JOHN PAUL NAMES 5 NEW CARDINALS, REVEALS 2 "IN PECTORE"

VATICAN CITY, JAN 28, 2001 (VIS) - In an unprecedented move, Pope John Paul this morning, before praying the angelus with the more than 10,000 faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, announced the names of five more cardinals whom he will create in the February 21 consistory. He also revealed the names of two cardinals whom he had reserved "in pectore" in the 1998 consistory. Last Sunday the Pope had announced the names of 37 future cardinals.

"Following what I announced last Sunday, I am now happy to reveal the names of the cardinals whom I had reserved 'in pectore' in the consistory of February 21, 1998. They are Archbishop Marian Jaworski of Lviv of the Latins, Ukraine and Archbishop Janis Pujats of Riga, Latvia."

The Holy Father continued: "I also had other names 'in pectore', that is, in my heart, last Sunday and, for various reasons, I held off announcing them until today. These names too go beyond the set (numerical) limit, and will be included among the cardinals whom I will create in the consistory on February 21.

"Among these names are, foremost, Bishop Lubomyr Husar, the newly-named major archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians. In his person, as of the two aforementioned prelates, I intend to honor their respective Churches which, especially during the 20th century, were harshly tried and which offered the world the example of so many Christians who knew how to witness to their faith among sufferings of every type, often by sacrificing their lives.

"The other well-deserving prelates are: Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhart of Paderborn, Germany, Archbishop Julio Terrazas Sandoval of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Archbishop Wilfrid Fox Napier of Durban, South Africa and Bishop Karl Lehmann of Mainz, Germany."

On February 21, the College of Cardinals will have 185 members, of whom 135 will be cardinal electors - 15 more than the limit of 120 set by Pope Paul VI. Pope John Paul II has named all but 10 of the 135 cardinal electors.

As of February 21, 62 countries will be represented in the College of Cardinals. Italy will have 41 cardinals, of whom 24 are electors. The U.S.A. will have 13 cardinals (11 electors); Germany will have 9 cardinals (5 electors); Brazil will have 8 cardinals (7 electors) and Spain will have 7 cardinals (4 electors).

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