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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday announced he will appoint 21 new cardinals of the global Catholic Church , in an unexpected push to influence the powerful group of churchmen that will one day choose his successor.The ceremony to install the new appointees, known as a consistory, will be held on December 8, the 87-year-old pope announced during his weekly noon-time prayer with pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square.
As of the pope's announcement there were 122 cardinals under 80 and able to vote in a future conclave. Church law technically limits the number of such cardinals to 120, but recent popes have frequently gone above that number.Two of the cardinals currently able to vote in a conclave will age out by the end of the year. A further 13 will cross the threshold through the end of 2025.
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