African Cardinals

Newly Elevated South Sudanese Cardinal Calls for Togetherness, with “God ahead of us”

Oct 30, 2023

The newly elevated South Sudanese Cardinal returned to his Metropolitan See from Rome with a call to togetherness, emphasizing the need to invoke and rely upon God’s graces for lasting peace in the world’s newest country.

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Feb. 24, 2016. Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Meet 14 African Cardinals Pope Francis Created in 10 Years of His Pontificate

Mar 13, 2023

From a son of a rubber tapper in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a Bishop-elect who was rejected by the Diocese he had been assigned in Nigeria, and a young priest who spent a year in an Ethiopian jail, the stories of African Cardinals created by Pope Francis are awe-inspiring.

African Cardinals

Newly Elevated South Sudanese Cardinal Calls for Togetherness, with “God ahead of us”

Meet 14 African Cardinals Pope Francis Created in 10 Years of His Pontificate

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