The archbishop emeritus of Cagliari Arrigo Miglio was created cardinal today by Pope Francis , during the consistory convened in St. Peter's Basilica by the same pontiff, in the presence of the other cardinals, including Monsignor Angelo Becciu .
There are twenty new cardinals appointed by Bergoglio, including five Italians.
THE RITE - During the ceremony, the Pope read the formula of creation and proclaimed the names of the new twenty cardinals. The rite continued with the profession of faith of the cardinals and the oath of fidelity and obedience to the Pontiff and his successors.
The new cardinals then knelt before the Pope who imposed on them the skullcap and the cardinal's hat , also giving them the cardinal's ring and assigning each one a church in Rome .
Mile will have the title of San Clemente . The seat assigned to him is dedicated to Pope Clement I and is located in the valley between the Esquiline and the Celio, on the route that connects the Colosseum to the Lateran in the Monti district, and has the dignity of a minor basilica. The takeover by the new cardinal will take place in the coming months.
THE HOMILY - "A man of apostolic zeal is animated by the fire of the Spirit to courageously take care of things big as well as small ones", said the Pontiff in his homily. Adding: " A cardinal loves the Church, always with the same spiritual fire, both by dealing with the great questions and by dealing with the small ones ; both by meeting the great of this world, who must do so, many times, and the small ones, who are great in front of him. to God".
226 PURPLE - The cardinals of the Holy Roman Church thus rise to 226 . Of the 132 cardinal electors (those over 80 do not participate in the conclave), 83, or 62%, were created by Bergoglio.
This is what emerges from the updated statistics of the college of cardinals.
Italy remains, with 48 cardinals, of which 20 are electors, the country with the highest number of cardinals in the world .
(Unioneonline / lf)