Jeg leste nettopp John Allens melding om 20 nye kardinaler under 80 år, og 4 ekstra «æres»kardinaler, som allerede er over 80 år og ikke vil kunne stemme ved valg av ny pave. Noen erkebiskoper (bl.a. i Westminster, London) må vente litt lenger før de blir kardinaler, fordi deres pensjonerte forgjenger ennå ikke er flyt 80 år. Her er oversikten:
1. Angelo Amato (Italy), Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
2. Antonio Naguib (Egypt), Patriarch of the Coptic Church of Alexandria
3. Robert Sarah (Guinea), President of Cor Unum
4. Francesco Monterisi (Italy), Archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul
5. Fortunato Baldelli (Italy), head of the Apostolic Penitentiary
6. Raymond Burke (United States), Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
7. Kurt Koch (Switzerland), President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
8. Paolo Sardi (Italy), Pro-Patron of the Order of Malta
9. Mauro Piacenza (Italy), Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy
10. Velasio De Paolis (Italy), President of the Prefecture of Economic Affairs for the Holy See
11. Gianfranco Ravasi (Italy), President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
12. Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (Zambia), retired Archbishop of Lusaka
13. Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (Ecuador), Archbishop of Quito
14. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (Democratic Republic of Congo), Archbishop of Kinshasa
15. Paolo Romeo (Italy), Archbishop of Palermo
16. Donald Wuerl (United States), Archbishop of Washington
17. Raymundo Damasceno Assis (Brazil), Archbishop of Aparecido
18. Kazimierz Nycz (Poland), Archbishop of Warsaw
19. Albert Malcom Ranjith (Sri Lanka), Archbishop of Colombo
20. Reinhard Marx (Germany), Archbishop of MunichThe four over-eighty “honorary” cardinals are:
1. Elio Sgreccia (Italy), former president of the Pontifical Academy for Life
2. Jose’ Manuel Estepa Llaurens (Spain), of the Military Ordinariate
3. Walter Brandmüller (Germany), former head of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Science
4. Domenico Bartolucci (Italy), former Maestro of the Sistine Chapel