Filipe Neri Ferrao: After 465 years, archdiocese of Goa gets its first cardinal

Filipe Neri Ferrao: After 465 years, archdiocese of Goa gets its first cardinal

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In a historic moment for Goa, Pope Francis has picked Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao as one of 21 new cardinals, who will be elevated on August 27 at the Vatican. Ferrao thus became the first-ever archbishop of Goa to elevated to the cardinalate in 465 years, and is only the sixth person of Goan origin to attain the rank.

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