World News | Pope Francis appoints 20 new Catholic Church cardinals: report

Rome [Italy]Aug. 28 (ANI): Pope Francis elevated 20 clergy to cardinals at a public meeting at the Vatican on Saturday, according to media reports.

In May, Catholic Church leaders appointed all new cardinals, including 16 cardinal electors who have the right to participate in conclave to choose a new pope, Sputnik reported.

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During today’s ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica, the pope spoke about the traditional Latin formula for creating a new “prince of the church”.

“Jesus calls our name, each of us, he calls our name: we are not a number; he looks us in the eye – let each of us let ourselves be looked into the eye – he asks: you, who are you The new cardinals – and all of you, brother cardinals – can I count on you? This is the Lord’s question,” the pope said at the ceremony, as quoted by the Holy See.

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The new cardinal swore allegiance to the Pope and his successors, after which the Pope donned a red cap to the kneeling clergy, and gave them a ring with a title and a papal decree, Sputnik reported.

According to a further statement, this is the eighth congregation of Pope Francis, after which the College of Cardinals now has 229, including 132 electors. (ANI)

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