Posted on 10/09/2016 3:31:16 PM PDT by NYer
Pope Francis announced his choices for new Catholic cardinals Sunday, promoting a number of well-known progressives while snubbing conservatives who were up for the job.
In all, the Pope named 17 new cardinals, including 13 who are under 80 years old and therefore eligible to participate in the conclave electing the next pope.
Notably, in his selection for cardinals from among the United States bishops, Francis named the recently appointed archbishop of Chicago, Blaise Cupich, a man with impeccable liberal credentials. He also broke with protocol by choosing Archbishop William Tobin of Indianapolis, a relatively small archdiocese never before considered important enough to have a cardinal at its helm.
On the other hand, the Pope passed over the conservative archbishops of Philadelphia, Detroit and Los Angeles—Charles Chaput, Allen Vigneron and José Gómez, respectively—despite the fact that their three important archdioceses have in recent memory always been considered “cardinalatial sees.”
Archbishop Chaput was responsible for bringing Pope Francis to the United States in September 2015, hosting the pontiff for the World Meeting of Families.
Veteran Vatican analyst John Allen noted that with his new appointments, Pope Francis had engineered a “seismic shift” in the Catholic hierarchy in the United States, and by naming just progressives, “Francis was making a statement about the direction in which he wants the American church to go.”
The Pope’s picks also underscore the very real divisions within the U.S. Catholic bishops conference.
A year ago, Archbishops Cupich and Chaput faced off over a theologically indefensible op-ed published by the Chicago Archbishop that suggested that abortion was no more important than a number of other social justice issues such as unemployment, immigration and capital punishment.
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Catholic ping!
I wonder if they still have that recipe for evening tea they served to John Paul I?
Bergoglio is a Socialist in pontiff garb, doing his worst to destroy the Roman Catholic Church from within, not merely remake it in his image. He’s the Obama of the Vatican.
I pray for a swift end to this pontificate. For the sake of souls.
Think this is why lightning stuck the Vatican ?
Francis will not be happy until he fractures his corrupt church. He, like Obama, is a progressive agent in place to destroy the church (if people allow him).
The fake Pope is consolidating the grip of the NWO on the Catholic Church.
Very sad.
If that doesn't deserve a red hat, what does?
It’s looking more and more like Francis’ successor will be Catholic. /s
I signed up for That Man Is You starting last month. The first week there was an anonymous survey with a list of Catholic beliefs. We could agree or not for each. I was curious how Pope Francis would have answered.
We are going to have to have a purge of the ranks I think.
Enough’s enough.
A wise old priest once told me, “Don’t you worry; the Holy Spirit is still guiding the Church.”
People have to hold fast to Church teaching and ignore the human teachers. The Sacraments are what matter. Francis is just the chief servant of the Church. It’s the Eucharist that truly saves.
NJ is in for it, 1 lib appointed to (Metuchen), 1 bishop retired (Newark) and another in a few years (Paterson)...
3 of the 5 dioceses could be liberal.
Oh joy! Catholic Church, witness mainstream Protestantism and your likely future. Lord have mercy on us for our sins.
I pray he drops dead before he can make them cardinals.
Well once he turns 80, he may be getting ready to step down.
Both the sacraments and the Holy Bible is what are important.
There are Cardinals..... but the Pope is a Turkey.
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