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The Pope appoints 22 Cardinals
posted on: Jan 7 2012 8:41 by RDugey. Viewed 20 times.
Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, including several Italian and Brazilian Joao Braz of Altis, who heads the Vatican Office for religious yesterday.
Spanish Santos April and Castelló, Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, is also one of the new Princes of the Church.
The Cardinals are the main advisors of the Pope, the Group of clerics from elite that eventually will elect the successor of Pope Benedict XVI. 22, Eighteen are less than 80 years, which amounts to 125 the number of Cardinals who can vote in the next papal conclave. Those who are 80 years or more because they cannot afford. The pontiff of 84 appointed Cardinals 16 Europeans, among them seven Italians. He did the same with John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, and George Alencherry, Archbishop of the Catholic Church Syro India.
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