Pope Francis Wednesday appointed the first cardinal for Mali and four
others from countries that have never had a cardinal before, including
El Salvador, Laos, and Sweden.
The fifth is from Spain.
Mali’s Jean Zerbo was appointed alongside four other cardinals in a
Vatican ceremony that, while deeply traditional in form, also reflected
his vision of a reshaped Church for the 21st century.
In a hard-hitting homily, Pope Francis told them they should regard
themselves as servants of the most vulnerable and not be misled by the
traditional description of cardinals as the ‘Princes of the Church’.
The world they had to deal with, Pope Francis said, was “the innocent
who suffer and die as victims of war and terrorism; the forms of
enslavement that continue to violate human dignity even in the age of
human rights; the refugee camps which at times seem more like a hell
than a purgatory; the systematic discarding of all that is no longer
useful, people included.”
Experts say Pope Francis’s latest choice of cardinals reflects his
desire to reach out to the peripheries of the global Catholic community,
a recurring theme of his papacy.
Three of the new appointments are from countries with only small minority Catholic congregations.
As well as expanding its global footprint, the appointments increase
the size of the electoral college that will select the next pope to 121
members, 49 of whom have been appointed since he became pope in March
2013.
“I think it reflects what Francis is about for him to create
cardinals from Laos, Mali and Sweden,” said one of the new appointments,
Sweden’s Anders Arborelius.
The Bishop of Stockholm told AFP he was shocked to learn of his impending elevation.
“A priest showed me the announcement on the internet – at first I thought it was a joke,” Bishop Arborelius said.
His new colleague Juan Omella, the bishop of Barcelona, concurred.
“The pope has a very universal vision. He wants to strengthen the
areas on the margins where the Church is growing,” he said in an
interview ahead of Wednesday’s consistory, as the formal swearing-in is
known.
After vowing obedience to the Church and the pope, each of the five
knelt before Pope Francis to receive their cardinal’s hat, a ring and a
title linking them to a church in Rome.
Source: Africa Review
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