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Vatican City: Pope Francis He announced on Sunday that he had chosen 21 new cardinals, including bishops from Jerusalem and Hong Kong – places where he is Catholics They are a small minority.
The pope announced his selections during his usual weekly appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, saying that the ceremony of formally enthroning churchmen as cardinals will take place on September 30.
Among those wiretapped are several bishops who hold or are about to assume key positions in the Vatican, such as Argentine Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, whom the pope has just appointed to lead the office to ensure dogmatic orthodoxy.
Also among the new cardinals are Bishop of Hong Kong Stephen Sau-Yan-chau and the Vatican’s chief official in the Middle East, Monsignor Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. (AP)
The pope announced his selections during his usual weekly appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, saying that the ceremony of formally enthroning churchmen as cardinals will take place on September 30.
Among those wiretapped are several bishops who hold or are about to assume key positions in the Vatican, such as Argentine Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, whom the pope has just appointed to lead the office to ensure dogmatic orthodoxy.
Also among the new cardinals are Bishop of Hong Kong Stephen Sau-Yan-chau and the Vatican’s chief official in the Middle East, Monsignor Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. (AP)
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