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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 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.
Pope Francis’ cardinal choices bring surprises, especially for the US church
By David Gibson — October 10, 2016
(RNS) In giving red hats to U.S. churchmen for the first time, the pontiff passed over prelates favored by culture warriors of the right and chose more pastoral bishops. That's a big change.
Want to see Pope Francis’ vision for the church? Look at his new cardinals
By Josephine McKenna — January 5, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican’s chief spokesman said the choices showed Pope Francis' most important criteria was "universality," and indicated he was not “chained to tradition.”
Rome’s clergy tailors find a subdued mood under low-key Pope Francis
By Josephine McKenna — February 6, 2014
ROME (RNS) On the streets of the ecclesiastical fashion district in the center of Rome, the mood is somber. No one wants to criticize the much-loved Pope Francis, but his personal style, combined with the ongoing economic crisis, is having an impact on business.
ANALYSIS: Pope Francis’ cardinals point the way to Catholicism’s future
By David Gibson — January 12, 2014
(RNS) A church for the poor, a church of the Southern Hemisphere, a church not focused on hierarchical perks, and a church led by pastors and doctrinal moderates: In naming his first batch of new cardinals on Sunday (Jan. 12), Pope Francis made some surprising choices that confirmed where he wants Catholicism to go in the future.
Vatican: Female cardinals aren’t ‘even remotely realistic’
By Eric J. Lyman — November 4, 2013
ROME (RNS) “It is simply not a realistic possibility that the pope will name female cardinals for the consistory in February," the Vatican's chief spokesman said.
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