Posted on 10/10/2016 4:44:31 PM PDT by marshmallow
By naming Blase Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Indianapolis and Kevin Farrell, formerly of Dallas, as cardinals, Pope Francis has moved the senior leadership of the American Catholic Church to a centrist, non-cultural warrior stance reminiscent of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin's "seamless garment."
Pope Francis on Sunday engineered what may prove to be a seismic shift in the Catholic hierarchy in the United States, elevating not one or two, but a full three new American cardinals seen as belonging to the centrist, non-cultural warrior wing of the country’s hierarchy.
The pontiff announced a consistory, the event in which new members are inducted into the Church’s most exclusive club, for Nov. 19, coinciding with the end of his special jubilee Holy Year of Mercy.
The list includes 13 new cardinal-electors, meaning those under 80 and eligible to vote for the next pope, and features three Americans after Francis bypassed the U.S. in both 2014 and 2015.
The three Americans are Archbishops Blase Cupich of Chicago and Joseph Tobin of Indianapolis, as well as Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, recently chosen by Francis to head his new “dicastery,” meaning a Vatican department, on Family, Laity and Life.
While none of these three figures would be seen as “liberal” by secular standards, they are perceived as belonging to the more progressive camp in the Catholic hierarchy.
Of the three, Cupich and Farrell were quasi-expected, although one never knows with the unpredictable Francis. Chicago is an archdiocese that’s long been held by a cardinal, and Farrell’s new Vatican post seemed to beckon a cardinal at the top.
Tobin, however, is more of a surprise. Indianapolis is not a traditional “red-hat” see, meaning a diocese typically led by a cardinal, and his name had not featured prominently in much of the speculation leading up..........
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The next Pope can’t come soon enough for this Catholic. He is the Obama of the Vatican. St. Pope John Paul II must be rolling over in his grave.
Its the great St John Paul who promoted Mahoney and Bernardin in the US as well as prelates like Lustiger, Hume, Kasper et al in Europe.
I’m not familioar with Tobin, but what the heck is Indianapolis doing with a Cardinal?! Usually you get a Cardinal-Type See (Boston, NYC, Chicago, LA, Philly, Baltimore) ... Indianapolis?!
This is not beneficial to the Church or to the people of the Church.
When a garment is woven the first, foundational threads are the warp. Without a warp there is no garment. But the woof threads are woven through and supported by the warp. Without the woof the warp is full of holes.
The Seamless garment for all voters must one where the foundational “warp” is the pro-life issues. They are the sine qua non of the garment. All other social justice issues are the “woof”needed for a whole garment.
Do not be fooled by the twisting and tearing of the garment by hierarchical leftists. First the pro-life issues when looking at candidates. Then fit in the other social justice issues.
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