VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), including the first African American — putting his personal stamp on the body that will one day choose his successor.

Under the soaring dome of St Peter’s Basilica, the new “princes of the Church” knelt one by one at the feet of the 83-year-old pontiff, who placed the quadrangular scarlet cap, or biretta, on their heads.

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