El Salvador celebra la investidura de su primer cardenal

Centenares de fieles católicos, estudiantes y religiosos, se congregaron en la iglesia San Francisco de Asís, en el centro de San Salvador, para acompañar por televisión la investidura de Gregorio Rosa Chávez como nuevo cardenal.

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Catholic faithfuls celebrate the appointment of Salvadorean Gregorio Rosa Chavez as cardinal at San Francisco's church in San Salvador on June 28, 2017 as they watch in a screen the consistory led by Pope Francis in the Vatican.
Four of the five new 'Princes of the Church' come from countries that have never had a cardinal before: El Salvador, Laos, Mali and Sweden. The fifth is from Spain.
/ AFP PHOTO / Marvin RECINOS
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Catholic faithfuls gather at San Francisco's church in San Salvador on June 28, 2017 to watch in a screen the consistory led by Pope Francis in the Vatican, where he is appointing five new cardinals among which is Salvadorean Gregorio Rosa Chavez.
Four of the five new 'Princes of the Church' come from countries that have never had a cardinal before: El Salvador, Laos, Mali and Sweden. The fifth is from Spain.
/ AFP PHOTO / Marvin RECINOS
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This handout picture released by the Vatican press office shows newly elevated cardinals (from left) Jean Zerbo, Archbishop of Bamako, Mali?, Juan Jose? Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona Spain, Anders Arborelius, Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden, Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Apostolic Vicary of Pakse, Laos, and Gregorio Rosa Cha?vez, Auxiliary of the dioceses of San Salvador, El Salvador, during a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on June 28, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / OSSERVATORE ROMANO' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS