Currently, only 116 cardinals have the right to vote in a conclave. However, the Vatican law allows 120 participants. Therefore, the pope will appoint new cardinals to fill vacant seats. While there will be one extra cardinal, historically this is not a problem, because John Paul II at one point exceeded the limit by at least 10 positions.<\/p>\n
The five new cardinals are:<\/p>\n
Jean Zerbo, archbishop of Bamako, the first cardinal born in Mali.<\/p>\n
Juan Jose Omella, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain, who spent a missionary year in Zaire.<\/p>\n
Anders Arborelius, the first Swedish-born Catholic bishop of Stockholm after the Protestant Reformation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Vicar Apostolic of Paks\u00e9, in Laos, a country with only 45,000 Catholics.<\/p>\n
Gregorio Rosa Ch\u00e1vez, auxiliary bishop of San Salvador, who is a friend of the martyred bishop \u00ed?scar Romero.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With this consistory, there will be 225 cardinals. Of these, 121 are under 80 years and can participate in a conclave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Among the electors, 19 were appointed by John Paul II, 53 by Benedict XVI and 49 by Pope Francis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pope Francis has already called four consistories. With each appointment, he has tried to represent Catholics from the peripheries in the future conclaves.<\/p>\n
This means that there are fewer cardinals from Europe and North America and more from Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.<\/p>\n
In March 2013, the conclave that chose Pope Francis, Europe had 60 cardinals, Africa 11 and Asia 10. Oceania only had one; North America 20, and Latin America 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, Europe, has 53 cardinals, Africa and Asia 15 each, Oceania four; North America 17, and Latin America 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Italy is still a superpower with 24 cardinal electors. The United States with 10; France with 5, and Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Poland and India, with four.<\/p>\n
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