Vatican City: The first African-American cardinals are recently appointed for creation by Pope Francis. The new 13 cardinals were created on November 28, Saturday including the first African-American 
putting his personal stamp on the body that will one day choose his successor.

Under the soaring dome of St Peter’s Basilica, the new “princes of the Church” bowed one by one at the feet of the 83-year-old pontiff, who placed the quadrangular scarlet cap, or biretta, on their heads. The diverse group members hail from Italy, Malta, the Philippines, Chile, Brunei, Mexico and the United States. They not only reflect the changing face of the church of 1.3 billion faithful but also the Jesuit pope’s belief in priests focused on the world’s poor. The Archbishop of Washington told on Friday that he was a “symbolic individual” for being made the first African-American cardinal. During the ceremony, Francis warned the new cardinals not to be seduced by their new “eminence” and stray from being “close to the people”. He also said, “The scarlet of a cardinal’s robes, which is the colour of blood, can, for a worldly spirit, become the colour of a secular ‘eminence'. When you feel that, you will be off the road.”

This year, due to the coronavirus, the tradition of exchanging “a kiss of peace” with the pope and all the other cardinals was suspended. Francis also named the archbishop of Washington DC, Wilton Gregory, the first African-American to become cardinal. Francis will celebrate a traditional mass on Sunday with exclusively the new cardinals participating.

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