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Four new cardinal bishops announced

Thursday, June 28th, 2018

Pope Francis has signed a rescript adding four more members to the group of cardinal bishops in the College of Cardinals.

They are:

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 63, Vatican secretary of state;
Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 74, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches;
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 74, prefect of the Congregation for
Italian Cardinal Fernando Filoni, 72, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Read more

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