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Newly elected Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites in Lebanon, receives the red three-cornered biretta hat as he is elevated to cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI during a consistory inside the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, yesterday. Six new cardinals are joining the elite club of churchmen who will elect the next pope, bringing a more geographically diverse mix into the European-dominated College of Cardinals.




