19 New Cardinals Named By Pope Francis

The Caribbean Celebrates First Ever Cardinals

After the recitation of the Angelus, Pope Francis announced the appointment of 19 new cardinals to the thousands of pilgrims gathered at St. Peter’s Square yesterday.  Among them were two from the Caribbean region.  This is a historical moment for the region as it marks the first time a cardinal came from the Caribbean.  Below is Pope Francis’ address as he makes the announcement:-

Dear brothers and sisters,.

I offer all of you my friendly greeting, specifically the families and the faithful from various parishes in Italy and other countries in addition to the associations and different groups who exist.

Today I wish to attend to an unique thought to the moms and dads who have actually had their kids baptized and those who are getting ready for the Baptism of a kid. I participate the joy of these families, I thank the Lord with them, and I pray that the Baptism of their children with aid the parents themselves to uncover the beauty of faith and to return in a brand-new way to the Sacraments and to the community.

As has currently been announced, on February 22, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, I will have the joy of holding a consistory, throughout which I will call 16 new cardinals, who– belonging to 12 nations from every edge of the world– represent the extensive ecclesial relationship between the Church of Rome and the various other Church’s dispersed throughout the world.

On the following day I will preside at a solemn party with the brand-new cardinals while on February 20-21, I will hold a consistory with all of the cardinals to reflect on the theme of the family.

Here are the names of the brand-new cardinals:.

1. Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Titular Archbishop of Acquapendente, Secretary of State.

2. Monsignor Lorenzo Baldisseri, Titular Archbishop of Diocleziana, Secretary General of the Synod.

3. Monsignor Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

4. Monsignor Beniamino Stella, Titular Archbishop of Midila, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.

5. Monsignor Vincent Gerard Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster (Great Britain).

6. Monsignor Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua).

7. Monsignor Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec (Canada).

8. Monsignor Jean-Pierre Kutwa, Archbishop of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

9. Monsignor Orani João Tempesta, O.Cist., Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

10. Monsignor Gualtiero Bassetti, Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Italy).

11. Monsignor Mario Aurelio Poli, Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina).

12. Monsignor Andrew Yeom Soo jung, Archbishop of Seoul (Korea).

13. Monsignor Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile).

14. Monsignor Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).

15. Monsignor Orlando B. Quevedo, O.M.I., Archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines).

16. Monsignor Chibly Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes (Haiti).

Together with them, I add to the College of Cardinals 3 archbishops emeriti who are distinguished by their service to the Holy See and to the Church:

1. Monsignor Loris Francesco Capovilla, Titular Archbishop of Mesembria;

2. Monsignor Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona;

3. Monsignor Kelvin Edward Felix, Archbishop Emeritus of Castries, in the Antilles.

Let us pray for the new cardinals that, clothed in the virtues and sentiments of the Lord Jesus, the Good Shepherd, they can more efficaciously assist the Bishop of Rome in his service to the universal Church.

I wish everyone a good Sunday and a good lunch. Goodbye!