Editor’s Note: Something strange is going on at the Vatican News, English version, website. I noticed yesterday in the above report a glaring typographical error:

More than three-quarters of them (108) were appointed by Pope Francis, while 22 were created by Benedict XVI, and five by St. John Paul II, making them the “veterans” of the Conclave. They the French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Croatian Cardinal Josip Bozanić , Cardinal Vinko Puljić from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Cardinal Peter Turkson from Ghana.

Now it reads:

More than three-quarters of them (108) were appointed by Pope Francis, while 22 were created by Benedict XVI, and five by St. John Paul II, making them the “veterans” of the Conclave. They are: French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Croatian Cardinal Josip Bozanić , Cardinal Vinko Puljić from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Cardinal Peter Turkson from Ghana.

But the error remains. I have bold faced each version in the crucial phrase to make it easier for you the reader to see it.

As English native speakers know, the verb “are” is required. But if you add it, “are” is not followed by a colon (:).

The version is still incorrect for two reasons: “They” should be “These”, and since either is intended to refer to the 5 veteran cardinals, why are only 4 Cardinals named?

From these exceedingly glaring errors it appears that on a weekday, the English language editor or proof-reader was entirely absent or has quit. Moreover, that no one at the Vatican even reads the English language version of Vatican News.

Maybe staff are quitting now that they realize they were used in publishing false information about Pope Francis’ continual medical recovery this Spring, which ended strangely in death. (sarcasm)

In addition, this report says that the Cardinal from Bosnia and Herzegovina will attend the conclave, but another report claims that two Cardinals will not attend. These two were assumed to be the Spanish Cardinal of Valencia and the Cardinal from Bosnia Herzegovina, but the names of the two who cannot attend for health reasons was not stated, leaving the entire Vatican press corps guessing.

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