Pope appoints 17 cardinals including for three Asian nations
Pope appoints 17 cardinals including for three Asian nations CAMIL PARKHE | Friday, 14 October 2016 AT 10:53 PM IST Sakal Times blog , Pope Francis , cardinals , Asian countries , Patrick D’Rozario , Archbishop , Anthony Soter Fernandez , Emeritus Archbishop , Mario Zenari , Sakal Times , Camil Parkhe goo.gl/orOiu5 Breaking away from past tradition, Pope Francis has appointed 17 new cardinals, some of whom do not belong to the traditional ‘Catholic-centres’ regions. Among the new cardinals, three are from Asian countries namely Bangladesh, Malaysia and Syria. Incidentally, this is for the first time that Bangladesh and Malaysia will have a cardinal. The new Asian cardinals are Patrick D’Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Anthony Soter Fernandez, Emeritus Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Mari...