|PIC1|Pope Benedict XVI appointed 15 of his first new cardinals to help bring 'new life to the Church,' and achieve 'the full unity of Christians' during a ceremony St. Peter's Square on Friday.

Benedict spoke of his vision for his ministry during the 'consistory,' in which the newly-appointed 'princes’ of the Church received the red hats, symbolising their willingness to shed their blood for the Church.

"I am counting on you to see to it that the Church’s solicitude for the poor and needy challenges the world with a powerful statement on the civilisation of love," Pope Benedict XVI said.

"May the scarlet that you now wear always express Christ’s charity, inspiring you to a passionate love for Christ, for his church and for all humanity," he said. "I am counting on you, dear brother cardinals, to ensure that the principle of love will spread far and wide, and will give new life to the church at every level of her hierarchy."

"I am counting on you to see to it that our common endeavor to fix our gaze on Christ’s open heart will hasten and secure the path toward the full unity of Christians," he said.

|AD|Following are the names of the 15 new cardinals:

- Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: diaconate of St. Mary in Domnica.

- Cardinal Franc Rode C.M., prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life: diaconate of St. Francis Xavier at Garbatella.

- Cardinal Agostino Vallini, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura: diaconate of St. Peter Damian ai Monti di San Paolo.

- Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savin, archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela: title of St. Mary ai Monti.

- Cardinal Gaudencio B. Rosales, archbishop of Manila, Philippines: title of the Most Holy Name of Mary in Via Latina.

- Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, France: title of St. Augustine.

- Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, archbishop of Toledo, Spain: title of St. Pancras.

- Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jinsuk, archbishop of Seoul, Korea: title of Mary Immaculate of Lourdes at Boccea.

- Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Boston, U.S.A.: title of St. Mary della Vittoria.

- Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz archbishop of Krakow, Poland: title of St. Mary del Popolo.

- Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, archbishop of Bologna, Italy: title of St. John the Baptist of the Florentines.

- Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun S.D.B., bishop of Hong Kong, China: title of St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer at Tor Bella Monaca.

- Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls: diaconate of St. Mary in Portico.

- Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, archbishop emeritus of Tamale, Ghana: diaconate of St. Helena fuori Porta Prenestina.

- Cardinal Albert Vanhoye S.J., formerly rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission: diaconate of St. Mary of Mercy and St. Adrian at Villa Albani.