Only new Cardinal Francis Leo knows what he experienced when hearing the news announced Oct. 6 at the conclusion of Pope Francis’ Sunday Angelus that he would be elevated to the College of Cardinals, but if it was anything like his predecessorƵapp experience in 2012, it is something he won’t forget anytime soon.
“I was in Washington, D.C., working with the International Commission on English in the Liturgy when in my hotel room I saw a little red light flashing on the phone that turned out to be a message from the nuncio telling me that Pope Benedict would name me a cardinal the next morning,” said Cardinal Thomas Collins of that day in early 2012. “Sure enough, Pope Benedict read off the list of the new cardinals and I was one of them — it was quite a remarkable experience.”
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