6 New Cardinals. The Pope emphasises Catholicicity of the Church
25/11/2012Pope Benedict XVI leading the Concistory in St Peter's Basilica
In St. Peter’s Basilica Saturday, Benedict XVI celebrated an ordinary public consistory for the creation of six new cardinals: James Michael Harvey, Bechara Boutros Rai O.M.M., Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Ruben Salazar Gomez and Luis Antonio G. Tagle. Following the new appointments the College of Cardinals will be composed of 211 members of whom 120, being under the age of eighty, are eligible to vote in a conclave for the election of a new Pope… Read more »













