Catholic Caucus: Red Alert, Red Alert [November 20 consistory]

Whispers in the Loggia ^ | Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Rocco Palma

[sitetest]

We have liftoff -- a 20 November consistory to create 24 new cardinals.....

Here, the biglietto, in order:

* Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints;

* Antonio Naguib, patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts,

* Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum,

* Francesco Monterisi, archpriest of St Paul's Outside the Walls,

* Fortunato Baldelli, major penitentiary of the Roman church,

* Raymond Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura,

* Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

* Paolo Sardi, pro-Patron of the Order of Malta,

* Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy

* Velasio DePaolis CS, prefect for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (& papal delegate to the Legionaries of Christ)

* Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture

* Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, archbishop-emeritus of Lusaka (Zambia)

* Raul Eduardo Vela Chiliboga, archbishop-emeritus of Quito (Ecuador)

* Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa

* Paolo Romeo, archbishop of Palermo

* Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington

* Raymundo Damasceno Assis, archbishop of Aparecida

* Kazmierz Nycz, archbishop of Warsaw

* Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo

* Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising

...and the over 80s:

* Archbishop Jose Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Military Ordinary-emeritus of Spain

* Bishop Elio Sgreccia, president-emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life

* Msgr Walter Brandmuller, president-emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Historical Sciences

* Msgr Domenico Bartolucci, director-emeritus of the Sistine Choir

[sitetest]

If this is a duplicate, my apologies.

[sitetest]

Ping! New cardinals incoming!

[sitetest]

I forgot to make this a Catholic Caucus post. Could that be fixed? Thanks.

[Legatus]

LOL! I was in the process of posting this myself but gave up because of formatting issues. Thanks.

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In case this is of interest.

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I’m quick. ;-)

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Dear Mods,

My only excuse is that I haven't finished my second cup of coffee, yet.

I also posted the wrong date for the consistory in the title. Would it be too much trouble to make that “November 20”?

My humblest and most sincere apologies,

sitetest

[maryz]

Thanks, sitetest!

Do you know anything about them? The only ones I've heard of are Burke, Wuerl and Ranjith (who is terrific!).

[sitetest]

Dear maryz,

You're welcome!

No, I don't really know much about any of them other than the ones you name.

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[TYVets]

Raymond Burke a Cardinal

Outstanding !

[vladimir998]

Raymond Burke, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura,

This should FINALLY silence all of the IDIOTS on FreeRepublic and elsewhere who keep claiming - without a shred of proof - that Burke was promoted only to get him out of St. Louis or that he violated the Nicene canons and decrees (which is an irrational charge).

[vladimir998]

Msgr Walter Brandmuller, president-emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Historical Sciences

Great! A historian!

[Rappini]

All I would like to know is are they all conservative I’m not Catholic but curious.

[Ransomed]

I see Burke has finally received the red hat of punishment and irrelevancy from the Pope. Surely we will never hear from him again...

Freegards

[marshmallow]

This should FINALLY silence all of the IDIOTS on FreeRepublic and elsewhere who keep claiming - without a shred of proof - that Burke was promoted only to get him out of St. Louis or that he violated the Nicene canons and decrees (which is an irrational charge).

Minor point, Vlad.

They're not "idiots". They're calculating issuers of disinformation.

[sitetest]

Dear Ransomed,

Looks that way. The ignominy of it, to be created a cardinal at 62, on the heels of having been added to the Congregation for Bishops (you know, the curial folks who pick all the bishops in the world) on top of being the top judge in the Vatican, after the pope, himself. He clearly has been “kicked upstairs” for being a renegade loose cannon embarrassment.

Yeah, that all makes sense.

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[TYVets]

All I would like to know is are they all conservative I’m not Catholic but curious.

You might want to do a search on Wikipedia for Raymond Leo Burke.

A couple of exerts from the information there:

Burke is seen by many as one of the most conservative bishops in the United States.

During the 2004 presidential election, Burke publicly stated that John Kerry and other Catholic politicians who publicly support legalized abortion should not be given or receive the Eucharist (Communion).

Please note that contributors to Wikipedia have been accused of bias.

The others on the list? Sorry I can not be of help there.

[Ransomed]

It was either give him the red hat of enforced silence or let him start the first diocese of Antarctica.

Freegards

[Mad Dawg]

IS Wuerl a good guy?

[narses]

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