Pope Francis announces the appointment of 14 new cardinals, aimed to reflect the universality of the Catholic church

Speaking to pilgrims and visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday for the recitation of the Regina Caeli prayer, the Pope announced he would create 14 new cardinals at a Consistory scheduled to take place on June 29^th.

Louis Raphaël I Sako – Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon (Bagdad)
Luis Ladaria –Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Angelo De Donatis – Vicar General of Rome
Giovanni Angelo Becciu – Substitute of the Secretary of State and Special Delegate for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Konrad Krajewski – Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities
Joseph Coutts – Archbishop of Karachi (Pakistan)
António dos Santos Marto – Bishop of Leiria-Fátima (Portugal)
Pedro Barreto – Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru)
Desiré Tsarahazana – Archbishop of Toamasina (Madagascar)
Giuseppe Petrocchi – Archbishop of L’Aquila (Italy)
Thomas Aquinas Manyo – Archbishop of Osaka (Japan)

Over 80 years old:

Sergio Obeso Rivera – Emeritus Archbishop of Xalapa (Mexico)
Toribio Ticona Porco – Emeritus Bishop of Corocoro (Bolivia)
Aquilino Bocos Merino – member of the Claretian order (Spain)

In the surprise announcement following his Regina Caeli address, the Pope noted that the places from which the new cardinals come “expresses the universality of the Church, which continues to announce the merciful love of God to all men and women on earth”.