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Cardinal Arborelius: Evangelization ‘all-encompassing’ priority for next pope

"I’m an outsider in many regards. I’m Northern European, which is a periphery of the Church, I’m a Carmelite, and I’m a convert."

Edgar Beltrán
May 02, 2025
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Cardinal Anders Arborelius is, in many respects, an outlier in the College of Cardinals.

He’s one of the chief examples of the kind of periphery cardinal Pope Francis appointed in nearly every consistory: The first Swedish cardinal in history, one of the few cardinals who is originally a convert in modern history, and only the sixth Carmelite cardinal in…

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