, confirming their adhesion to Christ, the merciful and faithful High Priest, they might help me in my ministry as Bishop of Rome for ...
The 59-year-old archbishop of Juba, Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, is one of the younger ones and recently hosted Francis during his February visit to South Sudan. He said the region’s ...