List of cardinals appointed by pope francis youtube

Pope Francis will be creating 21 new Cardinals this weekend with his tenth Consistory – we introduce you to some of the notable names and.

Pope Francis r. The cardinals created by Francis include cardinals from 76 countries, 25 of which had never been represented in the College of Cardinals. Francis has shifted membership in the College of Cardinals away from Europe, making it all but certain that the conclave to choose his successor will be the first where Europeans do not account for a majority of electors.

Francis' consistories have all brought the number of cardinal electors above the maximum of introduced by Pope Paul VI , reaching between and electors, and remaining higher than for over a year following the consistory. His predecessors had also exceeded the limit on several occasions: Paul VI himself had increased the number of cardinal electors to in , before he introduced the limit in Francis' first four consistories increased the number of electors above modestly for short periods: to in for less than a month, [ e ] to in for two months, [ f ] to in for two weeks, [ g ] and to in for ten weeks.

In the June consistory, Francis again increased the number of cardinal electors to , [ 2 ] and the count only fell to after ten months. The 80th birthdays of four electors reduced that number to in two weeks, [ 11 ] but almost a year passed before the number of cardinal electors fell to on 29 September Aging alone will reduce that number to by the end of On 31 October , Pope Francis announced plans to name new cardinals in a consistory on 22 February Allen said the choices made the February meeting the "Consistory of the Periphery", noting the "broad global distribution" of the new cardinals.

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals from across the world at a Saturday morning consistory in St. Peter's Square, reflecting on how the.

Pope Francis sent a letter to each cardinal-designate that said: [ 30 ]. The cardinalship does not imply promotion; it is neither an honour nor a decoration; it is simply a service that requires you to broaden your gaze and open your hearts Therefore I ask you, please, to receive this designation with a simple and humble heart. And, while you must do so with pleasure and joy, ensure that this sentiment is far from any expression of worldliness or from any form of celebration contrary to the evangelical spirit of austerity, sobriety and poverty.