The article presents profiles of the three Catholic Church leaders who were named as Cardinals by Pope Francis in 2016, including Chicago, Illinois Archbishop Blase Cupich, Indianapolis, Indiana Archbishop Joseph Tobin, and former Dallas, Texas bishop Kevin Farrell.John, Tara...
VATICAN CITY- Pope Francis named 17 new cardinals Sunday - 13 of them under age 80 and thus eligible to vote in a conclave to elect his successor. Three of the new cardinals are Americans, including leading U.S. moderate Chicago ArchbishopBlase Cupichand Indianapolis ArchbishopJoseph Tobin. As...
Pope Francis held 10 consistories and with each of them, he increased the chances that his successor will be another non-European, having beefed up the Church in places where it is either a tiny minority or where it is growing faster than in the mostly stagnant W...
Francis has now named nine batches of new cardinals in his 10-year papacy. Even before this latest group, he had already appointed the large majority of those eligible to elect the next pontiff — those aged under 80. With the latest appointments, the number of c...
By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI ROME (CNA) — With his ninth consistory in 10 years of his pontificate, Pope Francis will lock down his influence on the College of Cardinals for the next conclave, considering the overwhelming majority of cardinals will have been
The article reports that Pope Benedict XVI has named 24 new cardinals of the Catholic Church on October 20, 2010, including Americans Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington and Archbishop Raymund Burke, who is in charge of the Vatican high court, Apostolic Signatura, and the Italian Archbishop Gian...
Division among Cardinals Paved Way for Selection of Pope FrancisThe surprise election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglioas pope was the result of a...Squires, Nick
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After the publication of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, a group of four Cardinals prepared and shared five questions—dubia ("doubts")—with the Pope and the public. The dubia focus on the content in one footnote in one chapter of the document. While a critique of Amor...
Pope Francis attends a vigil prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of the start of the Synod of Bishops 16th General Assembly, at the Vatican, Tuesday Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) By NICOLE WINFIELD Updated 1:33 AM GMT+8, October 2, 2024 Share ROME (AP) — Pope...