Pope Francis will designate 21 brand-new cardinals from around the world, he revealed on Sunday, in an unanticipated push to impact the effective group of churchmen that will one day select his follower.
The event to setup the brand-new appointees, understood as a consistory, will be held on December 8, the 87-year-old pope stated throughout his weekly noon-time prayer with pilgrims and travelers in St. Peter’s Square.
It will be the 10th consistory called by the pope consideringthat his election 11 years ago as the veryfirst pontiff from Latin America.
The brand-new cardinals come from a large selection of nations consistingof Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Italy, Britain, Serbia, Japan, Indonesia, Canada, Ivory Coast and Algeria.
The list consistsof 20 who are under the age of 80 and forthatreason able to vote in the conclave to choose a brand-new pope after Francis’s death or resign