The 21 new cardinals come from all corners of the world\u2014from South Africa and the United States to Hong Kong and Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The appointment came directly from Pope Francis\u2014whom some of them have known for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ABP. \u00c1NGEL SIXTO ROSSI Pope Francis' announcement to create new cardinals was a surprise for many of the 21 men, who now have to take their experiences in their local churches and apply it to the universal Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABP. JOS\u00c9 COBO CANO The Pope's appointment helps some of these men give a voice to their communities back home\u2014no matter how far away from Rome they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABP. STEPHEN AMEYU MARTIN MULLA Before receiving their red hats, many of these local church leaders came from countries facing challenges. And their work in aiding their communities back home will continue even after the consistory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ABP. PIERBATTISTA PIZZABALLA The 21 new men join the most diverse College of Cardinals in history. The number of cardinals from Asia has quadrupled and the number of Italians has reduced by half since the conclave of 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 21 new men are joining the College of Cardinals on September 30. And they come from all corners of the world\u2014from South Africa and the United States to Hong Kong and Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":61109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,178],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wlncouC1izk","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomcardinalieng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomcardinaliint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61112,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61108\/revisions\/61112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Archdiocese of C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina<\/strong>
I've known him since when I asked to enter the Company of Jesus. I had to go to the provincial\u2014the superior of the Jesuits in Argentina. At that time, I was 18 years old and he was, not even 40, maybe 37. He was the youngest Jesuit provincial in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain<\/strong>
I think that right now I feel I have a great responsibility. I'm a little overwhelmed because I am learning. I was in my diocese, where we knew Rome and the world of Rome from Madrid. And now it is learning to see the Church, which is the great challenge, to see the Church also with other eyes, to see the Church in a global way and to see the Church also in all the immensity of the people of God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Archdiocese of Juba, South Sudan<\/strong>
The Holy Father would like to bring the marginalized to the mainstream.
I know we can contribute to this universal Church. We are a local church but we can still contribute to this universal Church.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem<\/strong>
Many people ask me: so what will the future be? The Middle East will be without Christians or will have a token number of Christians. There is a risk. We have to work a lot to avoid it.
But you also have to work a lot on faith\u2014the social faith, the faith of apparentness, inherited. This is not enough. Hope is what must sustain the life of Christians in the Holy Land.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n