Pope Francis has installed 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to hold the high rank, further expanding the Pontiff’s impact on the group that will one day elect his successor. The cardinals were installed in a ceremony, known as a consistory, that was markedly slimmed down because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of the usual thousands, only 10 guests per cardinal were allowed in St Peter’s Basilica as the Pope gave the men their ring and traditional red hat, known as a biretta. Nine of the 13 are under 80 and eligible under church law to enter a secret conclave to choose the next pope from among themselves after Francis dies or resigns. It was Francis’s seventh cons
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