Posted on 06/18/2004 10:42:18 PM PDT by Polycarp IV
It doesn't excuse it...but it does put it into perspective.
Polycarp,do you see why I wonder if the omission of his last name was you or the DMN? If you mistyped it I know it was a mistake. If the Dallas paper omitted it,it is a widern spread media attempt to protect a favorite candidate for Pope. Oscar Rodriguez would fade into a nonentity,Oscar Andreas Rodriguiz Maradiago,an identified pedophile protector,could no longer be a leading candidate for Pope.I hate to break it to you, but there is no conspiracy.
In other languages and cultures, the father's surname is place in a different order than in the American customary fashion.
Therefore, what you call a "last name" is actually the mother's maiden name. Addressing a man solely by his mother's maiden name is not correct.
Mr. Rodriguez is correct. Mr. Rodriguez Mariadago is also acceptable, although less common. Mr. Mariadago is NOT correct.
Salesian Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez of Honduras is absolutely correct when writing in English.
Samoa moves to deport fugitive priest - Dallas Morning News
The Samoan government, prompted by a Dallas Morning News investigation, is moving to deport a fugitive Catholic priest because he failed to disclose his conviction in a previous child molestation case when entering the country.
I guess I didn't search good enough. Thanks!
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