Pope Frankie in the new year still bringin' it.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis put his first stamp on the group at the top of the Roman Catholic hierarchy on Sunday, naming 19 new cardinals from around the world and emphasizing his concern for poor countries.Sixteen of them are "cardinal electors" under 80 and thus eligible to enter a conclave to elect a pope. They come from Italy, Germany, Britain, Nicaragua, Canada, Ivory Coast, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Chile, Burkina Faso, the Philippines and Haiti.Half of them are non-Europeans, indicating the importance Francis attaches to the developing world. Francis is the first Latin American pope and the first non-European pontiff in some 1,300 years.Cardinals are the pope's closest advisers in the Vatican and around the world. Apart from being church leaders in their home countries, those who are not based in the Vatican are members of key committees in Rome that decide policies that can affect the lives of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics.
i'm not seeing any cronyism here, he seems to have his finger on the pulse of the world dynamic and is positioning the Church to be able to handle it around the globe.
i wonder how the republican Catholics will react to this outreach to the poor when their party rejects the idea, God or right wing apathy what's their choice?
with very diverse cardinal assignments he has a chance to make a big dent in the global status quo Gd Bless him.
A POOR CHURCH
"The winner here is the South of the world," said Andrea Tornielli, who has written some 50 books on the Catholic Church and interviewed Pope Francis last month.
A cardinal waits in the hall of the Palace of the Tribunal before the opening of the Judicial Year o …
"The geography of the consistory helps the churches of the world, particularly in Latin America, Africa and Asia. What is also noteworthy is the pope's attention to the Church in Haiti, a country that is on its knees because of the (2010) earthquake and poverty," Tornielli said.The pope, who made the announcement to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square for his Sunday blessing, has often said since his election on March 13 he wants a church that "is poor and for the poor".
i still worry that those of unpure thoughts are not liking their world turned upside down, pray for him to get the Lords work done
