New Cardinals

Cardinals attend a consistory led by Pope Benedict XVI to elevate 15 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006. Fifteen prelates from around the world join the elite College of Cardinals on Friday, becoming the newest advisers to the pope and will one day be called on to elect his successor.

Monsignor Nicolas Cheong-Jin-Suk, archbishop of Seoul, Korea, at bottom right, and fellow newly elevated cardinal Rev. Albert Vanhoye, the former Jesuit rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, at top facing camera, are congratulated with other cardinals March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, France, embraces with Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the red three-cornered biretta hat as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006. Fifteen prelates from around the world join the elite College of Cardinals, becoming the newest advisers to the pope and will one day be called on to elect his successor.

Rev. Albert Vanhoye, the former Jesuit rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Peter Poreku Dery, archbishop emeritus of Tamale, Ghana is congratulated by Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the red three-cornered biretta hat, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Joseph Zen, bishop of Hong Kong, joins hands with Pope Benedict XVI during the consistory, after receiving the red three-cornered biretta hat as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Franc Rode of France, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes for Consecrated Life, adjusts his skullcap as puts on the red three-cornered biretta hat received from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Card9 In this picture made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Rev. Albert Vanhoye, the former Jesuit rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, is congratulated by Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the red biretta hat, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

In this picture made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Monsignor Andrea Cordero Lanza Di Montezemolo, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, in Rome, is congratulated by Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the red biretta hat, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

In this picture made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Monsignor Carlo Caffarra, archbishop of Bologna, Italy, is congratulated by Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the red biretta hat, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

In this picture made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Monsignor Sean Patrick O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, is congratulated by Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the red biretta hat, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

In this picture made available by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Monsignor Franc Rode of France, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes for Consecrated Life, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Agostino Vallini of Italy, prefect of the Vatican's Supreme Tribunal for the Apostolic Signatura, receives the nomination scroll after the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Sean Patrick O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, adjusts the red three-cornered biretta hat received from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor William Levada of the United States, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is congratulated by Pope Benedict XVI after receiving the three-cornered red biretta hat, during a consistory in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Antonio Canizares Llovera, archbishop of Toledo, Spain, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Nicolas Cheong-Jin-Suk, archbishop of Seoul, Korea, receives the nomination scroll after the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Benedict XVI, as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat from Pope Benedict XVI as he is elevated to cardinal in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.

Monsignor Gaudencio B. Rosales, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, attends a consistory led by Pope Benedict XVI to elevate 15 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 24, 2006.