Posted on 05/06/2008 10:48:58 AM PDT by NYer
Vatican City, May 6, 2008 / 11:03 am (CNA).- Today Pope Benedict appointed members to the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts and the Congregation for the Clergy. Among the appointees are two American archbishops and one cardinal.
The Council for Legislative Texts’ main task consists of interpreting the laws of the Church – both the laws concerning the Latin Rite and the common laws of the Eastern Catholic churches.
The new appointments are: Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Lluis Martinez Sistach, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain; Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay, India; William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches; Archbishops John Joseph Myers of Newark, U.S.A., and Raymond Leo Burke of Saint Louis, U.S.A.
The Congregation for the Clergy deals with the formation and continual training of priests. It also oversees any efforts to enhance the pastoral ministry of priests and the distribution of clergy around the world.
Pope Benedict has appointed Cardinals Polycarp Pengo, archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Marc Ouellet P.S.S., archbishop of Quebec, Canada, and Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela to the congregation.
Also appointed by the Holy Father are: Archbishops Tomash Peta of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan; Raymond Leo Burke of Saint Louis, U.S.A. and Willem Jacobus Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Thanks to Frank Sheed for bringing this to our attention!
My prediction is that Ray Burke goes to Chicago when Cardinal George retires. George reaches retirement age in 4 years (he has had health problems). Burke will then be 64.
Red hat coming for Burke. None too soon. Pray that the Holy Father’s health holds up until more like him can be elevated.
From your fingers to God’s ears. He is most deserving.
Lots of folks seem to be predicting he’ll replace Cardinal George, but I wish the Pope might say to Burke, “Go west young man!” We have a bunch of left coast bishops coming up for retirement whose archdioceses are, arguably, in more desperate need of a great man and leader: LA (Mahony), Orange (Brown), Portland (Vlazny), SF (Niederauer), Spokane (Skylstad), etc, etc.
I personally hope he stays right here in St. Louis. But that is probably too much to ask.
Share the wealth.
I wish he’d come to Boston.
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