Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:24:28 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope Francis has named two-thirds of cardinals eligible to elect his successor /faith/item/35609-pope-francis-has-named-two-thirds-of-cardinals-eligible-to-elect-his-successor /faith/item/35609-pope-francis-has-named-two-thirds-of-cardinals-eligible-to-elect-his-successor

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, the retired archbishop of Naples, celebrated his 80th birthday June 2 and, consequently, became ineligible to enter a conclave to elect a new pope.

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis reinforced his radical reshaping of the Catholic Church by naming 20 new cardinals from countries as far afield as Ethiopia, Tonga, Thailand and Panama.

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NEW YORK - Was there a secret plot to elect Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the papal conclave last year? Did Bergoglio — who became Pope Francis at that conclave — give the go-ahead to such a plan? And does that campaign call his election, and his papacy, into question?

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