One C9 cardinal told me recently, “Pope Francis truly believes in a collegial style of government; we see this clearly in our meetings."

Jennifer Fulwiler is a lay Catholic writer, speaker and host of a daily radio show on SiriusXM's "The Catholic Channel."

"Humility never comes without humiliation. And we see Jesus humiliated on the cross,” said Francis.

Cardinal-designate Ernest Simoni will be one of 17 prelates elevated to cardinal in a consistory on Nov. 19 at the Vatican.

It was disappointing and shocking to find that this year’s list of new U.S. cardinals did not include someone from the West.

On Monday the Jesuit delegates of GC 36 began the official four days of “murmurationes” (“murmurings”) designed to identify their next leader.