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Pope Francis with Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery of Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments, at the consistory in St. Peter's Basilica, Aug. 27, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNARome Newsroom, Aug 27, 2022 / 08:31 am (CNA).Pope Francis created 20 new cardinals for the Catholic Church during a liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica Saturday."Jesus calls us by name; he looks us in the eye and he asks: Can I count on you?" Pope Francis said in a homily addressed to the College of Cardinals and its new members on Aug. 27."The Lord," he said, "w...

Pope Francis with Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery of Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments, at the consistory in St. Peter's Basilica, Aug. 27, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA Rome Newsroom, Aug 27, 2022 / 08:31 am (CNA). Pope Francis created 20 new cardinals for the Catholic Church during a liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica Saturday. “Jesus calls us by name; he looks us in the eye and he asks: Can I count on you?” Pope Francis said in a homily addressed to the College of Cardinals and its new members on Aug. 27. “The L...

Cardinal Cláudio Hummes arrives for the afternoon session of the Amazon Synod, October 8, 2019. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jul 4, 2022 / 09:24 am (CNA). Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, archbishop emeritus of São Paulo, Brazil, died on Mond...

Cardinal Claudio Hummes, an influential Brazilian prelate who was a close friend of Pope Francis and a leader among the liberal members of the College of Cardinals, dies of lung cancer on July 4 at the age of 87.

Some 278 Catholic bishops, clergy, religious personnel and lay people will meet as members of an unprecedented Plenary Council during 3-9 July to finalise the resolutions of their first assembly last year. However the May working document ‘Framework for Motions’, despite much worthy content, especially on Indigenous affairs, relies on a narrow notion of mission overly focused on inner-church issues at the expense of the wider social engagement that Francis emphasises. By Bruce Duncan