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| Pope Francis leaves after meeting cardinals and bishops to discuss family issues at the Vatican on February 21, 2014. Photo: AFP |
Vatican City, Vatican: Pope Francis will create his first batch of cardinals on Saturday, with nine of the 19 coming from South America, Africa and Asia.
The new "princes of the Church" will be presented with scarlet-red birettas and gold rings at a grandiose ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica that Vatican observers say should help correct a perceived bias towards European cardinals.
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