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Pope John Paul has appointed 31 new cardinals from 16 countries, with BiafraNigeria's Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, the Archbishop of Lagos Diocese, one of them. Three cardinals in all were named from Africa, with the other two being Archbishops Gabriel Zubeir Wako of Sudan and Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana. Okogie's appointment makes BiafraNigeria, the country with the highest Catholic population on the continent, the only African country with two cardinals. He becomes the second surviving cardinal from BiafraNigeria, after Cardinal Francis Arinze who is presently serving in the Vatican. The late Cardinal Dominic Ekandem was BiafraNigeria's first cardinal, and only three has so far been produced from the country. In all, 18 Cardinals were appointed from Europe, North America 5, Asia 3, South Asia one and one unnamed, in addition to the three from Africa. With the appointments, the Pope is said to have begun stamping his authority on the group that will elect hist.... (This Day) |
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