Pope Francis has just ‘created’ (appointed) twenty-one new cardinals, twenty of whom under the age of 80 will elect his successor. Among them is a bishop in Australia.
Dear O dear! The Australian’s Dennis Shanahan (7/10/24) is “confused” by Pope Francis’ appointment of 44-year-old Mykola Bychok, bishop of the Ukrainian Eparchy (diocese) of Australia, as a cardinal. The Eastern rite Catholic bishop is one of twenty-one new cardinals named last Sunday by Francis.
Pope Francis’ latest ‘creations’ By Paul Collins