𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 21 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏 8 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2024.
𝑩𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒐 𝑳𝒖𝒃𝒐𝒗
𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒏 8 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2024, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏.
Moreover, he asked the faithful to pray for the future Cardinals.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 2025 𝑱𝒖𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏. 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔’ 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒏 30 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 2023.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍-𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, “𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.”
“𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆.”
𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚’𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 256 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔, 141 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔.
𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔:
1. H.E. Msgr. Angelo Acerbi, Apostolic Nuncio
2. H.E. Mgr. Carlos Gustavo CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
3. H.E. Msgr. Vicente BOKALIC IGLIC C.M., Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Primate of Argentina).
4. H.E. Msgr. Luis Gerardo CABRERA HERRERA, O.F.M., Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador).
5. H.E. Msgr. Fernando Natalio CHOMALÍ GARIB Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile).
6. Archbishop Tarcisio Isao KIKUCHI, S.V.D., Archbishop of Tokyo (Japan).
7. H.E. Msgr. Pablo Virgilio SIONGCO DAVID, Bishop of Kalookan (Philippines).
8. H. E. Msgr. Ladislav NEMET, S.V.D., Archbishop of Beograd -Smederevo, (Serbia).
9. H.E. Msgr. Jaime SPENGLER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brasil).
10. H.E. Mgr Ignace BESSI DOGBO, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
11. H.E. Mgr Jean-Paul VESCO, O.P., Archbishop of Alger (Algeria).
12. H.E. Mgr. Paskalis Bruno SYUKUR, O.F.M., Bishop of Bogor (Indonesia).
13. H. E. Msgr. Dominique Joseph MATHIEU, O.F.M. Conv., Archbishop of Tehran Ispahan (Iran).
14. H.E. Msgr. Roberto REPOLE, Archbishop of Turin (Italy).
15. H.E. Msgr. Baldassare REINA, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome, formerly Vice-gerent and, as of today, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome.
16. H.E. Msgr. Francis LEO, Archbishop of Toronto (Canada).
17. H.E. Msgr. Rolandas MAKRICKAS, Archpriest Coadjutor Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major.
18. H.E. Mgr Mykola BYCHOK, C.S.R., Bishop of the Eparchy Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians
19. R.P. Timothy Peter Joseph RADCLIFFE, OP, theologian
20. R. P. Fabio BAGGIO, C.S., Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development
21. Mgr George Jacob KOOVAKAD, Official of the Secretary of State, Responsible for Travel
