Fernando Sebastián Aguilar. Archbishop of Pamplona. The secular media is abuzz with the comment from Archbishop Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, recently named a cardinal-elect by Pope Francis, that homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be treated. Sebastián told the Spanish newspaper Diario Sur in January that “homosexuality is a defective manner of expressing sexuality, [...]
Loris Francesco Capovilla. Titular Archbishop of Mesembria. Of all the men recently appointed to become Cardinals by Pope Francis, none has waited longer — nor been more deserving — than Archbishop Loris Capovilla. Best known as the private secretary of Blessed John XXIII (Pope from 1958-1963), Capovilla, at 98, is the Church’s oldest archbishop, [...]
Chibly Langlois. Bishop of Les Cayes. Haiti’s new cardinal is known as a tireless worker, an advocate for the people, and someone who never forgot his impoverished childhood. Pope Francis named the first Haitian cardinal when he selected Bishop Chibly Langlois of Les Cayes, 55, president of the Haitian bishops’ conference. Haitian Catholic leaders [...]
Orlando B. Quevedo. Archbishop of Cotabato. Filipinos, especially from the southern island of Mindanao, have expressed hope that the elevation of Cardinal-designate Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato to the College of Cardinals will help hasten the peace process in the conflict-plagued southern region. One such hope was expressed by Bishop Martin Jumoad of the city [...]
Philippe Ouedraogo. Archbishop of Ougadougou. When Archbishop Philippe Ouedraogo of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, was told he had been named a cardinal January 12, he thought it was someone playing a joke. The telephone call from Rome was in Italian, a language the prelate hardly understood, and he had not been notified of the Pope’s [...]
Ricardo Ezzati Andrello. Archbishop of Santiago Del Chile. In this 72-year-old archbishop of Concepción, Chile, Pope Francis has found a Church leader after his own heart. The archbishop has taught and worked with young people, visited prisoners, and been an investigator into the possible misdeeds of religious orders in order to heal and reform [...]
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung. Archbishop of Seoul. In choosing Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, the archbishop of Seoul, to be a cardinal, Pope Francis may be thinking of finding an evangelist for all of Asia — including China. This Korean Church leader is a media expert and a powerful preacher. Yeom Soo-jung was born in Ansong, Gyeonggi [...]
Mario Aurelio Poli. Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Since being named archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in March, Cardinal-designate Mario Aurelio Poli, 66, has had some similarities to his predecessor, Pope Francis, in his pastoral approach. “He’s a lower-profile person, he listens a lot, talks little and is very friendly,” said José Maria Poirier, director [...]
Gualtiero Bassetti. Archbishop of Perugia-Città Della Pieve. Archbishop Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia said a parishioner told him he had been named a cardinal by Pope Francis, and “my jaw dropped” when he found out it was true. The 71-year-old archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, president of the bishops’ conference of Umbria in central Italy, [...]
Orani João Tempesta. Archbishop of Rio De Janeiro. Archbishop Orani João Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro impressed Pope Francis with the way he handled World Youth Day in July, bringing some 3 million young people together in Brazil to meet and pray with the Pope. Here are excerpts from the homily Tempesta gave at [...]