Richard Kuuia Baawobr, from Ghana, was only 63 years old and Francis created him a cardinal at the end of August.
The cardinal believes that dialogue between the Church and Daniel Ortega's government is still possible.
Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello is 80 years old, so he is no longer able to vote in the event of a future conclave.
Cardinal Carvajal recalls that moment with a phrase from the Bible: his tongue clung to the roof of his mouth.
- The world's cardinals meet with Pope Francis to discuss the future of the Church.
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Not only did they discuss issues such as the new constitution on the Roman Curia. They also discussed the next great Jubilee of Rome in 2025.
And as one of two Rome-based Canadian members of the curia, he also traveled with Pope Francis on his most recent trip to Canada.
The Vatican's top diplomat also shared his thoughts on a possible papal visit to Kyiv.
In 2021, Pope Francis announced the start of what he called “a Synod on Synodality” – a two-year process meant to explore ways to promote a more “Synodal Church”.
After the August consistory there will be 133 new cardinal electors. Of these, 84 will have been chosen by Pope Francis.
The cardinal had been in Fatima on Friday evening as Francis' envoy to perform the consecration of Russia and Ukraine in person from Portugal.
Vatican presents the new Apostolic Constitution entitled ''Praedicate Evangelium.''
The former Vatican number three makes his first statement before a judge in a Vatican embezzlement trial.
The cardinal did not spend many days in Rome because Pope Francis asked him to return to Ukraine.
Cardinal Michael Czerny met with refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine and communicated the Pope's closeness to them.
Card. Michael Czerny and Card. Konrad Krajewski have been listening to the stories of people displaced by war.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski says that some refugees are moved to tears when they hear that they come on behalf of the Pope.
Card. Michael Czerny reaches Budapest on his way to the Hungary-Ukraine border, where he will meet with refugees fleeing from war.
Cardinal Luigi De Magistris was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2015.
Pope Francis will kick of the symposium with a conference on “Faith and priesthood today.”
The first time a pope met with victims of sex abuse was in 2008, in Washington, D.C.
The archbishop of the German archdiocese was highly critical of the Church's handling of sex abuse cases.
