PHILIPPINES/VATICAN CITY
GMA News
A Mindanao archbishop and former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines will join the elite group of advisors of Pope Francis as he and 15 other bishops and archbishops were named cardinals by Pope Francis on Sunday.
Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo was among the prelates who will be created Cardinals at the upcoming situation, Vatican Radio reported.
“As was previously announced, on February 22, the Feast of the Chair of Peter, I will have the joy of holding a Consistory, during which I will name 16 new Cardinals, who, coming from 12 countries from every part of the world, represent the deep ecclesial relationship between the Church of Rome and the other Churches throughout the world,” the Pope said in his announcement.
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