Pope Francis began two-day meetings with all officials this Monday. cardinals Around the world, including the last cardinals appointed as electors for the next pope this weekend. This summit of the College of Cardinals has not been held in this format since 2015. According to experts, the Pope of Argentina has taken one more step to pre-construct a possible future. meeting (convention where new popes are appointed) like-minded voters according to his line, something that many popes in the history of the Church have failed to achieve.
Francis’ decision to collect it unprecedented meeting Then comes, throughout the year, word spread that he was once again circulating. thinking about retiring for them health problemssomething that he and many of his closest collaborators reject.
The new constitution was discussed at the summit Reforms Roman Curia, ‘Praedicate Evangelium’It’s an initiative by the Pontiff that went into effect last June after nearly nine years of work and has faced some reluctance from Church members.
With this last wave of cardinal appointments, the Pope declared that there were 83 cardinal electors appointed by him in the College of Cardinals, XVI. Under John Paul II, 11.
Pay attention to the peripheries of the world
The once very high number of cardinals from Europe has now reached 53 (40.1% of the total), 38 (28.8%) from the Americas, and 17 (40.1% of the total). increased by 12.9%. and 24 (18.2%) from Asia and Oceania. Currently, a total of 69 countries have the right to represent and vote when a new general assembly is required in the short term.
This confirms that Jorge Mario Bergoglio is on his way. reshaping The Catholic Church is devoted to the so-called peripheries of the world, the regions where Christians are most persecuted, and where humanitarian crises or conflicts rooted. So much so that the new cardinals include an Indian, Archbishop of Goa and Damão Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, the first cardinal in East Timor’s history Salesian Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, and the Italian missionary Giorgio. Apostolic Church of the governor of Ulan Baton in Marengo, Mongolia. At 48, Marengo is the youngest cardinal to have the right to vote.
Spain He added a new cardinal, bringing the Spanish electorate to six: Fernando Vergez AlzagaVatican City State governor and member of the ultra-conservative group Legionnaires of Jesus.
Priests from Singapore, Nigeria, Paraguay, South Korea, Colombia and Brazil, among other countries, became the new ‘Princes of the Church’. All make up the list 132 cardinals have the right to vote those invited to attend the upcoming meeting and the meetings at the Vatican.
Source: Informacion
