Pope Francis names 20 new cardinals
c. 2015 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis reinforced his reshaping of the Catholic Church by naming 20 new cardinals from 18 different countries, including Ethiopia, Tonga, Thailand, and Panama.
The clerics include 15 who are eligible to vote for the pope’s successor in a future conclave, and five retired bishops and archbishops “distinguished for their pastoral charity” who are over age 80 and ineligible to select the next pontiff.
