Posted on 07/09/2023 6:40:52 AM PDT by FarCenter
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis said on Sunday he would appoint 21 new cardinals from across the world at the end of September as he seeks to leave his imprint on the papacy.
"Their provenance expresses the universality of the Church that continues to proclaim God's merciful love to all people on earth," said the pope, following his weekly Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Saint Peter's Square.
The consistory will be the ninth for the creation of cardinals under Pope Francis, 86, who became pope a decade ago and is seeking to put a lasting stamp on the institution.
His choices are closely watched as an indication of the future direction of the Catholic Church and its priorities for the 1.3 billion faithful.
All cardinals under the age of 80, including 18 out of the group named on Sunday, are known as "cardinal electors", who will participate in the vote to nominate the successor to Francis.
Since becoming pope, Francis has sought to elevate clergy from developing nations far from Rome to the highest ranks of the Church, as part of his general philosophy of diversity and inclusion.
The names Francis announced Sunday include clergy in regions where Christianity is growing, such as Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Among the archbishops to become cardinals are those of Juba, South Sudan, Cape Town, South Africa, and Tabora, Tanzania.
The list also includes the bishop from Penang, Malaysia, and that of Hong Kong, Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, who has a Harvard PhD in psychology and will be key in improving the Church's fraught ties with communist China.
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, the top Catholic in the Holy Land, Italy's Pierbattista Pizzaballa, whose archdiocese encompasses Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Cyprus, also will be inducted.
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It’s like Biden trying to load the SC bench.
That was my first thought. We need to pray to the Holy Spirit
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” John 16:12-13
Exactly. And among them is his favorite Argentinian Jesuit, “Bésame mucho” Fernández.
I think this is who Bergoglio wants as his successor and he’s setting it up now.
Why didn’t he just take a lesson from BammySpeak? “We uhhhh, are fundamentally changing the uhhhhhhhh Catholic Church…. “
Pope Charlatan has spoken..
So, get your checks in the mail by late August. Alternatively, route some kiddies to the Vatican.
Making sure the next Pope will be a Commie just like the current one.
Sadly, yes.
Holy Spirit, save Your Church.
God knows best but I’ve been praying that Bergoglio stand before His judgement throne quickly. One advantage of an assembly of Judas cardinals is that one fierce wind can take out the lot of them. There will plenty of millstones to go around. Come Lord Jesus!
Would love to see Archbishop Viganò as our next pope. Such a wise, brave, and dedicated man.
Packing the College.
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