Pope Francis names 21 new Cardinals

The Roman Pontiff, in making his intentions known, said, “Let us pray for the new Cardinals, so that, confirming their adhesion to Christ, the merciful and faithful High Priest, they might help me in my ministry as Bishop of Rome for the good of the entire Holy People faithful to God.”
“I would like to announce that next 30 September, I will hold a Consistory for the appointment of new Cardinals. Where they come from expresses the universality of the Church, which continues to proclaim the merciful love of God to all people of the earth,” he stated.

“In addition,” the Holy Father said, “the insertion of the new Cardinals in the Diocese of Rome, manifests the inseparable bond between the See of Peter and the local Churches spread throughout the world.”

The 21 Prelates to be created Cardinals for the Church are;

1. HE Robert Francis Prevost, archbishop-bishop emeritus of Chiclayo, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;
2. HE Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches;
3. HE Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;
4. HE Emil Paul Tscherrig, apostolic nuncio in Italy;
5. HE Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States of America
6. HE Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem
7. HE Stephen Brislin, metropolitan archbishop of Cape Town (South Africa);
8. HE Ángel Sixto Rossi, metropolitan archbishop of Cordoba (Argentina);
9. HE Luis Rueda Aparicio, metropolitan archbishop of Bogotà (Colombia);
10. HE Grzegorz Rys, metropolitan archbishop of Lodz (Poland);
11. HE Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, metropolitan archbishop of Juba (South Sudan);
12. HE José Cobo Cano, metropolitan archbishop of Madrid (Spain);
13. HE Protase Rugwamba, coadjutor archbishop of Tabora (Tanzania);
14. HE Sebastian Francis, bishop of Penang (Malaysia);
15. HE Stephen Chow Sau-yan, bishop of Hong Kong (China);
16. HE François-Xavier Bustillo, bishop of Ajaccio (France).
17. HE Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, auxiliary bishop of the patriarchate of Lisbon (Portugal).
18. Reverend Father Ángel Fernández Artime, SDB, rector major of the Salesian Society of San Giovanni Bosco.
19. HE Agostino Marchetto, Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus.
20. HE Mons. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Archbishop Emeritus of Cumaná.
21. Father Luis Pascual, OFMCap., confessor in the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii (Argentina)

The Cardinal-elects hail from around the world.

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The Consistory falls before the beginning of the Synod on Synodality, set to take place with representatives from all over the world in October.