New cardinal Giovanni Lajolo of the Italy. greets Pope Benedict XVI after he received the biretta, a four-cornered red hat, during the Consistory ceremony in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican November 24, 2007. Pope Benedict, elevating 23 prelates from around the world to the elite rank of cardinal, made a pressing appeal on Saturday for an end to the war in Iraq and decried the plight of the country's Christian minority.