Posted on 09/02/2009 7:48:37 AM PDT by Pope Pius XII
EWTN News Director and host of the popular EWTN program 'The World Over,' Raymond Arroyo, has written a compelling commentary on retired Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's part in Saturday's burial of Senator Ted Kennedy. Arroyo begins by calling McCarrick's reading of portions of Kennedy's letter and a Vatican response a "marvelous bit of political theatre (as so much of Senator Kennedy's funeral was)."
The renowned EWTN show host, who is seen each week in more than 100 million homes around the globe on the Catholic network, then reflects on McCarrick's controversial history.
"First of all, it must be recalled that Cardinal McCarrick has a rather unfortunate history involving the delivery of letters, particularly those from a certain Vatican official by the name of Ratzinger," says Arroyo. "In 2004, when the Bishops of the US were anguishing over whether to allow communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion laws, Cardinal McCarrick concealed a letter from his brother bishops. The missive was from the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then Cardinal (now Pope) Joseph Ratzinger. Had the bishops received the letter intended to help guide their debate, things might have gone very differently. The contents of that letter are still relevant, particularly now when dissenting Catholics have made grandiose pronouncements about what it means to be a Catholic in public life."
Ping
The same Cardinal McCarrick who burned Cardinal Ratzinger’s Letter during the 2004 elections. Sigh. The wisdom of this world.
I didn’t know he concealed a letter from the other Bishops..
I wondered about the letter he read at the funeral...at best to me it was written to Pope Benedict and wouldn’t it be personal?? not for public?
Persecution of the Church will get much worse. We haven’t seen anything yet.
I was appalled that Teddy got a Catholic funeral almost worthy of a pope given his long support of abortion.
McCarrick did precious little during his tenure in Washington to rein in the likes of Kennedy and his fellow CINOs. In fact, I'm inclined to believe he encouraged him.
Raymond is right on here.
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