VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Nov. 28, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington. The pope made the announcement at the end of his Angelus address Oct. 25, telling the crowd in St. Peter's Square the names of the nine cardinals under the age of 80, who will be eligible to vote in a conclave, and the names of four elderly churchmen whose red hats are a sign of esteem and honor.

Father Paul E. Curran, who was a Hub native and served as pastor at St. Michael in Avon, died at Massachusetts General Hospital on Oct. 13, 2020. One of the four children of the late John and Mary (Foley) Curran, he was born on Aug. 7, 1928, and raised in Dorchester in St. Mark Parish. He was an alumnus of the parish school; Boston College High School, '46, and Boston College, '52. He served in the United States Army after high school and, on his return to Boston, went to Boston College for his undergraduate degree.