VATICAN CITY
Reuters
Philip Pullella
Reuters
4:54 a.m. CST, February 18, 2012
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – – Pope Benedict, putting his mark on the Catholic Church’s future, on Saturday inducted 22 men into the exclusive club of cardinals who will one day elect one of their own to succeed him.
Among the most prominent in the group is New York’s Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who is already being touted by some Vatican experts as a possible future candidate to become the first American pope.
Benedict, who turns 85 in April and is showing signs of his age, elevated the men to the highest Church rank below him at a ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica known as a consistory.
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