Pope tells 13 new cardinals to show compassion

Pope Francis added 13 new cardinals to the top of the Catholic hierarchy on Saturday mtelling them they must show God's compassion to those who suffer to be faithful to their ministry. Among the 13 are 10 cardinals who are under age 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave. With Saturday's consistory, Francis will have named 52% of the voting-age cardinals.

The consistory comes at a fraught time in Francis' six-year papacy. Opposition is mounting among conservative Catholics who disapprove of his emphasis on the environment, migrants and other issues rather than the doctrinaire focus of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI. On Sunday, Francis opens a three-week meeting on better ministering to the indigenous peoples of the Amazon region.