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| Cardinals Rouco Varela and Canizares: Vacant Chair of Archbishop of Madrid |
(Madrid) The Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, Archbishop Renzo Fratini has informed the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, that Pope Francis has accepted his resignation offer.
Thus, the most important episcopal throne of Spain is vacant and waiting for a replacement. Cardinal Cañizares Llovera Antonio, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has been called for several times in the previous year. He is the only head of a Roman Congregation, who has not yet been confirmed or replaced by Pope Francis in his office. A non-confirmation, which increasingly appears, of course, in the context of a "deportation" back to Spain to a senior bishop's throne.
Cardinal Cañizares was appointed in 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI.. For six years, he was in charge of Sacred Liturgy in the Congregation for Divine Worship. Previously, he was the Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo and vice chairman of the Spanish Bishops' Conference.
Cardinal Rouco Varela was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Archbishop of Madrid in 1994. From 1999-2005 and since 2008 he has been the chairman of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. In 2011 he hosted the World Youth Day in Madrid, in which two million young people joined Pope Benedict XVI. in Eucharistic Adoration. In 2014 the Archbishop of Madrid was attacked by the unsavory political mercenary group FEMEN, which then wanted to demonstrate for the "right" to kill unborn children.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
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Trans; Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com
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'Cardinal Cañizares Llovera Antonio, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has been called for several times in the previous year. He is the only head of a Roman Congregation, who has not yet been confirmed or replaced by Pope Francis in his office. A non-confirmation, which increasingly appears, of course, in the context of a "deportation" back to Spain to a senior bishop's throne.' So, Pope Francis will get rid of someone who believes in reverence in celebrating the Liturgy? Not surprising, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI hope Pope Francis won't be here much longer. Then we can hopefully have a Catholic elected in the mold of Benedict XVI or even better.
ReplyDeleteThat is not very charitable. What kind of Catholic would wish for the death of the Holy Roman Pontiff, the Successor of St. Peter and Bishop of Rome? The Church is much bigger than the mold you would like it to be.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he's hoping Bergolio resigns?
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