- Title: Newly created cardinals meet with family members after consistory ceremony
- Date: 5th October 2019
- Summary: VATICAN CITY (OCTOBER 5, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF CARDINAL MICHAEL CZERNY GREETING AND BLESSING VISITORS U.S. CARDINAL, SEAN PATRICK O' MALLEY, POSING FOR PHOTOS / CARDINAL MICHAEL CZERNY IN THE BACKGROUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARDINAL MICHAEL CZERNY, CZECH-BORN CANADIAN JESUIT PRIEST, SAYING: "I grew up in the sixties, I lived during the (Second Vatican) Council. I experienced divisions then, and I would say that it is not a question of whether there are or not divisions. The question is how we live them, and I hope that with the great leadership of Pope Francis, with the help of the cardinals and many others in the church we will have more dialogue and I really also hope, if I may say so, that the media can help us to communicate those elements of dialogue which are underway and not only the frictions." CARDINAL CZERNY POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS VARIOUS OF CARDINAL MIGUEL ANGEL AYUSO GUIXOT OF SPAIN GREETING VISITORS VISITORS QUEUING VISITORS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARDINAL GUIXOT CARDINAL GUIXOT HUGGING VISITORS CARDINAL JOSE' TOLENTINO DE MENDONCA OF PORTUGAL GREETING NUNS VISITOR HOLDING CHILD WHILE IN QUEUE (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) 52-YEARS-OLD LAITY MBAYE, ROME RESIDENT FROM SENEGAL, SAYING: "I am very excited, it's a special day for me." ROME RESIDENT FROM SENEGAL, LAITY MBAYE, HUGGING CARDINAL JOSE' TOLENTINO PILGRIMS FROM CONGO SINGING VARIOUS OF CARDINAL FRIVOLLING AMBO BESUNGU FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BLESSING AND GREETING VISITORS (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) CARDINAL FRIVOLLING AMBO BESUNGU SAYING: "I am happy. I am aware of the responsibility this appointment brings. I feel the awareness of responsibility." NUNS PASSING IN FRONT OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA ST. PETER'S BASILICA AT SUNSET VARIOUS OF PILGRIM AND SUPPORTER OF CARDINAL FRIVOLLING AMBO BESUNGU, JULIANA AZIZA, FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, WEARING A HAT WITH THE CARDINAL'S EFFIGY (SOUNDBITE) (French) PILGRIM FROM CONGO, JULIANA AZIZA, SAYING: "This really made me feel good. I'm really very excited. I am very happy to be here in Rome for our cardinal. Thanks." ST. PETER'S SQUARE AT SUNSET
- Embargoed: 19th October 2019 21:27
- Keywords: Pope Francis Vatican City Roman Catholic cardinals consistory
- Location: VATICAN CITY
- City: VATICAN CITY
- Country: Vatican City
- Topics: Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001AZTL0SN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Newly inducted cardinals greeted their friends and relatives at the Vatican on Saturday (October 5) after receiving their red hats and rings from Pope Francis at a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica. The Pope created 13 Roman Catholic cardinals, including 10 who are under 80 years old and thus eligible to succeed him one day.
"I hope that with the great leadership of Pope Francis, with the help of the cardinals and many others in the church we will have more dialogue", Cardinal Michael Czerny, a Canadian who was born in the former Czechoslovakia and is currently the Vatican's expert on migration, said.
Cardinals under 80, known as cardinal-electors, can enter a secret conclave to choose a new pope from their own ranks after Francis dies or resigns.
"I feel the awareness of responsibility", Cardinal Frivolling Ambo Besungu, archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said.
Francis chose to give the prestigious and influential rank to a number of men from poor or developing nations, as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia and Guatemala, places he calls the periphery of the Church and which he feels deserve more attention.
The geographical distribution of the new cardinal electors reflects Francis's desire to give more clout to small national churches outside of Europe and North America, countries on the periphery of world political power. Nearly 50% of the cardinal electors now come from the developing world.
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