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Francis appears with bruised chin at ceremony for new cardinals

VATICAN CITY � Pope Francis led a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday to install 21 new Catholic cardinals with a large bruise on his chin, which the Vatican said was the result of a minor fall the previous morning.

Francis, who turns 88 this month, appeared otherwise on good form, leading a ritual-filled ceremony to elevate churchmen from 17 countries to the College of Cardinals, the elite group that will one day elect his successor.



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