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Cardinal-designates Archbishop of Washington Donald W. Wuerl, left, and Archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, Kazimierz Nycz make the sign of the cross before being elevated to Cardinal Pope Benedict XVI during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010. Benedict XVI formally created 24 new cardinals on Saturday amid cheers in St. Peter's Basilica, bringing a mostly Italian group into the elite club that will eventually elect his successor. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, back to camera, attends a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, seen in background, in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pontiff formally created 24 new cardinals on Saturday amid cheers in St. Peter's Basilica, bringing a mostly Italian group into the elite club that will eventually elect his successor. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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Pope Benedict XVI, sitting in his chair on the stage, delivers his speech during an audience he held for newly appointed cardinals, sitting in a row at right, and their relatives, in the Pope Paul II hall at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Newly-appointed Cardinal Donald. W. Wuerl touches his cap after greeting Pope Benedict XVI at the end of an audience with the newly-appointed cardinals and their relatives, in Hall Paul VI at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. On Saturday the pope created 24 new cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Newly-appointed Cardinal Donald. W. Wuerl, second from top, sits amongst other cardinals as they attend an audience with Pope Benedict XVI for the newly-appointed cardinals and their relatives, in Hall Paul VI at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. On Saturday the pope created 24 new cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during an audience he held for newly appointed cardinals and their relatives, in the Pope Paul II hall at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. At right is his personal aide Rev. Georg Gaenswein, and Archbishop James Harvey Prefect of the Prefecture of the Papal Household. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Benedict XVI walks past a Vatican Swiss guard at the end of an audience with the newly-appointed cardinals and their relatives, in Hall Paul VI at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. On Saturday the pope created 24 new cardinals. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful as he arrives Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica to celebrate a mass at the Vatican. (Associated Press)
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Newly appointed U.S. Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, left, is congratulated by other cardinals after being elevated by Pope Benedict XVI during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010. Benedict XVI formally created 24 new cardinals on Saturday amid cheers in St. Peter's Basilica, bringing a mostly Italian group into the elite club that will eventually elect his successor. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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Pope Benedict XVI holds the pastoral staff during a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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This photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano shows cardinal-designate Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C., at the Vatican on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Wuerl is one of the 24 to be elevated to Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message to cardinals he summoned for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen arrives to attend a meeting of cardinals summoned by Pope Benedict XVI for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Westminster archbishop emeritus Cormac Murphy O'Connor, right, pauses in the doorway in rain as he arrives for a meeting of cardinals summoned by Pope Benedict XVI for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Cardinals take shelter from the rain as they leave a meeting for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI summoned cardinals the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Cardinals take shelter from the rain as they leave a meeting for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI summoned cardinals the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo, of Portugal, left, sips his coffee as Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, right, watches during a break in a meeting of cardinals summoned by Pope Benedict XVI for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' Ravasi is one of the 24 prelates that will be elevated to cardinal on Saturday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen leaves a meeting of cardinals with Pope Benedict XVI for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya arrives to attend a meeting of cardinals summoned by Pope Benedict XVI for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' Pasinya is one of the 24 prelates that will be elevated to cardinal on Saturday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" Archbishop Robert Sarah, of Guinea arrives to attend a meeting of cardinals summoned by Pope Benedict XVI for a day of reflection at the Vatican, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, the day before a ceremony to create 24 new cardinals including Archbishop Robert Sarah who is scheduled to to elevated to cardinal. The top agenda, religious freedom, grew remarkably timely given China's planned ordination Saturday of a bishop who doesn't have the Pope's approval. The Vatican warned China that efforts at reconciliation would be set back if bishops loyal to the pope were forced to attend the ordination. The Vatican said such actions would constitute "grave violations of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.'' (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
