Vatican City: On October 25, Pope names 13 Cardinals including two Asian.

In an announcement at St. Peters Square after Pope's recitation of the Angelus on Sunday from his studio window. He said on November 28, there will be 13 new addition to the College of Cardinals.

In these 13 news Cardinals 9 are under 80 years and 4 are above 80. Those who are under 80 have right to participate in a future conclave.

The two new Asian cardinals are Archbishop Jose Fuerte Advincula of Capiz in the Philippines, and Monsignor Cornelius Sim Apostolic Vicar of Brunei.

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New cardinals below 80:

1. Archbishop Antoine Kambanda of Kigali, Rwanda
2. Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, United States
3. Archbishop Jose Fuerte Advincula of Capiz, in the Philippines,
4. Archbishop Celestino Aós Braco of Santiago, Chile
5. Apostolic Vicar of Brunei, Cornelius Sim
6. Archbishop Augusto Paolo Lojudice of Siena, Italy
7. Bishop Mario Grech of Malta, the secretary general of the Synod of Bishops
8. Bishop Marcello Semeraro, former Bishop of Albano, Italy, and the Prefect for the Congregation of the Causes of Saints
9. Monsignor Mauro Gambetti, current guardian of the Franciscan Sacro Convento in Assisi

Cardinals above 80:
1. Archbishop Emeritus Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Mexico)
2. Former Apostolic Nuncio Silvano Tomasi, former permanent observer at the United Nations in Geneva who then worked in the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
3. Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Papal Household
4. Father Enrico Feroci, the pastor of the Shrine of Divine Love, outside Rome

Cardinals wear the color red which indicates their willingness to sacrifice themselves to the point of shedding their own blood, in the service of the successor of Peter, and even though they reside in the remotest regions of the world. They also become the titular of a parish in the Eternal City so that they are incardinated in the Church of which the Pope is bishop.

Pope Francis asked for prayers so the new cardinals “may help me in my ministry as bishop of Rome for the good of all God’s faithful holy people.”