VATICAN CITY — In a ceremony to create 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis encouraged the College of Cardinals to have the same spiritual zeal for all people,
(RNS) The San Diego cardinal-to-be will be an ally for a pope who has long advocated for the church to change its priorities without changing its teaching.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis will lead a number of major events at the end of August, starting with the creation of 20 new cardinals in St. Peter s Basilica.
Inducting the appointees into the College of Cardinals at an ordinary public consistory Aug. 27, the pope will give each new cardinal: a scarlet biretta the red hat whose color signifies a cardinal s willingness to shed his blood for the faith; a gold ring, a sign of their special bond with the church of Rome; and a scroll te