Among the new Italian cardinals that Pope Francis will create in the consistory announced for August 27 there will also be the bishop emeritus of Cagliari, Arrigo Miglio , along with 20 others including 16 electors and five over-eighty-year-olds. The Pontiff himself announced it to Regina Coeli.
"We pray for the new cardinals that by confirming their adhesion to Christ they will help me in my ministry as bishop of Rome for the good of all the faithful holy people of God ," said Pope Francis after reading the names of the 21 new cardinals who they will take part in a future Conclave, the one he will create in the Consistory.
MONS. ZUPPI - "We express our gratitude to Pope Francis for the gift of five new cardinals, children of our Churches. We accompany them in prayer so that - as the Holy Father recalled - by confirming their adherence to Christ, they can help him in the ministry of Bishop of Rome for the good of all the faithful Holy People of God '", the comment of Matteo Zuppi , archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference .
THE BISHOPS OF SARDINIA - "On behalf of all the Sardinian Bishops, I express deep gratitude to Pope Francis for having wished to associate Mons. Arrigo Miglio, archbishop emeritus of Cagliari with the College of Cardinals", says Antonello Mura , president of the Sardinian Episcopal Conference and bishop of the diocese of Nuoro-Ogliastra.
SOLINAS - After the announcement of Pope Francis' decision, the comment of the governor of Sardinia, Christian Solinas , also arrived: "We feel happy and proud , like Sardi, for this enlightened choice that will lead to a sweet and humble man becoming Prince of the Church , who has deeply loved Sardinia, ever since, as a young Bishop, he was sent by St. John Paul to lead the Diocese of Iglesias, measuring himself against an extremely complex reality from a social point of view ", reads a note.
"To our dear Monsignor Miglio, on behalf of the Regional Council and all Sardinians, I offer my warmest congratulations and best wishes for a fruitful ministry at the service of the Church and for the good of the people", concludes Solinas.
THE LIST OF CARDINALS - The Holy Father will appoint as "electors" : Monsignor Arthur Roche - Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Msgr. Lazzaro You Heung sik - Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; Monsignor Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of the Vatican City State; Monsignor Jean-Marc Aveline - Metropolitan Archbishop of Marseille (France); Monsignor Peter Okpaleke - Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria); Monsignor Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, OFM - Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil); Monsignor Filipe Neri António Sebastião of Rosário Ferrão - Archbishop of Goa and Damão (India); Monsignor Robert Walter McElroy - Bishop of San Diego (USA); Monsignor Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, SDB - Archbishop of Dili (East Timor); Monsignor Oscar Cantoni - Bishop of Como (Italy); Monsignor Anthony Poola - Archbishop of Hyderabad (India); Msgr. Paulo Cezar Costa - Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Brasília (Brazil); Msgr. Richard Kuuia Baawobr M. Afr - Bishop of Wa (Ghana); Msgr. William Goh Seng Chye - Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore); Msgr. Adalberto Martínez Flores - Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay); Msgr. Giorgio Marengo, IMC - Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
Miglio is part of the over-80 group (he will turn 80 in July) together with the former rector of the Gregorian, Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, and Msgr. Fortunato Frezza, rectory of San Pietro.
(Unioneonline / ss)