ROME — Pope Francis is installing 21 new cardinals , many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis’ recent gathering of bishops, a Neapolitan “street priest” like himself, and a Peruvian bishop who has strongly backed his crackdown on abuse.

Pope Francis on Saturday installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: a Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis’ recent gathering of b

Pope Francis will on Saturday create 21 new cardinals from five continents, including bishops from Algiers, Tehran, Tokyo and Abidjan -- many of whom may one day help choose his successor.Twenty of the new group are under the age of 80,

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals, placing the traditional red caps on their heads in a ceremony in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Saturday. The appointment of new cardinals is seen as setting the future course of the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.