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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is adding another name to the list of Catholic prelates he will appoint as cardinals in December, the Vatican said on Monday.Archbishop Domenico Battaglia , 61, is based in Italy's third largest city Naples and will join a cohort of 20 other senior churchmen announced by the pope last month.A brief statement from the Vatican gave no reason for the addition to the list.
It will be the 10th consistory called by the pope since his election in March 2013 as the first pontiff from Latin America.Battaglia, archbishop of Naples since 2020, joins a group coming from a wide array of countries including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Britain, Serbia, Japan Canada, Ivory Coast and Algeria.One of the original appointees named by Francis on Oct. 6 has since decided not to become a cardinal.
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