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Article: Pope installs record 44 cardinals; Princes: Group reflects John Paul's strategy of 1 billion adherents in new millennium
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2001
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VATICAN CITY (AP) - To the cheers of tens of thousands of well-
wishers, 44 new cardinals climbed the steps of St. Peter's Basilica
on Wednesday, knelt before Pope John Paul II and followed an ancient
ceremony that makes them princes of the Roman Catholic church.
The geographical diversity of the group - which included men from
five continents - was also evident: Some chose not to wear the red
hat with three ridges customarily worn by cardinals, opting instead
for their traditional headgear.
"Is this not also a sign of the ability of the church, already in
every corner of the planet, to understand peoples with different
traditions and languages?" the pope said.
The number of cardinals ...