Tag: Cardinals
Pope Francis and new cardinals visit Benedict XVI
On Saturday afternoon, at the end of the Ordinary Public Consistory, Pope Francis and the new cardinals visited Mater Ecclesiae Monastery to meet Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for a brief greeting.
Meet the first Cardinal of East Timor
In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican News, meet Cardinal-elect Virgilio do Carmo da Silva of Dili, who will become East Timor's first...
First Dalit Cardinal: My mission, help as many poor children as possible
The first “Dalit” Cardinal in history, Archbishop Anthony Poola of Hyderabad, India, who will be created Cardinal at the 27 August...
Catholic Archbishop William Goh to become Singapore’s first cardinal
The leader of Singapore's Catholic Church is one of 21 new cardinals to be appointed by Pope Francis.
Pope urges new cardinals to stay on the Lord’s road
Pope Francis urged new cardinals he created on Saturday not to stray away from “journeying on God’s road”. The red colour of the cardinals’ attire, which symbolizes blood, he warned, “can, for a worldly spirit, become the colour of a secular ‘eminence’”.
Pope celebrates Mass for deceased Cardinals and Bishops
Pope Francis, on Thursday, celebrates a Requiem Mass in Saint Peter's Basilica for the six Cardinals and 163 Bishops who have died in the past 12 months.