Those named by Francis now make up the majority of those cardinals under the age of 80 who will elect his successor.
“The scarlet of a cardinal’s robes, which is the colour of blood, can, for a worldly spirit, become the colour of a secular ’eminence’,” said Francis. “When you feel that, you will be off the road.”Typically, all the world’s cardinals travel to Rome to welcome the newly promoted cardinals during the consistory.
Due to the coronavirus, the tradition of exchanging “a kiss of peace” with the pope and all the other cardinals was suspended. The Philippines’ Advincula said he believed the pope chose him to acknowledge Catholics living in far-flung areas from Rome. Francis also named the archbishop of Washington DC, Wilton Gregory, the first African-American to become cardinal.The group of cardinals also includes Mexico’s Bishop Emeritus Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, who has worked among the indigenous population of the poor region of Chiapas, and Archbishop Antoine Kambanda of Rwanda, who lost most of his family in the 1994 genocide.
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