21 Men of the Catholic Church who’ve just been elevated to Cardinal are here in the apostolic Palace at the Vatican greeting their friends and relatives in a magnificent Ceremony this afternoon in St Peter’s Basilica Pope Francis elevated them to Cardinal putting the square red cardinal Baretta hat on their heads and giving them their Cardinals ring Pope Francis has now made 140 Cardinals who are under 80 who will now be eligible to vote in the next conclave po Francis turns 8 88 this month and although he’s been in relatively good health he’s looking a bit frailer and today he had a large bruise under his chin his spokesman later said that was because he fell against his bedside table he made Cardinals today from all over the world from Asia from Africa and Europe and Latin America the youngest is 44 and from Ukraine