new cardinals Archives

Cardinal Czerny’s courageous past in El Salvador remembered

Cardinals, Catholic News Service
Nov 3, 2019

It may be 30 years since Cardinal Michael Czerny left the Jesuit-run Central American University in El Salvador, but it’s not a place that has forgotten him.

Friends, family, faithful celebrate new cardinals at Vatican reception

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 6, 2019

A long, snail-paced line of well-wishers waited to greet Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, Congo, after the ceremony in which Pope Francis placed a red hat on his head.

New cardinals: Pope’s choices stress dialogue, care for poor

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 5, 2019

After the consistory to create new cardinals on Oct. 5, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor.

Guatemalan prelate says his remarks are based on what he experiences

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Oct 1, 2019

Cardinal-designate Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri offered prayers for Central American migrants Sept. 29, while celebrating Mass on World Day for Migrants and Refugees in this downtrodden Guatemalan department, epicenter of an ongoing outflow of migrants toward the United States.

New Lithuanian cardinal, ‘strong internally,’ spent time in Soviet prison

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Sep 21, 2019

Lithuania’s new cardinal, a veteran of Soviet prisons and labor camps, counts on not being assigned “specific duties” following his elevation so he can continue serving his local church.

Islam expert brings red hat to multicultural ministry in Liverpool

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Sep 15, 2019

Once the top expert on Islam at the Vatican, Cardinal-designate Michael Fitzgerald is unsure whether a new top-ranking title will help or hamper his work ministering in a multicultural inner-city parish in Liverpool, England.