The Vatican said about 330,000 young people have registered for an event in Portugal dubbed "the Catholic Woodstock."
A group of over 20 Christian and Jewish clergy and scholars from around the world came together to delve into the treasures of the Vatican's Hebrew manuscript collection.
The overall dispute is symbolic of larger power struggles.
The pope had decided to approve Shen "for the greater good" of the Shanghai diocese and because Shen was an "esteemed pastor."
Metropolitan Pavlo had been under house arrest since April on suspicion of inflaming religious hatred and justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022.
The new cardinals will come from countries including the United States, Italy, the pope's native Argentina, Hong Kong, and several others.