PhotoPope Francis on Sunday named 17 new cardinals, including three Americans, adding prelates from developing countries to give them a greater voice in selecting the next pope. Francis’ American appointments elevate moderates in the church hierarchy, bypassing doctrinal conservatives from large archdioceses. Thirteen of the new cardinals, including the Americans, are under 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave to elect the next pope. Archbishop Tobin insisted that his archdiocese would continue to resettle Syrian refugees in Indiana, despite attempts to bar them by Gov. In a Twitter message posted on Sunday, Archbishop Tobin said: “I’m shocked beyond words by the decision of the Holy Father.

Source: New York Times October 09, 2016 22:41 UTC