New Cardinals

?Clockwise, from top left, U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley receives the red biretta from Pope Benedict XVI during the consistory of new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 24 at the Vatican. The pope elevated 23 churchmen from around the world to the rank of cardinal; new Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston is greeted by other cardinals after receiving the red biretta; Pope Benedict meets with the full College of Cardinals; new Cardinal Emmanuel-Karim Delly of Baghdad, Iraq, leaves the consistory surrounded by well-wishers. The Chaldean patriarch said Pope Benedict XVI hoped that naming him a cardinal might promote dialogue and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims in Iraq; Cardinal Foley, above center, is shown among some of his fellow new cardinals.

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