Pope planning to withdraw Cardinal Burke’s Vatican salary, sources say

Pope Francis told the prefects of Vatican dicasteries that he saw no reason for the Vatican to continue giving U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke a monthly salary and questioned why the Vatican should be providing him with a free apartment in Rome, various sources have confirmed.

Creating cardinals from 16 nations, pope asks them to join church ‘symphony’

Coming from different parts of the world and having different experiences and talents, members of the College of Cardinals are called to create a “symphony,” listening to one another and to the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.

Hundreds stand in line to greet new cardinals from the 'peripheries'

One consequence of Pope Francis choosing new cardinals from the “peripheries” is that friends, family and fans of the newly elevated are just as shocked and surprised as the new cardinals are themselves to have been given the honor.

Bishops must promote communion, unity with pope, new U.S. cardinal says

Every bishop in the world has made a promise to live and work in communion with the pope, a promise that includes obedience, said new U.S. Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the first of 20 cardinals to receive his red hat from Pope Francis at a consistory Sept. 30.

New cardinals feel humbled, honored, ready to promote renewal of church

Becoming a member of the broad, unique body of the College of Cardinals is both a great honor and an invitation to help promote a renewal of the Catholic Church’s mission of evangelization, some new cardinals said.

Black Catholics express joy at elevation of first African American cardinal

To Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in Washington, the naming of Washington's archbishop "as a cardinal is huge, it's historic."

Pope Francis appoints 13 new cardinals, including Chicago native

A second wave of COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire across Europe, leading many countries to lock down once again. The cases in Italy continue to surge, and the Vatican is not immune. Pope Francis’ Wednesday general audiences have gone back to taking place in the Apostolic Palace after a person attending one of them on Oct. 21 tested positive for the virus.

Cardinal-designate Gregory thanks Pope Francis ‘with grateful, humble heart’

Cardinal-designate Wilton D. Gregory, installed as Washington’ s archbishop in May 2019, thanked Pope Francis “with a very grateful and humble heart” for naming him as one of 13 new cardinals Oct. 25.

Pope Francis to create 13 new cardinals in October

Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Oct. 5, choosing prelates from 13 different nations as a sign of “the missionary vocation of the church that continues to proclaim the merciful love of God to all men and women of the earth.”

Three cardinals have ended service on pope's Council of Cardinals

Three members of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals have officially ended their service as papal advisers on the reform of the Roman Curia.
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