Pope Francis raises 13 new cardinals to highest rank in the Catholic hierarchy
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FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Maltese newly appointed Cardinal Mario Grech arrives for a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Cardinals wear protective masks during a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Cardinals who could not preside due to COVID-19 attends via video connection a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Pope Francis attends a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.VATICAN MEDIA VIA AP
Pope Francis with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he pays him a visit after the Consistory, with the newly elevated Cardinals, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Maltese new Cardinal Mario Grech after he was appointed cardinal by Pope Francis, during a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
American newly Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory receives his biretta as he is appointed cardinal by Pope Francis, during a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Italian newly Cardinal Marcello Semeraro receives his biretta as he is appointed cardinal by Pope Francis, during a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Maltese newly Cardinal Mario Grech receives his biretta as he is appointed cardinal by Pope Francis, during a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Pope Francis attends a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle wears protective masks during a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.VATICAN MEDIA VIA AP
Pope Francis with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he pays him a visit after the Consistory, with the newly elevated Cardinals, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.VATICAN MEDIA VIA AP
Pope Francis with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as he pays him a visit after the Consistory, with the newly elevated Cardinals, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.FABIO FRUSTACI/POOL VIA AP
Pope Francis leaves at the end of a consistory ceremony where 13 bishops were elevated to a cardinal's rank in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28.