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By Matthew Bunson, EWTN News - As Pope Francis welcomes the latest members of the College of Cardinals — including 18 new electors eligible to vote in any prospective conclave — he continues to build on the work of his predecessors by making the college more international, even as he puts his personal stamp on its membership... As of the consistory on Sept. 30, Francis’ college will have 136 cardinal-electors, meaning they are under 80 years old and thus eligible to vote in any papal election. The composition of the 136 electors is as follows: 53 from Europe; 24 from Latin America; 22 from Asia; 19 from Africa; 15 from North America; and three from Oceania.

By Robert Lazu Kmita, The Remnant - From the entire Bible, especially the Book of Revelation, is the one that acquaints us with the figure of the dragon (Gr. δράκων), while also clearly suggesting the necessity of a challenging symbolic-spiritual exegesis of this malevolent figure in the visions of Saint Apostle John. The inexhaustible richness of the Hole Scripture contains many other references to the monstrous beings described in great epics, both older and more recent, such as Beowulf and The Lord of the Rings.