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Coverage dated September 29, 2023

Pope Francis appoints 21 new cardinals as he moves to cement his legacy and reform the church

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Pope Francis is presiding over a ceremony to create 21 new cardinals. They include key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy. With the ceremony Francis has further expanded his influence on the College of Cardinals who will one day elect his su…

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  1. NBC New York

    Pope Francis appoints 21 new cardinals as he moves to cement his legacy and reform the church (opens NBC New York)

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    Pope Francis is presiding over a ceremony to create 21 new cardinals. They include key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy. With the ceremony Francis has further expanded his influence on the College of Cardinals who will one day elect his su…

  2. America Magazine

    Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals from 16 nations on the eve of the Synod on Synodality (opens America Magazine)

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    Pope Francis told the college of cardinals that it is called “to resemble a symphony orchestra, representing the harmony and synodality of the church.”

  3. Latin Times

    Pope Francis Appoints 21 New Cardinals, Including 2 Argentinians, as He Looks Past The West (opens Latin Times)

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    He has sought to create a more inclusive Church, looking past Europe to clergy in Africa, Asia and Latin America to fill the Church's highest ranks.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Pope Francis' selection of Cardinals marks shift toward Asia – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Pope Francis has installed 21 new Cardinals, continuing his practice of fundamentally changing the makeup of the body that will elect his successor. The Catholic Church will be heavily influenced by Asia in the future.

  5. Seattle Times

    Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform the church and cement his legacy (opens Seattle Times)

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    Pope Francis has presided over a ceremony to create 21 new cardinals.

  6. France 24

    Pope Francis appoints 21 new cardinals, embracing diversity and reform (opens France 24)

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    Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from distant corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity was indipensable to the future of the Catholic Church.

  7. Washington Examiner

    Pope Francis announces 21 new cardinals to seal voting majority for successor (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Pope Francis named 21 cardinals Saturday, further increasing the eligible voting cardinals he has appointed as head of the Catholic Church.

  8. Boston

    Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals (opens Boston)

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    With Saturday’s ceremony, Pope Francis will have named 99 of the 137 cardinals who are eligible to vote to elect his successor.

  9. CBS News

    Preaching a "more tolerant" church, Pope appoints 21 new cardinals (opens CBS News)

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    The 86-year-old pope welcomed the new "Princes of the Church" -- one of whom could one day become the successor to the current pontiff.

  10. PBS NewsHour

    Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals to help carry out Catholic Church reforms (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church.

  11. Digital Journal

    Pope to appoint 21 new cardinals, looking past the West (opens Digital Journal)

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    Pope Francis will on Saturday elevate 21 clergymen from all corners of the world to the rank of cardinal.

  12. Voice of America

    Pope Francis Creates 21 New Cardinals to Help Reform Church (opens Voice of America)

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    The new cardinals include key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact the pope's reforms and cement his legacy

  13. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform the church (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    VATICAN CITY >> Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony today, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church.

  14. Al-Monitor

    Pope appoints 21 new cardinals to fill highest ranks of Church (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from the four corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity was indispensable to the future of the Catholic Church.Under sunny skies and with a crowd that filled half of Vatican City's grandiose, colonnaded St Peter's Square, the 86-yea…

  15. Green Field Reporter

    Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform the church and cement his legacy - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church.

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