Posted on 12/09/2008 2:39:14 PM PST by NYer
As has been expected for several months, what could be called the ultimate "lex orandi est lex credendi" appointment has formally, finally, come to pass: the Pope has named the primate of Spain, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Toledo, as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
Dubbed the "Ratzingerino" -- the "Little Ratzinger" -- as a collaborator of the then-prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the 63 year-old prelate succeeds Cardinal Francis Arinze, who reached the retirement age of 75 in November 2007.
Born in Valencia, the global church's incoming Liturgy Czar -- whose plate now finds the coming implementation of the revised English-language Mass-texts near its top -- hails from an extensive background steeped not in the beat he'll now supervise, but in catechetical theology. After 15 years in the classroom, he became the Spanish bishops' desk chief for doctrine in 1985 and was ordained bishop of Avila in 1992. Named archbishop of Granada in 1996, he was promoted to Spain's eldest see six years later.
As a sign of B16's favor, at 60, Cañizares was the youngest of the 15 new cardinals elevated at this pontificate's first consistory in 2006.
With this morning's appointment, 45 months since his election to Peter's chair, Benedict has now named six of the nine heads of the Roman congregations -- a pontiff's chief deputies in the oversight of the universal church. Of these, four have come from the leadership of high-profile archdioceses.
Formally vacant following this morning's announcement, Cañizares will remain apostolic administrator of Toledo "for at least some months," according to Spanish reports. However, the 63 year-old archbishop of Zaragoza, Manuel Ureña Pastor, has already been tipped as his successor in the venerable 560,000-member archdiocese, its history traceable to the 1st century AD.
SVILUPPO: According to the Spanish press, the new prefect will arrive in Rome to take up the CDW post within 48 hours.
Permitted to remain in charge of the Toledo see pending his successor's appointment and installation, Cañizares said earlier today that he intends to shuttle between the two for the duration of the interregnum.
It is an arrangement without precedent.
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From Catholic News Agency:
Pope Benedict XVI announced on Tuesday that he has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Francis Arinze as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He is being succeeded by Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera.
Cardinal Arinze was appointed to head the Congregation on October 1, 2002 by Pope John Paul II and has served in the position for the last six years.
The prefect of the Congregation oversees the regulation and promotion of the sacred liturgy, with an emphasis on the sacraments.
Pope Benedict has appointed Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, who until today was the archbishop of Toledo, Spain, to take the reins from Cardinal Arinze. At 63 years-old Cardinal Cañizares is a young cardinal, having only been given the red hat in 2006.
So do you think we will ditch the handholding now?
“As my first official act I will insist the English liturgy restore the words “for us men” to the creed.”
A guy can dream, can’t he?
LOL. I looked in thinking that there was an announcement at the computer company here in the Chicago area.
Don't know. It's not an issue at my parish since the Sign of Peace is before the Consecration, which signifies that we are making peace with each other before Jesus is physically present with us in the Eucharist. The Sign of Peace flows from the altar through the priest who encloses the hands of the servers with his hands and the servers bring that Sign to the ushers and in turn to the congregation. Very reverent! Perhaps the Archbishop will consider introducing a similar improvement to the Latin Mass.
No need to dream. Those words were never removed. Certain dioceses have attempted to be more pc by eliminating those words. But if you search, you will find the parishes that have retained those words that are part of the Apost's Creed. Don't cave! Confront the pastor and insist that he restore what is missing.
“Perhaps the Archbishop will consider introducing a similar improvement to the Latin Mass”
I hope not. The socializing and back-slapping antics I had to put up with at the last Novus Ordo masses are not at all missed. High fives at Mass? Yeah, I’ve seen it.
I just can’t see it happening at the Latin Mass.
You must have parishioners who can control themselves.
Had me worried there for a minute - I thought Ratzingerino meant “Ratzinger in name only”! Then I read the rest of the article.
Perhaps you missed the subtlety of the post. The Sign of Peace I described comes not from the Novus Ordo litugy but that of the Maronite Catholic Church. The priest places his hands over the offerings then passes the "peace of Christ" to a server who then brings it to two children who wait at the foot of the Sanctuary, with folded hands. He clasps his hands around theirs and they then bring the "peace" to the first person in each pew. No back slapping or hand grabbing. The sign of peace is passed in a dignified and reverent manner from one person to the next. My thought was that perhaps the new person would 'adopt' a similar approach to sharing the peace. That is, of course, unless you are against it. The Sign of Peace extends back through the millenia to the first christain church services. And, BTW, the Maronite Divine Liturgy predates the TLM.
They have been removed in the new translation that will be out soon.
“You must have parishioners who can control themselves.”
This is really the crux of the matter, the laity has to take the liturgy seriously, not something to be modified willy-nilly as if it were some sort of stage show.
So his jurisdiction is essentially an open air museum (Toledo) and the Madrid suburbs. I would have thought such a guy would have a much more prominent archdiocese.
Oh no, NYer, I must have not made myself clear, I meant no offense. I knew what you meant. I should have made it clear I knew you were talking about the Maronite Church. You were the one who talked to me about the Maronite Catholic Church in my town. Came highly recommended. It was beautiful. I was talking about the stuff in my Roman Catholic Church, at least the ones I’ve attended. I used to attend a Byzantine rite church, the people were so reverent I would cry. I think Novus Ordo Masses can be reverent, but unfortunately the ones I’ve been to have too often been mangled by the priest, or taken over by the PC crowd. I once heard someone criticize a priest because the NO Mass he had just done was too old-fashioned, and that was because he skipped the sign of peace! (He was a substitute, so he wasn’t going to be around for any long term criticism, and it’s his right, it’s optional)
Again, sorry if I wasn’t clear in my original post. Mea culpa.
Yes, I agree.
Toledo is the primatial see of Spain and was for many years the capital of Spain. The Spanish court travelled throughout Spain as late as the time of Ferdinand and Isabella, staying at various royal residences throughout Spain, but Toledo was the center. Eventually, in 1561, Toledo was replaced by Madrid, a formerly unimportant burg, as the political capital of Spain.
Toledo is not a tourist town unless you’re a tourist and that’s all you know of Spain, but is the ecclesiastical center of Spain. Unfortunately, the Comunidad Autonoma (equivalent of a US state) in which it is located is controlled by an agressive Socialist, Jose Bono, who is busy making life miserable for the Church. But Canizares has been excellent, and this appointment is going to be good for the Church and also a great boost to Spain.
I was in Toledo a little over a year ago. It is wonderful to go to out of the tourist season. Not too many people live in the old city (choosing instead to live in the lower city, which has become a suburb of Madrid as the latter metro sprawls). Nevertheless, well worth visiting if only for the Marzipan, the Alcazar, and the Burial of the Count...
Isn’t Cardinal Canizares the one who used the term “Christophobic” after a judge ordered crucifixes removed?
Do you know if the judges decision was well received, or are many citizens opposed?
“They have been removed in the new translation that will be out soon.”
The words “for us men” have been removed?
The Spanish are furious about this. Of course, the press is wildly in favor of it. About 2 years ago, there was a demonstration of nearly a million Spaniards in the street against Zapatero’s program to force “gay marriage” on Spain. Was it reported? No, what was reported was a “counter demonstration” by about 200 gays.
The numbers were reported in only two national newspapers, ABC and La Razon. ABC is traditionally the conservative paper, sort of like the NY Post but less sensational, and La Razon is a new paper without a huge readership. The big dailies, like El Pais, which is the equivalent of the NY Times, ignored the demonstration and had pictures of gays on the front page the next day. And their reporting on the crucifix situation is horrible, needless to say.
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