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Pope expands ranks of cardinals who’ll likely pick successor

New Cardinal Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) New CardinalFilipe Neri Antonio Sebastiao Do Rosario Ferrao receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) New Cardinal Arthur Roche receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) New Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-Sik receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Pope Francis prays in front of new Cardinals during consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) New Cardinal Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) New CardinalFilipe Neri Antonio Sebastiao Do Rosario Ferrao receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) New Cardinal Arthur Roche receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) New Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-Sik receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Francis during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Pope Francis prays in front of new Cardinals during consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis has chosen 20 men to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa, poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner speaks to reporters, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Giorgio Marengo speaks to reporters, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Arrigo Miglio poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Giorgio Marengo poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Arthur Roche poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, poses for a photo, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Newly named cardinal Robert Walter McElroy, speaks, during a press conference at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Pope Francis will formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns. Of the 20 churchmen being raised to cardinal’s rank on Saturday in the ceremony known as a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus, according to church law, could participate in a conclave – a ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope expands ranks of cardinals who’ll likely pick successor