Here’s What the Church’s Newest Cardinals Think About the Synod on Synodality
Six cardinals who are participating in this month’s synodal assembly — and five who are not — told CNA their ideas of, and expectations for, the Vatican assembly.
Six cardinals who are participating in this month’s synodal assembly — and five who are not — told CNA their ideas of, and expectations for, the Vatican assembly.
From digital communication to hope to listening to the Gospel, here is what 12 of the cardinals said.
The Pope has now created cardinals from 66 different countries, including several from countries that have never had a red hat, like Mongolia and Singapore.
COMMENTARY: The College of Cardinals in 2023 is much different than the one that elected Francis to the papacy in 2013.
COMMENTARY: That the Holy Father has created cardinals from serving nuncios multiple times is one telling sign of their return to power during his papacy.
Cardinals-elect Prevost and Pierre will be formally elevated on Sept. 30.
‘A cardinal loves the Church,’ the Holy Father said in his homily addressed to the College of Cardinals and its new members on Aug. 27.
There will be 16 cardinals under the age of 80 elevated at the next consistory, to be held Aug. 27.
Bishop Luc Van Looy, the 80-year-old emeritus bishop of Ghent, was due to receive the red hat with 20 other Churchmen in Rome on Aug. 27.
An interview with Bishop Peter Okpaleke of Nigeria
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