Pope Benedict Names 15 Cardinals

This past Wednesday, February 22nd, Pope Benedict elevated 15 bishops to the level of Cardinal. They will formally be elevated in a Vatican ceremony on March 24th.

12 bishops able to vote for the next pope:

1. William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
2. Franc Rode, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes for Consecrated Life.
3. Agostino Vallini, prefect of the Tribunal for the Apostolic Signatura.
4. Carlo Caffarra, archbishop of Bologna, Italy
5. Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, Poland
6. Nicolas Cheong-Jin-Suk, archbishop of Seoul, Korea
7. Joseph Zen, bishop of Hong Kong
8. Gaudencio B. Rosales, archbishop of Manila
9. Antonio Canizares Llovera, archbishop of Toledo, Spain
10. Sean Patrick O'Malley, archbishop of Boston
11. Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, France
12. Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop of Caracas

Pope Benedict also elevated 3 other cardinals although they are too old (over 80 years) to be able to ever vote for a pope.

1. Andrea Cordero Lanza Di Montezemolo
2. Peter Poreku Dery
3. Rev. Albert Vanhoye

Here is also a list of the Cardinals. I also propose the Te Deum prayer to be said during this time in thanksgiving for our new cardinals and for our Holy Father. Pray for a restoration of the Church through them.