The Vatican city (Reuters) - Pope Benedict xvi six non-european bishops, the Roman Catholic cardinal in the old continent the rule of the elite group, one day will select his successor on Saturday, on small scale.
New cardinal, age from 53 years old to HKD 72, from the United States, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, Lebanon and Colombia, looks like a counter criticism, he decided to choose not to have Italian or European past ignore the needs of developing countries.
Lifting in st.peter's as a consistory a solemn ceremony as a new "leud", Benedict has, his appointment reflect ", the church is all people's church ".
"She said in different continents in various culture tremolo different voice, she put forward a harmonious songs, is the living god," he said, in his preaching.
The United States is new cardinal archbishop James Michael Harvey, India's main the archbishop of syro Malankara ceremony, Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, Bogota archbishop Ruben saghir, lasalle · gomez, Manila archbishop luis Antonio tager lai, beatitude bei salad nicky butt Ross Chiang rai, MaLongPa heads of the Catholic church in Lebanon and archbishop of John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of abuja.
All six zhang is a "big is not of voters," those under 80 years old, therefore it is eligible for a secret meeting, one day will choose Benedict xvi successor.
Benedict xvi gives new cardinal ring and the traditional red "biretta" or hat. He reminded them, they wear red gown, because they must be ready at all times to defend faith ", and even to your blood detoxification ".
The Pope is a conservative beliefs and sexual moral matters, such as birth control, gay and priestess banned. Each time he named cardinal, his choice of people to share his point of view, can shape the future of the church.
Cardinal in the Vatican Pope's closest aides, where they run the key departments, and in all over the world, where they first parish management $120 million of the Roman Catholic church members.
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Benedict xvi in some churches boundary criticism in February last year, in the choice of his former several group of cardinal, he promoted many from the Vatican's central bureaucracy. He was charged with neglect in the developing world demand.
But significant, at this time, is there any European or Italian, group faint in the past consistories big.
With 62 cardinal voters, europeans still have a slim majority of the 120 members of the team, but their number has shrunk and josh all over the world.
There are 58 non-european voters, among them, there are 14 from North America, 21 people come from Latin America, Africa and Asia have 11 and Australia have a.
Nicky butt Ross Chiang rai, 72, Lebanon and Onaiyekan, 68, Nigeria, two new cardinal, from a large number of population of muslims in the world.
The Pope's decision, in order to improve the two in the church of the Pope's highest level, says he's concerned about Christianity and Islam relationship between.
The Pope access to Muslim Lebanon last September, the two kind of belief, and called for in the Middle East and the joint efforts of the outside the Middle East, the construction of peace.
In Nigeria, of which about 50% are muslims, islamic sect bo family shrine in attacks has caused hundreds of people crushed an uprising, since 2009. Has been a Christian church and the attack.
Thottunkal, 53 years old, India, the Hindu religious dialogue between the and at the front.
The other two, gomez, 70, Bogota, Colombia, and tager lai, 55, Manila, mainly from Catholic countries.
Benedict xvi named 67, more than half of the cardinal will choose his successor from their own team. And 53 was named the Pope John Paul.
The Pope's health is good, but he has been looking for weak has recently started to use cane.
The Pope usually the king's life, but in a 2010 book, Benedict has, he will not hesitate became the first Pope in more than 700 years, if resign, he felt no longer able to "physically, mentally and spiritually" running Catholic.
Harvey, the 63 - year - old American, is perfect Pope family. He arranged the Pope's schedule, including private and public audience, after seeing it, world leaders to visit the Vatican.
Now he has become the high priest's outside the walls of Sao Paulo cathedral in Rome.
In his previous article, Harvey is responsible for the Pope's former housekeeper Paul gabriel, who was convicted last month stole the Pope files, leakage to the news media.




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