It's rather interesting that Levada, whose assignment is in Rome and who is in no official capacity here, is making the statements and dealing with the public rather than the normal procedure of the Archdiocese spokesman in California doing that. It also is strange that this is getting virtually no news coverage considering the controversies the media has hyped up over these two since the "scandal" of 2002.
I hope Archbishop George gets better soon...
...and I’ll pray that he retires ASAP so an actual, EMPHATIC AND BRAVE pro-life and anti-gay-sex bishop can take his place!
Prayers for the Archbishop.
Archbishop Levada, Archbishop Emeritus of the San Francisco, likely just fell into the old habit of speaking for the Archdiocese, as well as for his friend.
On a side note, I was in Denver last month and Cardinal O’Malley of Boston was a concelebrant at Mass in the Cathedral with Archbishop Chaput. Turns out they were classmates. They are also Franciscans.
OH DEAR! Bless the Archbishop! My Greek Orthodox wife, kids and I (Roman Catholic) had enjoyed a beautiful sermon by the Archbishop at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in LA the morning of the day the Archbishop took ill. The Archbishop had been invited to visit by our priest after they had been together recently on an Orthodox / RC ecumenical pilgrimage to Athens and Constaninople. He joked during the sermon about the small Greek luncheon—an oxymoron if you have been to any Greek event surrounding a meal. Prayers for his speedy recovery. The Archbishop’s visit to our Orthodox community was warmly received—another mall step in the developing momentum toward unification of the one holy and apostolic Catholic church.