Jan 7, 2012 22 new cardinals announced
John
Allen's analysis
- no new cardinal for Africa/Philippines/only one for South America
- now 31 Italians = 25%
- Vatican officials now 44 = 35%
Hong
Kong's new cardinal - my boss, a good man! - Congratulations John Tong!
(..he postponed use of new English translation till Advent 2012...)
This further increase in the number of Italians and Vatican officials
reinforces the theory that there's a
large element of colonialism in Vatican policy
John W