On Saturday afternoon the Cardinal-designates from five continents will receive their red hat from Pope Francis . Members of three religious orders will enter the College of Cardinals and four new countries will be represented: Mongolia, Paraguay, Singapore and East Timor. At the conclusion, they will approve the canonization of the founder of the Scalabrinians, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, and Salesian layman, Artemide Zatti. On August 29 and 30 they meet to discuss Praedicate Evangelium.

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