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VATICAN CITY. In the midst of the storm of economic scandals and the controversy over the opening to civil unions for homosexual couples, Bergoglio goes direct and at the Angelus he announces, surprisingly, new purple. “Next November 28, the eve of the first Sunday of Advent, I will hold a consistory” for the creation of “thirteen new cardinals.” Among those nominated by Pope Francis are six Italians, of whom three are electors in the Conclave: Semeraro, Becciu’s successor; Gambetti, custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi; and Lojudice, Archbishop of Siena. And then the Washington pastor, the first African American, to criticize Trump after the “instrumental” visit to the shrine of St. John Paul II during the Black Lives Matter protests. A prelate from Brunei and another from the Philippines. And then a Rwandan who lost his family exterminated during the 1994 war
Here are the names of the new cardinals. Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops. Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Antoine kambanda, Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda). Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Washington. José F. Advincula, Archbishop of Capiz (Philippines). Celestino Aós Braco, Archbishop of Santiago. Huntersville Sim, Vicar Apostolic of Brunei. Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Archbishop of Siena-Colle Val d’Elsa-Montalcino. The franciscan Mauro gambetti, guardian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi.
Added to them are the cardinals over eighty years of age, who therefore do not enter the Conclave: Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, Emeritus Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico). Silvano M. Tomasi, apostolic nuncio. Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Papal House. Enrico Feroci, parish priest of Santa Maria del Divino Amore in Castel di Leva.
The Pontiff prays “for the new cardinals, so that, confirming their adherence to Christ, they will help me in my ministry as Bishop of Rome for the good of all the faithful Holy People of God.”
Grech on November 26, 2011 was elected by Pope Benedict XVI as Bishop of Gozo. Until October 2, 2019, when Francis wanted him to be Pro-Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops. And on September 15 he was appointed Secretary General of the Synod.
Semeraro, born in Monteroni di Lecce on December 22, 1947, has been prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints since October 15, 2020. Currently he is also Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Esarchico Monastery of S. Maria di Grottaferrata, and pontifical delegate of the Basilian Order of Italy. He was secretary of the Council of Cardinals for helping the Pope in the government of the universal Church.
Kambanda, born on November 10, 1958, has lost all the members of his family killed in the 1994 war, except for a brother, who lives in Italy. He was ordained a priest on September 8, 1990 by Pope Saint John Paul II, on the occasion of his trip to Rwanda. On May 7, 2013, he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Kibungo, until November 19, 2018 when Francis elected him as archbishop of Kigali.
Gregory, born December 7, 1947 in Chicago (Illinois), was Metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta (Georgia). President of the United States Conference of Bishops from 2001 to 2004, since April 4, 2019 he is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington. He did not hesitate to attack the president of the United States, Donald Trump, for the visit, considered instrumental and propagandistic after the repression of peaceful protesters, to the sanctuary of Saint John Paul II during the Black Lives Matter protests in the capital.
Advincula was a member of the Doctrine of the Faith commission and the indigenous peoples commission.
Braco was bishop of Copiapó. On March 23, 2019, he became apostolic administrator of the vacant See et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Archdiocese of Santiago in Chile. On December 27, 2019, Francisco appointed him archbishop.
Sim was appointed the first Apostolic Vicar of Brunei by Pope Wojtyla.
Lojudice, born in Rome on July 1, 1964, is secretary of the CEI Episcopal Commission for migration. He was auxiliary bishop of Rome. On May 6, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Siena-Colle Val d’Elsa-Montalcino.
Gambetti, born on October 27, 1965 in Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna), was reconfirmed in general custody for the four-year period 2017-2021, and is president of the Intermediterranean Federation of Provincial Ministers of Conventual Friars Minor. Father Enzo Fortunato, director of the press room of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, on the website sanfrancesco.org commented “openly” about the appointment as cardinal of the current Custos: “We are filled with feelings of great joy and at the same time we regret May this confrere, so dear to us and so precious to the Franciscan fraternity, leave your service in Assisi earlier than expected. We accompany him with fraternal affection and prayer in his new ministry in the universal Church. The Brothers of the Community of the Sacred Convent , upon learning of the communication of the appointment as cardinal, we express our gratitude to the father of all good people and to Pope Francis. ”“ Jokes as Pope ”were the first words uttered by the new Cardinal Gambetti a few minutes after the announcement of his appointment. ”The friar welcomes“ this news with gratitude and joy in a spirit of obedience to the Church and of service to humanity at a time so d difficult for all of us. I commend my way to San Francisco and make his words of fraternity my own. A gift that I will share with all the children of God on a journey of love and compassion towards our brother our neighbor ».
Esquivel is bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de las Casas and was secretary general of the Latin American Episcopal Council (Celam).
Tomasi, Apostolic Nuncio, was born on October 12, 1940 in Casoni di Mussolente. From the end of 1989 to June 1996 he was Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People. On June 27, 1996, he was appointed Nuncio in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Observer for the African Union. On April 24, 1999, he became Archbishop of Asolo and on December 23, 2000, he was nuncio in Giubuti. On June 10, 2003, he was appointed Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations office and specialized institutions in Geneva and Permanent Observer to the World Trade Organization.
Cantalamessa was born in Colli del Tronto (AP) on July 22, 1934. Former Professor of History of Christian Origins and Director of the Department of Religious Sciences at the University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, he was a member of the International Theological Commission from 1975 to 1981 and, for twelve years, member of the Catholic delegation for dialogue with the Pentecostal Churches. In 1979 he left teaching to dedicate himself full time to the ministry of the Word. He was appointed by John Paul II as Preacher of the Papal House in 1980; confirmed by Benedict XVI in 2005 and on July 18, 2013 by Pope Francis. In this capacity, every week, in Advent and Lent, a meditation in the presence of the Pope, cardinals, bishops, prelates and superiors general of religious orders.
Feroci was born on August 27, 1940 in Pizzoli. He was Director of Caritas in Rome and Rector of the Sanctuary of Divine Love and Rector of the Seminary of the Madonna del Divino Amore.
