4. Cardinal Mân’s Facts
Celebrated a Mass in 1998 for the 200th
anniversary of apparitions of Mary,
which was the largest gathering of
Catholics in Vietnam.
Government has restricted the Church and persecuted
members in the past. But Cardinal Man is approved by
the government and they have since relaxed some
restrictions.
Last cardinal to arrive for the 2013 conclave.
Motto: Sicut dilexti: “As I have loved.”
5. College of Cardinals
With the 80th
birthday of
Cardinal Pham
Minh Man, the
College of Cardinals
now has 218 members,
121 of which are under the age of 80 and thus
eligible to vote in a papal conclave.
Cardinal Pham Minh Man voted in the 2005 and
2013 conclaves that elected Popes Benedict XVI
and Francis.
