Yesterday morning (Wednesday) Pope Benedict XVI, at the end of his weekly Audience in St Peter’s Square Rome, announced that he will create 24 new Cardinals to include Archbishop Seán Brady.

Speaking on his appointment Archbishop Brady said “I am deeply honoured and humbled by Pope Benedict’s announcement that I am to be made a Cardinal. This news is a mark of the affection and esteem of the Holy Father for the whole Church in Ireland.

“It is a daunting privilege to join Cardinal Cahal Daly and Cardinal Desmond Connell in the College of Cardinals. This small country is to have three Cardinals for the first time in its history.

“I ask people for their prayers as I undertake my new responsibilities within the universal Church.”

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