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Pope Francis firms up his legacy with appointment of new cardinals
By Thomas Reese — September 2, 2019
(RNS) — After Oct. 15, 53% of the cardinal electors will have been appointed by Francis.
Francis cardinals make up almost half of electors of next pope
By Thomas Reese — May 22, 2018
(RNS) — Pope Francis continues to remake the College of Cardinals so that almost half of the men who will choose his successor have been chosen by him.
Pope tells new cardinals: Be humble, help poor, fight injustice
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 28, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Appointing new cardinals is one of the most significant powers of the papacy, allowing a pontiff to put his stamp on the future of the 1.2 billion-member church.
Eyeing Catholic demographics, and maybe his successor, Pope Francis shakes up his cardinals
By Christopher Lamb — May 25, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) By next month he will have made cardinals in 13 countries who’ve never had them before, including places such as the Pacific island of Tonga, Haiti, and Myanmar.
Pope names five new cardinals, all from outside Italy and the Vatican
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 21, 2017
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Pope Francis, making the surprise announcement during his weekly Sunday address (May 21), said the men came from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos and El Salvador.
Pope Francis, the ultimate headhunter
By David Gibson — November 17, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Many of the 17 churchmen the pontiff will honor with a red hat on Saturday were as stunned as everyone else that they were chosen. That’s because Francis is his own executive search firm.
The ’Splainer: What’s a cardinal?
By David Gibson — November 15, 2016
(RNS) On Nov. 19 at the Vatican, Pope Francis will officially name – or “create,” as the Catholic Church prefers to say – 17 new cardinals. What is a cardinal anyway? Where did they come from? What do they do? Let us ‘Splain …
Pope Francis names 17 new cardinals, including 3 Americans
By David Gibson — October 9, 2016
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Thirteen are under 80 years old and eligible to enter a conclave to choose his successor -- or become the next pope.
Pope Francis names new cardinals from around the globe, none from U.S.
By Katharine Lackey — January 4, 2015
"The new nominations confirm that the pope is not bound to the traditions of the 'cardinalatial sees,'" says Vatican spokesman.
Pope Francis warns cardinals against gossip, court intrigue
By David Gibson — February 23, 2014
“You are not a royal court,” the pontiff tells more than 100 scarlet-clad “princes of the church” arrayed before him in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Francis charges cardinals to oppose ‘any discrimination’
By David Gibson — February 22, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Retired Pope Benedict XVI was also at the ceremony, his first public appearance since he resigned the papacy a year ago.
U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke: Pope Francis opposes abortion and gay marriage
By David Gibson — February 21, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The former archbishop of St. Louis blasted those “whose hearts are hardened against the truth” for trying to twist Francis' words to their own ends.
Pope Francis calls for flexibility, patience as he opens talks on church teaching
By David Gibson — February 20, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis summoned the cardinals to Rome to discuss one of his signature themes: shifting the church’s approach on controversial topics like divorce and remarriage, cohabitation, gay marriage and contraception.
New British Cardinal had defended Mass for LGBT Catholics
By Michael J. O'Loughlin — January 13, 2014
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, named a Cardinal by Pope Francis, shares the pope's "Who am I to judge?" ethos.
Pope Francis fires a warning shot at church’s ‘top-down’ bureaucracy
By David Gibson — October 1, 2013
(RNS) Pope Francis made clear that a chief evil in the church was the “narcissism” of its leaders, even calling the papal court a "leprosy of the papacy."
