UPope Francis uqoka amakhadinali abasha abayi-13 okubalwa kubo uCantalamessa noFra Mauro Gambetti
UPope Francis uthe ngeSonto uzokwakha okhadinali abasha abayi-13, okubalwa kubo noMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseWashington Wilton Gregory, endaweni yomhlangano ngoNovemba 28, olwandulela iSonto lokuqala le-Advent.
Upapa umemezele inhloso yakhe yokwengeza kwiKolishi lamaKhadinali ngefasitela elibheke eSt. Peter's Square, ngemuva kokuhola i-Angelus ngo-Okthoba 25.
UGregory, owaqokwa njengo-Archbishop waseWashington ngo-2019, uzoba ukhadinali wokuqala omnyama waseMelika.
Abanye okhadinali abaqokiwe kubalwa uMbhishobhi waseMalta u-Mario Grech, owaba ngunobhala jikelele weSinodi Yababhishobhi ngoSepthemba, kanye noMbhishobhi wase-Italy uMarcello Semeraro, owaqokwa waba yinhloko yebandla leCaus for the Causes of Saints ekuqaleni kwenyanga.
I-cappuccino yase-Italy uFr. URaniero Cantalamessa, Umshumayeli Wendlu YoPapa kusukela ngo-1980. Eminyakeni engama-86, ngeke akwazi ukuvota emhlanganweni wesikhathi esizayo.
Abanye abaqokwe eKolishi lamaKhadinali kubalwa u-Archbishop Celestino Aós Braco waseSantiago, eChile; UMbhishobhi Omkhulu u-Antoine Kambanda waseKigali, eRwanda; UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uJoseph Fuerte Advincula waseCapiz, ePhilippines; noMbhishobhi uCornelius Sim, ummeli wabaphostoli waseBrunei.
UMbhishobhi Omkhulu u-Augusto Paolo Lojudice, owayenguMbhishobhi Ongumsizi waseRoma kanye noMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseSiena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, e-Italy, naye waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba ukhadinali; noFra Mauro Gambetti, uMgcini weSikhungo Esingcwele Sase-Assisi.
Eceleni kukaCantalamessa, upapa uqoke abanye abathathu abazothola isigqoko esibomvu kodwa abangeke bakwazi ukuvota ezihlanganisweni: umbhishobhi osumeme uFelipe Arizmendi Esquivel waseSan Cristóbal de Las Casas, eChiapas, eMexico; Mons. Silvano Maria Tomasi, Permanent Observer Emeritus eHhovisi leNhlangano Yezizwe kanye nama-ejensi akhethekile eGeneva; kanye noMsgr. U-Enrico Feroci, umpristi waseSanta Maria del Divino Amore eCastel di Leva, eRoma.
UKhadinali oqokiwe uGregory waba sematheni ngoJuni nonyaka lapho egxeka kakhulu ukuhambela kukaMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump eJohn Paul II Shrine eWashington, DC ngesikhathi kunempi phakathi kwamaphoyisa nababhikishi.
"Ngikuthola kuphazamisa futhi kusola ukuthi noma isiphi isakhiwo samaKatolika esivumela ukuthi sisetshenziswe kahle ngendlela engafanele futhi senziwe ngendlela ephula imigomo yethu yezenkolo, okusibiza ukuthi sivikele amalungelo abo bonke abantu, ngisho nalabo angivumelani, ”kusho yena.
"ISt. UPapa John Paul II wayengumvikeli oshisekayo wamalungelo nesithunzi sabantu. Ifa lakhe lingubufakazi obucacile baleli qiniso. Impela bekungeke kuvume ukusetshenziswa kwesisi esikhalisa unyembezi nezinye izithiyo ekuthuleni, ekuhlakazeni noma ekubasabiseni ukuthola ithuba lesithombe phambi kwendawo yokukhonza nokuthula, ”engeza.
Kamuva kwavela ukuthi uGregory wayekade azi ngokuhambela kukaTrump ethempelini ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba kubonakale.
UGregory wayengumongameli we-United States Conference of Catholic Bishops kusuka ngo-2001 kuya ku-2004. Wayengumbhishobhi omkhulu wase-Atlanta kusuka ngo-2005 kuya ku-2019.