The Pope mentioned the name during a ceremony today Saint Peters Square to 21 new cardinals, including two Spaniards, three Argentinians, a Colombian and a Venezuelan, who exemplify the universal Church that Francis wants.
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Of these, 18 new cardinals are under the age of 80 and could therefore be voters in a future conclave to elect the next pope. There are currently 137 cardinal electors, although five will reach the age limit in the final months of 2023.
The two Spaniards are the recently appointed Archbishop of Madrid, José Cobo, and the rector of the Salesians, Ángel Fernández Artime. With these appointments, Spain will have 14 cardinals, 8 of whom can enter the Sistine Chapel to elect Francis. successor and subsequently becomes the third most represented country Italy and the United States
While the three Argentinians are the new Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith, Víctor Manuel Fernández “Tucho”, a personal friend of Francisco and called to play a key role in Rome as “Guardian of the Faith”, and the Archbishop of Córdoba, Monsignor Ángel Sixto Rossi and Argentina will therefore have four voters in a conclave.
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Although he will not be able to attend a future conclave to elect the next pope because he is over 80 years old, the Argentine Capuchin Luis Pascual Dri, 96 years old, was appointed cardinal, who was the confessor of Jorge Bergoglio and himself is in the Sanctuary. of Our Lady of Pompeii of Buenos Aires and could not attend the ceremony due to his old age.
In addition, he is the Archbishop of Bogotá and President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, Luis Rueda Aparicio, who thus becomes the country’s only cardinal elector.
While the Pope also appointed a cardinal, although over 80 years old and therefore not an elector, the Venezuelan Diego Padrón Sánchez, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná.
Before tens of thousands of people gathered in the square and the presence of 75 cardinals who had arrived for this consistory and after the reading in Latin of the ritual of the creation of cardinals and their proclamation, the cardinals presented themselves one by one before the Pope to to receive on his knees the red cardinal’s hat and the ring, the two signs of the cardinal.
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Likewise, each cardinal was given the title or diaconate of a Church of Rome, a symbol of assistance to the Pope in the diocese of Rome.
Each cardinal was accompanied by a delegation from his country; in the case of the Spaniards who represented the government, there was the acting minister of the presidency, Felix Bolaños, as minister responsible for relations with the Catholic Church.
The first lady of Colombia, Veronica Alcoceralso traveled to Rome to accompany the Archbishop of Bogotá.
Source: El heraldo
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