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On 9 October 2016, the Pope announced that he planned to create new cardinals at a consistory on 19 November 2016, [45] including 13 cardinals under the age of 80 and four over the age of 80. His selections continued to demonstrate his preference for the peripheries and places not previously represented in the College of Cardinals.
The College of Cardinals, more formally called the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. [1] As of 22 January 2025, there are 252 cardinals, of whom 138 are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are appointed by the pope for life but eligibility to vote ceases at the age of 80.
Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters ...
Pope John XXIII (1881–1963) presiding at the Second Vatican Council (1962–65).. Pope John XXIII (r. 1958–1963) created 52 cardinals in five consistories. [1] Beginning at his first consistory, he expanded the size of the College beyond the limit of seventy established in 1586 [2] and on several occasions announced that further increases should be expected.
When Pope Francis appoints new Catholic cardinals, as he did on Sunday, the move is often described as the pontiff pushing to influence the group that one day will select his successor. But while ...
The ceremony to install the new appointees, known as a consistory, will be held on Dec. 8, the 87-year-old pope said during his weekly noon-time prayer with pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is installing 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis' recent gathering of bishops, a Neapolitan “street priest” like himself, and a Peruvian bishop who has strongly backed his crackdown on abuse.
An "ordinary" consistory is ceremonial in nature and attended by cardinals resident in Rome. For example, the pope elevates new cardinals to the College at a consistory; [2] Pope Francis has called consistories for ceremonies of canonization. [3] [4] A meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect a new pope is not a consistory, but a conclave.